Chocolate and pears delight

For: 4 persons
Difficulty : medium



INGREDIENTS:

 for the pastry:

• 165 g flour
• 125 g butter
• 30 g sugat
• 30 g almonds

 

for the stuffing:

• 4-5 pears
• 90 g butter
• 45 g cocoa powder 
• 200 g brown sugar
• 45 g flour
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

 for decoration:

• icing sugar

PREPARATION:

Pour into a bowl the flour, the sugar, the chopped almonds, 3-4 tablespoons of water and the butter and knead until the mixture is very crumbly.Wrap it in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 min. Roll out the pastry, lined a baking pan and let rest in the refrigerator.

Peel the pear,remove the seeds and cut them into 4 pieces,Prick the dough with a fork and sprinkle with sugar.Put on the pears and bake it for 15 min at 180°C.  Meanwhile melt the butter and the cocoa mixing well.Mounted the egg and the brown sugar , add the butter and cocoa and sift over the flour. Stir everything and  add the vanilla extract.Pour it on the pears and bake it for anther 15 min.Leave to cool and sprinkle the cake with icing sugar 

Tiramisu in a cup chocolate

For : 4 persons
Difficulty : low

INGREDIENTS:

• 8 finger biscuits
• 100 ml eggnog
• 80 g milk chocolate
• 4 tablespoons of fresh cream
• 4yolks
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 60 g mascarpone cheese
• 1 tablespoon of sweet marsala

 For decoration:

• 1 teaspoon of instant coffee

PREPARATION:

Cut the biscuits in half and dipped in egg liqueur, and then arrange them on the glasses vertically down , so as not touch the sides.Melt the chocolate with fresh cream and pour warm into glasses.Beat the egg yolks with the sugar in a double boiler always beating until the mixture volume is tripled. Soon as the mixture takes shape, add the marsala and continue beating.Remove from heat and soak in cold water to stop the cooking.Stir in the mascarpone and fill the glasses.Let stand 5 min ,sprinkled with coffee powder decorate as desired with waffles.

Cake with citrus fruits and milk chocolate

For : 6 persons
Difficulty: medium

INGREDIENTS
   for the cake:

• 150g milk chocolate
• 90 g almonds
• 60 g flour type "00"
• 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder 
• 1 lemon
• 1 orange
• 4eggs
• 125g sugar
• 2 spoon milk
• 20g butter                                                                                                    

                                             

 for decoration:

• 170 ml fresh cream
• icing sugar

PREPARATION:

Grease a mold and cover the bottom with parchment paper.Chop 100g chocolate with a tablespoon of grated citrus zest. Add the flour and the almonds and blend them briefly.Beat the eggs yolks and the sugar,and then add the previous mixture and the warm milk,Whip the eggs whites with a pinch of salt and stir everything with the aid of a spatula and making movements from bottom up.Add the baking powder and pour the mixture in the mold. Bake it for 45 min at 180°C. When the cake is cooled, cut it into 2 pieces.Melt the chocolate in a double boiler remained and spread the base of the cake.Stuffed with whipped cream and cover with the top of the cake,Let on the fridge for 20 min and add on top the icing sugar and chocolate flakes.

Figs with chocolate

For: 4 persons
Difficuty: low

INGREDIENTS:

• 800 dried figs
• 150 g almond
• 2 cloves
• 70 g candied citron 
• a bit of cinnamon
• 100 g dark chocolate grated
• 75 g sugar

 PREPARATION :

  Take dried figs ,open them and place in the middle sighly tosted almond in the oven,a bit of cloves crushed and few bits of candied citron.
Close them  with the fingers and bake on plate.Just beginning to gold remove them from the oven and still warm roll them in a mixted of dark chocolate grated and sugar.
Acording to a most common method you can also soak the figs right out of the oven ,in a saucepan in whom the chocolate was melted with little water and a pinch of cinnamon.
The figs chocolate are kept in wooden boxed or in tin lined with greaseproof paped.

Muscat jelly with berries

For : persons
Difficulty : low

INGREDIENTS :

• 375 ml muscadel
• 10 g gelatin sheets
• 125 g berries
• 4 mint sheets

 






 PREPARATION :

 
 Soak the gelatin sheets in cold water .Once it is soak, squeeze and melt in a saucepan with some muscat spoon, until you put all the muscadel in. After it's all mixed . put it on individual cups, but not  before you put the berries in with mint sheets
Make it cool the cups on fridge for at lest 2 h.,
Serve with cream .