The Pots De Creme seemed like a very yummy idea and an easy recipe to execute. However, let me remind everyone, my cooking/baking skills are at an all time low. But this is what the Month of Chocolate is about: paying homage to amazing chocolate and learning how to make all of these creations.
However, I managed to make this easy recipe a lot harder starting with the first direction.
Place the chocolate chips in the blender. Crack in the eggs, then add the vanilla and the salt. Pulse 5 to 7 times, or until the chocolate chips are partially pulverized.
I don't have a blender. So what did I immediately do instead? Look around the house for a hammer. I could pulverize a bag of chocolate chips with a hammer surely. After 10 minutes, I was hammerless and frustrated and I hadn't even started yet! But step one was upsetting me so I decided to do the coffee part next, skipping step one in its entirety.
So I got the coffee ready and then eyed my 2 cups of chocolate chips in annoyance. No blender, no hammer...Then in step two it says the coffee is meant to be poured into the chocolate chip/egg/vanila/sugar mixture (that I hadn't yet made) so what did I do? I assumed that I could melt the chocolate chips in a bowl in the microwave, mix the other ingredients in a different bowl and then combine in one large bowl.
Don't do this. Go buy a blender...or a hammer.
It was a messy, messy affair but I managed to get everything into one bowl. I received a mixer from a very lovely woman and began to mix everything. It looked completely unappetizing in my large glass bowl.
Then there came the next instruction where I was supposed to combine the coffee with this mixture into a cup.
So what did Awkward Baker do? Poured the coffee into the bowl and mixed it with my nifty mixer.
After that, it looked yummy and smelled great so I put it into the fridge like the instructions called for and went on to the messy business of cleaning the dishes that I wasn't really supposed to use in the first place.
I feel like I did okay with what I had (and didn't) but I won't know until they cool for a few hours! In conclusion, remember to buy a blender.
Up to my elbows in melted chocolate,
The Awkward Baker
Here's the recipe:
Ree Drummond's Pots de Creme
Courtesy Food Network Magazine, The Chocolate Issue
Time:
20 min
Yield:
10 to 12 servings
Level:
Easy
Ingredients
12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
4 large eggs, at room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
8 ounces (1 cup) very hot strong coffee
1 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons sugar
Directions
Place the chocolate chips in the blender. Crack in the eggs, then add the vanilla and the salt. Pulse 5 to 7 times, or until the chocolate chips are partially pulverized.
I don't have a blender. So what did I immediately do instead? Look around the house for a hammer. I could pulverize a bag of chocolate chips with a hammer surely. After 10 minutes, I was hammerless and frustrated and I hadn't even started yet! But step one was upsetting me so I decided to do the coffee part next, skipping step one in its entirety.
So I got the coffee ready and then eyed my 2 cups of chocolate chips in annoyance. No blender, no hammer...Then in step two it says the coffee is meant to be poured into the chocolate chip/egg/vanila/sugar mixture (that I hadn't yet made) so what did I do? I assumed that I could melt the chocolate chips in a bowl in the microwave, mix the other ingredients in a different bowl and then combine in one large bowl.
Don't do this. Go buy a blender...or a hammer.
It was a messy, messy affair but I managed to get everything into one bowl. I received a mixer from a very lovely woman and began to mix everything. It looked completely unappetizing in my large glass bowl.
Then there came the next instruction where I was supposed to combine the coffee with this mixture into a cup.
So what did Awkward Baker do? Poured the coffee into the bowl and mixed it with my nifty mixer.
After that, it looked yummy and smelled great so I put it into the fridge like the instructions called for and went on to the messy business of cleaning the dishes that I wasn't really supposed to use in the first place.
I feel like I did okay with what I had (and didn't) but I won't know until they cool for a few hours! In conclusion, remember to buy a blender.
Up to my elbows in melted chocolate,
The Awkward Baker
Here's the recipe:
Ree Drummond's Pots de Creme
Courtesy Food Network Magazine, The Chocolate Issue
Time:
20 min
Yield:
10 to 12 servings
Level:
Easy
Ingredients
12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
4 large eggs, at room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
8 ounces (1 cup) very hot strong coffee
1 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons sugar
Directions
Place the chocolate chips in the blender. Crack in the eggs, then add the vanilla and the salt. Pulse 5 to 7 times, or until the chocolate chips are partially pulverized.
Turn on the blender, then pour in the very hot coffee through the hole in the top in a steady stream. The coffee will melt the chocolate and turn it into a smooth mixture.
Pour the mixture into small mason jars, pretty wine glasses or demitasse cups. Place the jars on a tray and refrigerate them for 2 to 3 hours, or until firm.
Whip the cream with the sugar and plop it onto the top of each glass.
What Food Network's Pots de Creme look like!
Turn on the blender, then pour in the very hot coffee through the hole in the top in a steady stream. The coffee will melt the chocolate and turn it into a smooth mixture.
Pour the mixture into small mason jars, pretty wine glasses or demitasse cups. Place the jars on a tray and refrigerate them for 2 to 3 hours, or until firm.
Whip the cream with the sugar and plop it onto the top of each glass.
What Food Network's Pots de Creme look like!
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