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I have never made home made chocolates before and I found this recipe from one of my team mates in the recipe swap I’m in this month. It immediately caught my eye as it is good for people who can not take a lot of dairy as my brother, so I thought I would try it. Well my whole family love ginger and this has an absolutely wonderful gingery kick to it. I used very expensive swiss chocolate for both mixing with the ginger and also for coating, so they were extra gourmet and totally indulgent. To read more reviews on this recipe please click here. I will say when processing the ginger mix, do not over process, I did and thought they would have been much better with some more small ginger chunks in them.
Ingredients
250g Ginger biscuits
400g Crystallized ginger
100g Chocolate (I used creamy milk chocolate)
300g Chocolate, for coating. (I used dark chocolate)
Method
1. Pulverize the biscuits in your food processor until fine crumbs.
2. Add the ginger and process 30 seconds, re-arrange and process another 30 seconds.
3. Add the chocolate, broken into small pieces, and process until it all comes together in a tacky ball.
4. Spread on a tray and refrigerate until you can easily roll it into small balls.
5. Put the balls on baking paper, and return to fridge overnight.
6. Melt the extra chocolate and dip each ginger ball to coat, refrigerate until hardened.
All photos taken by me unless otherwise stated.
This mousse is so very rich and so very good. I tagged this one to make about a week ago and just got round to it on the weekend to take to a family BBQ. It is a truly sinful dessert and totally indulgent, but worth every bite. My whole family thought it was very yummy although all said it is not something you could eat to much of as it is very rich. I am the first person to make and review this recipe but did not change a thing. I have never made mousse before so followed the instructions to the tee which were very easy to follow in fact the whole recipe was easy peasy to make. To view the original recipe please click here. Tisme the chef of this one has some great recipes ans I have tried several, so I would definitely check out more of hers, if you go look at this one.
Ingredients
125g Cream cheese, softened
1/2 Cup caster sugar
1 Cup cream
2 Eggs, separated
1 Teaspoon gelatine dissolved in 1/4 cup boiling water
200g Dark chocolate, melted
100g Toblerone chocolate, chopped finely
1/2 Tablespoon brandy
Chocolate, and cream for decoration
Method
1. Beat cream cheese, sugar and cream until smooth.
2. Add egg yolks, gelatine mixture and melted chocolate, mix until all ingredients are well combined.
3. Beat egg whites to soft peaks and gently fold into chocolate mixture with Toblerone, add brandy.
4. Pour into small dishes and chill for 4 hours.
Decorate with extra chocolate and cream if desired.
All photos taken by me unless otherwise stated.
