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Orange Sorbet

  • Feb 28, 2009
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This little orange sorbet, i made with freshly squeezed orange juice, sugar, water, glucose, a little cointreau and a drop of orange blossom extrait (edible).
It was very fresh, very interesting and very perfumed!

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cheers

1 comment Tags: orange, sorbet, cointreau, glucose, orange blossom

Malbec Sorbet

  • Feb 28, 2009
  • 1 comment

I still have to upload many old stuff so here we go:
This is an Argentinan Malbec red wine sorbet, made with a full bottle of Malbec, water, sugar, glucose and patience!.

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Notice the difference between the Cabernet Sauvignon sorbet? This one was more richer, less "peppery" and it had a heavy berry flavor, it's darker as well.

cheers

1 comment Tags: sugar, ice cream, sorbet, argentina, red wine, malbec, glucose …

Red Wine Ice Cream

  • Feb 23, 2009
  • 5 comments

A sorbet really, it's made with Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon...
here's the pic:

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cheers!

5 comments Tags: dessert, ice cream, sorbet, sweets, chile, cabernet sauvignon, chilean wine …

Turrón de Vino

  • Feb 23, 2009
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So, i made this a long while ago, and I was happy enough with it...It's called Turrón de Vino, but it's not really a typical spanish  turrón mix, since it's really made with a sort of french meringue but with the added perk of wine.
This time i used this Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile:

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and here's the result:

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I also made and ice cream with this wine...more on the next post!
cheers

Post a comment Tags: dessert, sugar, red wine, sweets, almonds, meringue, chile, cabernet sauvignon …

Bacardi Cocktail

  • Feb 15, 2009
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And now my try at this other Classic: (with no frilly embellishments)

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Bacardi, Grenadine, Lime juice and Ice.

cheers!

1 comment Tags: bacardi, cocktail, ice, grenadine, lime juice

Fallen Angel

  • Feb 15, 2009
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My try at this Classic cocktail:

The Ingredients:

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The results:
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cheers!



Post a comment Tags: amaretto, cocktail, lime, ice, gin, lime juice, crème de menthe, dry gin …

Rose Panna cotta

  • Dec 13, 2008
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I also wanted to try something different, a very intense rose flavor for a heavy cream dessert recipe: The famous panna cotta, so i used a rose water extract (red roses, edible) to give it that extra something.
Here's the result:

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I also made a Raspberry coulis and a very fresh Strawberry. Simple yet very tasty! Everyone liked it.
Cheers!

7 comments Tags: dessert, sugar, strawberries, cream, raspberry, panna cotta

Chocolate Experiment

  • Dec 13, 2008
  • 2 comments

I was in the mood to try something out: a very intense chocolate cream booster a while ago and came up with this chocolate cream that has 73,5% Dark Chocolate and a very small amount of fat.
This is the one:

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1 comment
  It was served cold, and it had a very creamy but firm texture. So what's in it?
I used whole milk, cream (both in small amounts), sugar and egg yolk, and of course the 73,5% cocoa chocolate bar.
Intense!


2 comments Tags: eggs, dessert, milk, food, sugar, chocolate, cream, food photography …

The Perfect Brownie Hunt (Part VI)

  • Dec 13, 2008
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I also went to Friday's in Caracas, because they have one brownie on the dessert menu there:

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Loud, unapologetic and messy-looking, this brownie was waaay too sweet but the chocolate flavor was great.
 A smaller serving with less fuss would be welcome.
It was warm too, which i liked a bit.See, that's why the ice cream was melting on top of it.
Notice how the sauce dropped on the table after the waiter put the plate down!.



1 comment Tags: dessert, food, ice cream, chocolate, brownie, food photography

Perfect Brownie Hunt (Part V)

  • Dec 13, 2008
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So, to shake things up a bit a long time ago (remember i still have to post things i did months ago) i went to this ice cream place in Caracas called 4D, located in La Castellana part of Town (or was it Altamira? the lines are blurry there) and it was rather empty which i liked a lot and saw that they had a brownie offering there called just plain "brownie flavor" so i went for it.

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The ice cream was very good, it had chocolate sauce inside as well which i didn't expect. It was not too sugary either.
The quest will continue!





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