Posted on Saturday, April 21, 2007 9:56 AM
They Go Really Well Together is a new blogging event created by Martin Lersch. The name of the blogging event refers tot flavour pairing of ingredients based on their content of volatile aroma compounds. Ingredients that are to be combined this month are Garlic, Coffee & Chocolate.
- 1 garlic clove: grounded
- 50 gram sugar
- 1 dl whipping cream
- 1 garlic clove: crushed with the back edge of a knife blade
- 1 dl warm strong espresso
- 50 gram dark chocolate [70 %]: cut into small chunks
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon [rice] flour
Place sugar and grounded garlic clove in a foodprocessor and process to a garlic-sugar. Set aside. let dry and crush. Place cream and crushed garlic clove in a small pan. Heat to just below boiling. Remove from the heat and let infuse for 30 minutes. Remove and discard garlic clove. Add warm espresso to the chocolate chunks. Stir until the chocolate is melted. Let cool. Beat egg yolks with the sugar and the flour. Place garlic-cream, chocolate-espresso and yolks in a bowl and set over a pan of simmering water. Mix and stir until the mixture is thickened enough to coat the back of a spoon. Pour the mocca garlic creme into espresso cups and let cool. Chill the mocca garlic creme in the refrigerator. Sprinkle garlic-sugar on to mocca garlic creme and caramelize with a butane torch.
How did it taste? Like Mocca Creme Brulee. To be sure I should taste it again without garlic. But try it yourself.
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