I went to a one year old's birthday party last week. (Yeah, yeah..so my friends have kids. I'm getting old!) This necessitated the purchase of a birthday gift. Since parents are notoriously finicky about the stuff they let their kids play with/put in their mouths/wear, I pitched on a gift card. This meant a trip to Borders. And therein lies a story.
I was at the checkout counter, when I saw this book of recipes of chocolate based desserts. And it only cost 3$. I have recently developed this thing for recipe books. And chocolate is not something I can resist. So I bought it. And then I read it. So of course I had to make something. I spent 3 bucks on the book, after all. So, I picked the simplest recipe I could find. Chocolate truffles. Its Tuesday. I have mid-week depression. Plus I have had to cancel a weekend trip that I was seriously looking forward to because I have to work! I deserve chocolate truffles like nobody does.
I would put up a picture but they look kind of innocuous. Like mud almost. But they taste heavenly. You'll just have to take my word for it. I swear to God, I could make a living out of this. Like Juliette Binoche in Chocolat. I almost felt like her as I stirred the chocolate mixture and took a tiny lick from the spatula after I was finished scooping it into a dish. It was molten and thick and smelt oh-so-good. Like chocolate (duh!) and cream and vanilla and rum. Mmmm! Most excellent, I say.
I was at the checkout counter, when I saw this book of recipes of chocolate based desserts. And it only cost 3$. I have recently developed this thing for recipe books. And chocolate is not something I can resist. So I bought it. And then I read it. So of course I had to make something. I spent 3 bucks on the book, after all. So, I picked the simplest recipe I could find. Chocolate truffles. Its Tuesday. I have mid-week depression. Plus I have had to cancel a weekend trip that I was seriously looking forward to because I have to work! I deserve chocolate truffles like nobody does.
I would put up a picture but they look kind of innocuous. Like mud almost. But they taste heavenly. You'll just have to take my word for it. I swear to God, I could make a living out of this. Like Juliette Binoche in Chocolat. I almost felt like her as I stirred the chocolate mixture and took a tiny lick from the spatula after I was finished scooping it into a dish. It was molten and thick and smelt oh-so-good. Like chocolate (duh!) and cream and vanilla and rum. Mmmm! Most excellent, I say.
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