Archive for 'desserts'
Trio of chocolate pots de crème with matcha
Published in The Los Angeles Times – May 13, 2009
Pots de Crème takes its name from the petits pots in which the lightly set custard is baked and served. In my recipe the traditional French dessert is composed as a trio of three chocolates – white, milk, dark – each accessorized with the identical dusting [...]
Posted: May 14th, 2009 under desserts, recipes, tea.
Tags: dark chocolate, green tea, matcha, milk chocolate, pots de creme, white chocolate
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For chocolate, a matcha made in heaven
Published in The Los Angeles Times – May 13, 2009
At a glance, the cross-cultural dessert pairing of chocolate and matcha, the prized Japanese green tea powder, may not seem the sort of combination to elicit uncontrollable cravings. Among the many terms used to evoke matcha’s elusively complex character — grassy, spinachy, watercress-like, seaweedy, earthy, floral, [...]
Posted: May 13th, 2009 under Paris, articles, desserts, tea.
Tags: chocolate, Claire Clark, Corey Lee, French Laundry, green tea, Jean-Paul Hévin, Kristy Choo, L-theanine, matcha, Pierre Hermé, Sadaharu Aoki, Tokyo, umami
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Crunchie semifreddo
‘Twas the night before Halloween and I was at the local Tesco Express, taking full advantage of a 2-for-70p offer on Crunchie bars. These were to be bestowed 24 hrs hence upon the local elves. True, my wife and I did not greet a single costumed trick-or-treater at the door of our Islington flat [...]
Posted: November 3rd, 2008 under London, desserts, recipes.
Tags: cadbury, candy bars, crunchie, halloween, honeycomb, ice cream, nigella, parfait, recipes, semifreddo, toffee
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