Mexican hot chocolate

Favorite winter beverage, hot chocolate, provides not only delight to the palate, it helps with stomach problems and cough.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup heavy whipped cream
• 1 cup of milk
• 2 tablespoons of sugar
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 85 gr. of dark chocolate
• 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon

Preparation:

1. Heat the cream and milk over medium heat until boiling.
2. Add the vanilla extract, sugar, cinnamon and chocolate.
3. Stir until the chocolate has melted.
4. Divide the mixture into 4 cups and serve with whipped cream.

Enjoy. :)

Tiramisu

Tiramisu is a traditiolan Italian cake that is very easy to make, since it doesn't need to bake. This is one of my favorite recipes, I hope you'll like it.

Ingredients:

• 5 egg whites
• 5 egg yolks
• 5 tablespoons of sugar
• 500 gr. of Mascarpone
• 400 ml. heavy cream
• 400 ml. of black coffee
• 400 gr. lady fingers (biscuits)
• 4 tablespoons of cocoa powder

Preparation:

1. Make black coffee without sugar and  leave to cool.
2. Separate egg whites and egg yolks. Blend egg whites in firm snow.
3. In another bowl, blend cream into a solid mass.
4. In the third, large bowl, mix the egg yolks with sugar to get a foamy mass, then add mascarpone and mix all with electric mixer. Add blended cream and blended egg whites and mix it all with tablespoon.
5. In deeper baking pan (35x28 cm) put lady fingers dipped in black coffee.
6. Pour half the cream on them, flatten and sprinkle with cocoa powder.
7. Repeat the proces once more.
8. Leave overnight in the refrigerator. It can be used within 4-5 days.

Enjoy. :)

Chocolate Chip cookies

Delicious cookies that are quickly done and go very well with a cup of warm milk or tea.

Ingredients:

• 220 gr. of butter
• 220 gr. of brown sugar
• 200 gr. of sugar
• 2 eggs
• 370 gr. of flour
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons of warm water
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 330 gr. of chocolate
• 110 gr. of chopped walnuts

Preparation:

1. Mix the butter, white and brown sugar with mixer.
2. Add the eggs and vanilla extract.
3. Melt baking soda in warm water and together with the salt, add to the dough.
4. Add the flour, chocolate chips and walnuts.
5. Shape the cookies with a spoon and place in baking pan on a baking sheet.
6. Bake for about 10 minutes in a preheated oven at 170C (until edges are golden brown).

Enjoy. :)

Chocolate pralines

Everyone will agree with me when I say that chocolate pralines are perfectly sweet and seductive delicacy that is hard to resist. Here I bring to you one of my favorite recipes for pralines. Hope you'll like it.

Ingredients:

Chocolate layer:

• 200 gr. of chocolate
• 3 tablespoons of oil

Filling:

• 100 gr. of white chocolate
• 100 gr. of ground walnuts
• 100 gr. of ground biscuits
• 150 ml. of cream (for whipped cream)
• vanilla or orange extract (optional)

Preparation:

1. Melf the chocolate and oil for chocolate layer.
2. Coat the molds with chocolate and cool it in fridge (repeat 2 times) -  for making "chocolate molds"
3. Warm the cream, then add white chocolate, biscuits, walnuts and extract.
4. Fill molds with a mixture, then on that pour a teblespoon of chocolate layer.
5. Cool pralines in fridge for at least an hour, then remove them from the mold and enjoy.

Bajadera

Ingredients:

• 700 g. sugar
• 18 tablespoons of water
• 200 gr. margarine
• 300 gr. of ground biscuits
• 300 gr. of ground walnuts

Glaze:

• 250 gr. of chocolate
• 125 gr. margarine
• 1 tablespoon of oil

Preparation:

1. Boil water and sugar for 3 minutes.
2. Remove from heat, then add the biscuits and walnuts.
3. For the glaze, melt all the ingredients (oil, margarine and chocolate)
4. Divide on half mixture with walnuts and biscuits. Put 4-5 tablespoons of glaze in one part of mixture.
5. Put the dark part on the bottom of the pan, then put the bright part on it.
6. Put the glaze on the top.
7. Cool it in the fridge and then cut into sticks (5x2 cm)

Enjoy :)

Chocolate souffle

Tasty little chocolate surprise which is very simple and easy to make.

Ingredients:

• 220 gr. of chocolate
• 250 gr. of margarine
• 4 eggs
• 120 gr. of flour
• 160 gr. sugar

Preparation:

1. Melt chocolate and margarine on steam.
2. In the other bowl mix eggs with sugar and flour.
3. Mix the margarine and chocolate mixture with eggs mixture.
4. Pour the mixture in baking pan with molds.
5. Bake in preheated oven at 250C for only 7 minutes.

This little surprise is best served with vanilla ice cream.

Enjoy :)

Brownies without flour

These are beautiful brownies without flour. Simple recipe, very easy to make and the most important - they are delicious.

Ingredients:

• 250 gr. chocolate for cooking
• 170 gr. of butter
• 25 gr. of cocoa
• 4 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons of water
• 3-4 tablespoons of sugar
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
• 100 gr. of ground walnuts
• 90 gr. chocolate for cooking
• 60 ml. cream

Preparation

1. Put aluminium foil into baking drip and spray it with oil
2. Put chocolate, chopped butter and water in a small sauce pan and melt it.
3. Add cocoa to that, mix well and leave aside.
4. Mix the eggs, sugar and vanilla extract in the bowl for about 4 minutes. Then add the egg mixture to the chocolate mixture.
5. Finally, add finely ground walnuts.
6. Mix it and put it in the pan.
7. Bake in preheated oven at 150 C around 35-40 minutes.
8. Remove from oven, allow it to cool completely, cover it with aluminium foil and leave in fridge for about 4 hours.
9. Make the glaze from chocolate and cream, pour over cake and put it back in fridge for about 30 minutes.
10. Finally, you can enjoy delicious dessert.

Bon appetitte! :)