There Are Herbs In My Chocolate

Explore the global kitchen with over 60 delectable herb-infused recipes that feature chocolate - including unexpected savory chocolate appetizers and entrees decadent chocolate beverages and desserts and fun chocolaty breads all paired with a wide variety of culinary herbs.Chocolate Gingerbread. Chicken Satay with White Chocolate Peanut Sauce.Dark Chocolate Mushroom Arancini.Maybe you didnt realize these things were missing from your life but try them and you may find yourself with some new go-to recipes to impress at dinner parties or treat yourself or your family at home. Plus sampling them might change the way you think about chocolate. Chocolate can be earthy bitter nutty subtle or sweet and its not just for dessert. There are Herbs in My Chocolate uses everything from cocoa butter and white chocolate to chocolate infused balsamic vinegar to explore the range of tastes that can come from the seeds of a single tree.Cooking with herbs connects you to history and harkens back to a time when kitchen gardens were a staple for every home. Now more and more culinary herbs are available at supermarkets so even if you dont have time to maintain a garden you can still find ways to include them in your diet.Chocolate is already decadent. Adding herbs can make the experience even more special. Its not just a hot chocolate. Its a thick drinking chocolate infused with the delicate aroma of lavender and roses. Its not just a chocolate cupcake. Its a cinnamon chocolate cupcake with boozy lemongrass frosting.Its not just pumpkin ravioli. Its pumpkin ravioli with the earthiness of cocoa powder in the brown butter sauce.In this book you will learn how to make herbal syrups sauces pastes and candied herbs and to infuse herbs into ice cream confections breads and pastries. Most importantly you will learn how to choose herbs to pair with different types of chocolate to create balanced flavor profiles. The herbs involved may be fresh from the garden dried or infused into herbal liqueurs. Techniques for working with chocolate include learning how to temper which is important for making candies.These meticulously tested recipes featuring detailed full-color photographs will take you on global culinary adventures. This cookbook updates and fuses traditional ingredient combinations.The author of the Chocoverse science fiction series and the Bean to Bar Mysteries (starring a craft chocolate maker) brings you an out-of-this world delicious cookbook!