chocolate – Bea's cookbook

Pancake day is a pretty good excuse to make and scoff pancakes,isn’t it?

I think Darek (aka man with obsessive pancake eating disorder) finds every little excuse for mixing the batter,all that frying and flipping.Guess what was the first meal he cooked for me?Guess what he says when I ask him what he fancies to eat?Any idea what his favourite food is?Yes!PANCAKES!He always says that if there was a competition in eating pancakes he would win it,no doubt.I’ve seen what he is capable of and witnessed a stack of 30 pancakes disappearing mysteriously.Believe me,this man is not lying.

No surprise that every year we celebrate a Shrove Tuesday(that’s tomorrow!!!) with a big batch of home made pancakes.I don’t mind,tho. 🙂

I had so much fun when taking these photos.I think the involvement of chocolate has a lot to do with it.Don’t blame me.I just like to play with chocolate.A lot. 🙂

Last year I had a fantastic opportunity to be at Jonathan Gregson‘s studio while they were taking photos(read:masterpieces) for Will Torrent’s book – Chocolate at home.I knew there would be a lot of chocolate involved,but guys,I died about 100 times and went to chocolaty heaven.My eye orbits came out of their sockets every 5 minutes,and I had to poke them back when nobody was looking.Since that day,I never looked at chocolate the same way.It’s not just chocolate-it’s a piece of art!

The print visible on the image was a gift from Jonathan and it’s the prettiest and favourite thing in my office 🙂 Turns out to be damn good prop too.

HUNGRY YET? Here is the recipe 🙂 Enjoy xxx

I’m sooooo thrilled to share this recipe with you that I literally can’t sit up calm,I feel like screaming and shouting,dancing and jumping,all at the same time 🙂 (what makes writing this post pretty awkward!).

Ohhhhh!!!GUYS!!!!THIS RECIPE is a stellar!It’s like all my chocolaty dreams came true the minute my taste buds sampled this pudding.It tastes so naughty,it’s almost impossible to believe that there is not even a tiny gram of naughtiness in it.Yep!That’s right!Perfect chocolate pudding made only with healthy,wholesome ingredients.Insane,right?

It takes minutes to whiz it in a blender(Another bonus!),unless your blender is old and decrepit(like mine),but you are too sentimental to replace it(like me)If this is a case,mash the bananas with a fork before you add the rest of the ingredients,otherwise it might be difficult to blend 🙂

The recipe comes from Green Kitchen Stories.I can’t get over how amazing these guys are!I just changed the proportions a little bit.

Right,enough has been said.Take a look at the photos,while I’m scoffing another bowl of this awesome mousse 🙂 Enjoy xxx

RECIPE:

serves 2

INGREDIENTS:

2 large bananas (ripe)
4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
3 tablespoon smooth almond butter

PREPARATION:

Whiz it in a blender until smooth and try not to eat it all straight away 🙂

Top it with:unsweetened cocoa powder,dark chocolate flakes,favourite nuts and fruits(I don’t normally buy raspberries in February but I couldn’t resist them for this shoot) 🙂

NOTE:

Almond butter gives the thickness to this pudding.If you feel you’d prefer it to be a little thicker just add additional tablespoon of it.

If your blender is similar to mine-old and decrepit and you are very sentimental and it’s still working,you might want to mash the bananas with fork first,otherwise it will be difficult to blend 🙂

Tag: chocolate

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