Chocolate Amaretto Valentine’s Marquise

Ingredients:

2 cups heavy cream
1/4 cup almonds, toasted and finley chopped
8 Amaretti cookies, finely crushed
1 pound bittersweet chocolate, chopped
5 tbsp Amaretto liqueur
5 tbsp corn syrup
Cocoa powder

Preparing:

Combine the crushed Amaretti cookies and the chopped almonds.
Sprinkle onto a greased mould with baking parchment oil.

Simmer the chocolate, Amaretto and corn syrup, until the chocolate is melted.
Remove from heat, and set aside for 8 minutes.

Whip the cream, and fold into the chocolate mixture.
Pour into the mould, cover with plastic wrap and chill overnight.
Unmould and dust it with cocoa powder.


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February 14th, 2008 | Category: amaretti cookies, amaretto, chocolate cake, cocoa, cooking, easy recipe, free recipes, healthy recipes, liqueur, Saint Valentine's desserts, Saint Valentine's food, Saint Valentine's recipes | Leave a comment

Amaretto and Coffee Jelly

Ingredients:

Amaretto Jelly:
3/4 l milk
4 ml amaretto
1 cup cold water
1 can evaporated milk
1/2 can condensed milk
45 g unflavored gelatine

Coffee Jelly:
1/2 l water
100 ml coffee liquor
1/4 cup cold water
150 g sugar
15 g unflavored gelatine
1 tbsp soluble coffee

Preparing:

Moist unflavored gelatine in the cold water and set aside.
Bring water to the boil with the sugar and remove from heat.
Add moist gelatine, coffee and coffee liqueur, move until dissolved and reserve.
Apart 3 tbsp of this jelly.

Pour coffee jelly in the mould and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Cut shapes and place in the second mould.
Bathe figures with the 3 tbsp jelly you reserve.

Moist unflavored gelatine in the cold water and set aside.
Bring the milk to the boil and remove from heat.
Add gelatine and amaretto, move until dissolved and reserve.
Pour the amaretto jelly over the coffee pieces and refrigerate for 2 hours.


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January 29th, 2008 | Category: amaretto, coffee dessert, coffee liqueur, condensed milk, cook, cooking, easy recipe, evaporated milk, food, free recipes, gelatine, healthy recipes, jello, jelly | Leave a comment

Christmas Mascarpone Creams

Ingredients:

115 g amaretti cookies, crushed
1 cup mascarpone cheese
1/4 cup superfine sugar
4 eggs, separated
4 tbsp amaretto

Preparing:

Place the amaretti crumbs in a bowl.
Add amaretto and set aside to soak.

Beat egg yolks with sugar until pale and thick.
Fold the mascarpone and soaked cookie crumbs.

Whisk the egg whites in a separate bowl until ftiff.
Fold gently into the cheese mixture and divided between 4 serving dishes.
Chill for 2 hours and sprinkle with slivered almonds.


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November 29th, 2007 | Category: almonds, amaretti cookies, amaretto, christmas desserts, christmas food, christmas recipes, cook, cooking, easy recipe, european recipes, free recipes, healthy recipes, Italian dessert, mascarpone | Leave a comment
 
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