Jul 26

Chocolate and pineapple brownies

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Aka the recipe I made when I found myself with an extra can of pineapple and some leftover chocolate. You would think that the pineapple would not go well with the chocolate–but it does, trust me. It’s actually a very yummy combination, the pineapple bringing the moisture and sugar that the chocolate lacks.

 

Chocolate and pineapple brownies
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Recipe type: Dessert
Author: Aliette de Bodard
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 20 mins
Total time: 40 mins
Serves: 6-8
A wonderful mix of tart pineapple and gorgeous chocolate.
Ingredients
  • 100 g dark chocolate
  • 1 can pineapple slices (340g, 10 slices)
  • 140g sugar (be prepared to throw in some of the juice from the can if the mixture’s too liquid, or to adjust the flour if it’s too dry)
  • 120g flour
  • 1 bag vanilla sugar (8g sugar and a dash of vanilla extract otherwise)
  • 2 eggs
  • 125g butter
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 180°C (gas mark 6)
  2. Melt the chocolate and the butter, let the mixture cool down for a bit.
  3. Meanwhile, dice the pineapple slices into smallish bits (I go for the width and length of my fingertip).
  4. Mix the sugar, vanilla sugar, and the eggs. When the above chocolate-butter mixture has cooled down, add it and mix everything until the dough is smooth.
  5. Prepare a low cake mould by brushing its sides with a little butter and a little flour. Pour the dough into it.
  6. Cook for around 20 minutes: the cake should be still moist.
 

There you go–enjoy!

ETA: adjusted quantities following further experimentation

Sep 09

Bacon, goat cheese, and olives loaf

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The bacon-cubes-goat-cheese-olive loaves I made yesterday actually turned out pretty good, and I’ve had people ask me for the recipe, so here goes…

Bacon, goat cheese, and olives loaf
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Recipe type: Main
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 40 mins
Total time: 50 mins
Serves: 8-10
A nice loaf for buffet food, or for feeding lots of people at once
Ingredients
  • 150g flour
  • 3 eggs
  • 100g grated cheese
  • 12.5cl milk
  • about 10cl oil
  • 1 dose baking soda (11g)
  • 100g goat cheese, cut into small pieces
  • 100g bacon cubes
  • Pinch of salt, pinch of pepper
  • Sliced green olives (optional, I used about 8-12)
Instructions
  1. Fry the bacon cubes in a pan until they’re cooked. Drain them to get rid of the fat, and set them aside.
  2. In a bowl, combine the flour, the baking soda, the milk, the oil, the 3 eggs and the grated cheese. Mix until well-blended.
  3. Add the goat cheese and the bacon cubes.
  4. Add salt and pepper to taste.
  5. Put in a tin, and set to bake in the oven for 40 minutes at 180°C.
  6. Remove from the tin and set to cool.
Notes

There’s no need to grease the tin or put foil in it–that’s what the oil is for :)

 

In other cooking news, our local supermarket has started carrying Chinese mushrooms (aka nam meo, aka the thing that quadruples volume when you soak in water). *happiness* Now if only they’d carry Asian rice…