Let's talk about foods!

[highlyeccentric]

If you want me to talk about something other than food you better go leave a prompt on the December Meme.

Last week had many tasty foods in it. There was Pumpkin Risotto, for a start. Plus, I made cake balls! I had made a chocolate cake which fell apart a bit, and obviously that called for cake pops. Or, in this case, balls.




Not the prettiest, as I didn't have sticks, and contrary to warnings on the internet, I used shallow bowls for the coating and sprinkles. It would work better with deep bowls and popsticks.

What's involved here:

- about 3 cups of cake crumbs
- 250 grams dark chocolate plus about 100 grams of butter
- 250 grams white chocolate
- An awful lot of sprinkles

I melted the dark choc and butter together, stirred them through the cake crumbs and moulded into balls. They then sat in the fridge for a few hours to cool.

Next I melted about half the white chocolate, and rolled the balls first in it then in the sprinkles. As the chocolate set/ran out, I added more and re-melted it. As long as no water gets near the white choc, this works, although white chocolate is harder to work with than dark or milk.

I've also been rejoicing in jardaloo ma murghi, having finished it off for lunch today. The recipe there is grand, although I use more apricots in bigger chunks. I usually add a green thing (zucchini or spinnach), and this time I added pumpkin as well - that was a VERY GOOD CHOICE.

Meanwhile, tonight's dinner in the making is Italian Wonderpot, otherwise known as 'halfway between pasta sauce and minestrone soup'.

Question for the audience: does anyone have a tasty recipe for vege chilli which doesn't involve bulghur wheat? I can't easily or cheaply lay hands on that here...

Comments

[rooibos]

When I make veggie chilli, I just use a ton of different dried beans, squash and tomatoes.

[highlyeccentric]

I figured something like that, but never having made chilli of any sort, am looking for a recipe...