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Choclatique: 150 Simply Elegant Desserts
Choclatique is a chocolate lover's dream. Ed Engoron has traveled to more than 130 countries in search of the best chocolate the world has to offer. From exploring the Amazon jungle to dining at the Grand Palace of Thailand to studying at Paris' famed Cordon Bleu, Ed's experiences are the inspiration for the amazing chocolate creations in Choclatique .
The more than 170 easy recipes are based on five essential building blocks or ganaches (glaze or filling made from chocolate and cream) that allow you to whip up luscious chocolate delights minutes before dinner. Choclatique includes recipes for cakes, candies, cookies, custards, hot chocolate, ice cream, milkshakes, muffins, sauces, smoothies, tarts, trifles, waffles, and more. Illustrated with beautiful full-color photography throughout.
The more than 170 easy recipes are based on five essential building blocks or ganaches (glaze or filling made from chocolate and cream) that allow you to whip up luscious chocolate delights minutes before dinner. Choclatique includes recipes for cakes, candies, cookies, custards, hot chocolate, ice cream, milkshakes, muffins, sauces, smoothies, tarts, trifles, waffles, and more. Illustrated with beautiful full-color photography throughout.
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272 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2011
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January 6, 2012
Cookbooks aren't just about the recipes. The truly great ones combine excellent presentation, a strong authorial voice, and a sense of their place in culinary history with formulas for mind-blowing mouthgasms. Choclatique, named after Engoron's award-winning artisan chocolate company, is so good it makes acheiving this delicate balance look easy.
Choclatique isn't for the faint of heart. While the author provides gluten-free, vegan, and dairy-free recipes, nothing in this masterful collection could even remotely be regarded as diet-friendly. It is, after all, a cookbook of nothing but chocolate, and one packed with trivia about the history and benefits of that fabulous indulgence - including an Italian study proving women who eat chocolate have better sex lives that's guaranteed to make readers reconsider their New Year's resolutions.
All the recipes (rated as to level of difficulty) are based on five basic ganaches which Engoron advocates making ahead and keeping in fridge or freezer for regular use. It's worth noting that if you're starting from complete scratch the prep times on the recipes will be worthless as they don't include the time it takes to make the ganaches, but that's a problem easily avoided. (Or else an object lesson in how to read a recipe waiting to happen!)
This was easily the best cookbook I came across in 2011, and the most entertaining. Engoron leads a fascinating life, and reading the snippets included here made me hope that he'll get around to writing his autobiography one day. And another cookbook - or six.
Choclatique isn't for the faint of heart. While the author provides gluten-free, vegan, and dairy-free recipes, nothing in this masterful collection could even remotely be regarded as diet-friendly. It is, after all, a cookbook of nothing but chocolate, and one packed with trivia about the history and benefits of that fabulous indulgence - including an Italian study proving women who eat chocolate have better sex lives that's guaranteed to make readers reconsider their New Year's resolutions.
All the recipes (rated as to level of difficulty) are based on five basic ganaches which Engoron advocates making ahead and keeping in fridge or freezer for regular use. It's worth noting that if you're starting from complete scratch the prep times on the recipes will be worthless as they don't include the time it takes to make the ganaches, but that's a problem easily avoided. (Or else an object lesson in how to read a recipe waiting to happen!)
This was easily the best cookbook I came across in 2011, and the most entertaining. Engoron leads a fascinating life, and reading the snippets included here made me hope that he'll get around to writing his autobiography one day. And another cookbook - or six.
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