Crème Au Chocolat / Baked Chocolate Cream

French always have some love for ( flour , butter , cream , sugar ,  chocolates , eggs ) = desserts .  Most of the french desserts are unique , simple yet delicious. Crème Au Chocolat  is one classic dessert which was invented by french . It is quite similar to chocolate mousse . Crème Au Chocolat is a baked version of Chocolate mousse , that is the Simple way i could  explain about this dessert .

 This dessert is light , airy , creamy , chocolaty ... ( I could actually keep on describing ).

Thank you +Priya Suresh for the nice french dessert recipe . This time on Home Bakers Challenge , members were actually exploring French cuisines .  I managed to complete three out of four . I had book marked the left out recipe ( Faluche du Nord ) and will do it when time permits .

 My recipe for other french bakes click on -  Eggless Biscuit Sables , French Baguettes 

I used the same ingredients as +Priya Suresh  mention but i didn't follow the exact measurements. I used my own. But it turned out to be perfect .

 The recipe below will be enough for 2 people ( if you use smaller sized Ramekins) . I used a Medium Ramekins and two of us shared it.

Ingredients :

Cream - 1/3 Cup

Milk Chocolate chips - 1/3 Cup - ( you can use semi sweet chocolate / dark chocolate )

Milk - 1/3 Cup

Egg yolk - 1

Vanilla - 1/4 Tsp

Instructions :

• Boil the milk and cream in a medium heat .
• Meanwhile , Mix the yolk and vanilla paste till the yolk turns into creamy and buttery in color. Keep that aside.
• When the cream mixtures comes to the boiling stage , take off the heat , add the chocolate chips and let it sit for a minute . Then stir it till the chocolate is completely  melted .
• Meanwhile Preheat the oven at 350 F and Boil some water in the kettle /Stove.
• Now this is the important stage where we are going to be in action for two minutes at a stretch . We are going to use both the hands . One hand is going to pour the chocolate mixture into the yolk where the other hand is going to whisk it vigorously . If you think this stage is not important then you will end up eating Chocolate Egg Scramble.
• Pour the water in the baking tray . Keep the Ramekins in the tray . Pour the chocolate mixture into Ramekins and bake for 30 minutes.
• Allow it to cool completely . Cling wrap it and refrigerate it for couple of hours or over night .
• Garnish it and serve .

Anyone who wants to dig into it ??????????? You are Welcome !!!!

Notes - 

• Original recipe called for Dark chocolate and sugar . As i am not a big fan of dark chocolate i used milk chocolate and omitted the sugar .
• If you are going to use Dark chocolate , add sugar to the yolk and mix it completely and proceed with the recipe.
• Do not bake it more than the time mentioned , as it might effect the taste and the texture .
• Make sure the eggs are in room temperature
• Once it is baked , you might feel that the dessert is not baked in the middle . But after you refrigerate it  It will be just OK.

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Veg - Chicken Tikka

 

This recipe was in my draft for long .So today i dusted it and posting it . Tikka means  bits and pieces.. Tikka can be served as appetizer /Starter , Dinner , lunch etc . It is a easy to cook dish in which the vegetables and the chicken pieces are marinated in the home made spices and grilled or baked and broiled .

 

 

 

 

 

Ingredients:

 

 Fresh Yogurt.

Ginger Garlic Paste

Garam Masala

Pepper powder

Lime Juice

Chicken pieces

Cauliflower

Capsicum

Onions

Tomato's

Chilli Powder

Coriander Powder

Turmeric powder

Salt

Oil

Orange food color  - I  didn't prefer using color 

 

I have not given exact measurement for the tikka , It depends on the quantity of chicken and vegetables

 

Instructions:

1. Wash , clean and cut the vegetables and chicken into cubes.
2. Mean while in a bowl mix all the spices  along with Yogurt , lime juice and little oil.
3. Drop in the vegetables and chicken in the spice mixture and mix well.
4. Cover the bowl with cling wrap and marinate it for 1 to 2 hours . ( Marinating overnights gives more flavor).
5. Once it is ready , preheat the oven @400F .
6. Arrange the chicken and vegetables in the skewer and keep them ready.
7. Place these skewers on the grill racks with a tray underneath it .
8. Bake it for 20 - 25 minutes . Check the chicken whether it is cooked if it is done broil it for another one minute.
It is ready to serve

Chicken Patties

               It is one of the best snack to be served with tea. If it is spicy , crunchy and warm ; the patty keep going to the stomach one by one. You can't even count how much you have eaten. You can have a look at fish patties i made in the above link   .

Ingredients For the Dough :

All Purpose Flour - 2 Cups

Baking Powder - 1/2 TSPN

Butter - 1 Stick = 1/2 cup( Room Tempreture )

Salt- 1/2 TSPN

Sugar - 2 TSPN

Ice Cold Milk - 5- 6 TBLSN

Lime Juice - 1/2 TSPN

Instructions to prepare the the dough :

1. In a large bowl Combine All Purpose Flour , Baking Powder , Salt , Sugar and mix well .

2. Then add the Butter and mix it with the flour mixture .

3. Once the butter in incorporated well with the flour mixture add 5 TBLSP of milk and mix well.

4. If the dough seems to be too hard , add one more TBLSP of milk and mix . If the dough is still hard add another TBLSP of milk , You can actually go up to 6 TBLSP of milk But not more than that.

5. Lastly add the the lime juice and knead well.

6.The dough should not be too soft as soon as the ingredients are added .

7. Once all the ingredients are added knead it well for couple of minutes.

8. The wrap it with cling wrap and rest it aside for an hour .

Once the dough is prepared you can make your own filling .

These are the Ingredients i used For Filling , You can make the filling as you want .

Boiled Potatoes - Mash them

Minced Chicken / Boneless chicken

Salt - Per Taste

Pepper 2 TSPN

Green Chillies (chop them )

Chili Powder 1 TSPN

Coriander Powder

Coriander Leaves

Onions - chopped

Garlic - chopped

 1. Add oil in the pan , saute onions, garlic and chopped green chillies.
2. One the onions turn golden brown add the minced chicken, cook it for five minutes.
3. Then add salt , turmeric powder , pepper powder , chillie powder and Corriander powder.
4. When the chicken is cooked well add the boiled mashed  potatoes and mix them well.
5. Check whether the salt is enough . 

6. Remove from the heat , allow it to cool.

How to make patties:

First of all on the oven , preheat it at 350F and bake it for 20 - 25 minutes ( it depends on the oven too so have a close look from 15th minute onwards )

1. Once the dough is rested for an hour . cut and make it in to balls.

2. Now roll the ball into thin sheet .

3. Cut in into a round (probably with some round lid , that's what i do ).

4. Place the Stuffing in the middle of the circle.

5. Make it into the shape you want . ( I made it into Triangle)

6.Use water to stick the dough..

7.  Egg wash the Patties .

Now You are ready to bake.

Bake it for 20 - 25 minutes . 

Caramel Pudding

This is one of the simple dessert , which is so tasty . You can either steam it or put it in the oven and it is ready within 20 - 30 minutes. We can make the caramel pudding with condense milk , if you don't have condense milk you can use just plain milk .

Ingredients :

Condense milk - 1 tin 400 Grams
Water / Milk - 1 1/2 Tin  ( I added 1 tin of milk and 1/2 tin of water )
Eggs - 5
Vanilla Essence - 1  TBLSP

For Caramel -

Sugar - 3 TBLSP
Butter - 1 TBLSP

Instructions to make Caramel :

1. In a pan add 3TBLSP sugar and allow it to melt.
2. Stir it occasionally , and allow it to turn brown.
3. Once it is brown , take off the heat and add the butter and stir continuously till the butter gets incorporated in the sugar.
4. Level it and allow it to set.


Instruction to make the Pudding:

1. In a pan add condense milk , milk and water together . Beat well , till everything is mixed properly.
2. In another pan beat the eggs , till it turns fluffy and  light yellow in colour.
3. Then add vanilla and beat again.
4. Strain the Egg mixture once to avoid bubbles .
5. Then add the egg mixture  to the condense milk mixture and mix well.
6 Stain again and add it to the pan in which we made the caramel.
7. Cover it with a lid or foil. Steam it for 20 - 25 minutes .
8. Refrigerate it atleast for couple of hours .
9. Run the knife around the edge of the pudding  .Turn the pan and unmold the pudding before serving.
10 Serve it chill.


Caramel Pudding using plain Milk-

Ingredients :

Whole milk - 750 ml
Water  - 250 ml
Bread slices - 3 Slices (  without the sides )
Sugar - 1 Cup
Eggs - 5
Vanilla Essence - 1 TBLSP

For Caramel -

Sugar - 3 TBLSP
Butter - 1 TBLSP

Instructions:

It is made the same way as condensmilk pudding.


Notes-

•  Once it is 25 minutes take it out from the steam and poke a skewer and check whether it is cooked . The Pudding should be firm ( for me it took around 30+ minutes)
• Do not over cook the caramel , it might taste bitter otherwise.
• If you are going to bake it ,

                                 Keep the pudding pan in another baking tray filled with water cover it with the foil and bake it  for  50 minutes @ 350 F

• Run the knife around the pudding , It will be easy unmolding the pudding from tha pan.

                                       

linking this with Shruti's Sweet Creations



Baked Spicy Fish Patty

I still remember , when i was going to school in Colombo , ( many many years ago :) ) , twice or thrice a week my mom gives me pocket money and ask me to get some thing for breakfast . There was a shop right near my house called Perera & Sons . Omg , i just loved everything they had :P  , Especially their Spicy Fish Patty , Cheese Rolls and their Ice Coffee .  These Fish Patties from P&S are Spicy and Crispy. Fish patty with a Ice Cold Coffee is awesome....  So i thought of making a baked version of the patty.

As i don't use too much of oil in my cooking , i didn't want to fry my patty . So i made  baked version of fish patty, which is healthy and no compromise in the taste. The  Patty is crispy outside and spicy inside.

Ingredients For the Dough :

All Purpose Flour - 2 Cups

Baking Powder - 1/2 TSPN

Butter - 1 Stick = 1/2 cup( Room Tempreture )

Salt- 1/2 TSPN

Sugar - 2 TSPN

Ice Cold Milk - 5-8 TBLSN

Lime Juice - 1/2 TSPN

These are the Ingredients i used For Filling , You can make the filling as you want

Boiled Potatoes

Salmon Tin

Salt - Per Taste

Pepper  2 TSPN

Green Chillies (chop them )

Chili Powder 1 TSPN

Coriander Powder

Coriander Leaves

Onions

Garlic

Instructions to prepare the the dough :

1. In a large bowl Combine All Purpose Flour , Baking Powder , Salt , Sugar and mix well .

2. Then add the Butter and mix it with the flour mixture .

3. Once the butter in incorporated well with the flour mixture add 5 TBLSP of milk and mix well.

4. If the dough seems to be too  hard , add one more TBLSP of milk and mix . If the dough is still hard add another TBLSP of milk , You can actually go up to 8 TBLSP of milk But not more than that.

5. Lastly add the the lime juice and knead well.

6.The dough should not be too soft as soon as the ingredients are added .

7. Once all the ingredients are added knead it well for couple of minutes.

8. The wrap it with cling wrap and rest  it aside for an hour .

Once the dough is prepared you can make your own filling .

 1. Add oil in the pan , saute onions, garlic and  chopped green chillies.
 2. One the onions turn golden brown add the samon , cook it for five minutes.
 3. Then add salt , turmeric powder , pepper powder , chillie powder and Corriander powder.
 4. When you get the cooked smell from fish add the boiled potatoes and mash them well.
 5. Combine both the fish and potatoes well.
 6. Check whether the salt is enough .
 7. Remove from the heat , allow it to cool.

Lets see how to make the Patty;

First of all on the oven , preheat it at 350F and bake it for 20 - 25 minutes ( it depends on the oven too so have a close look from 15th minute onwards )

1. Once the dough is rested for an hour . cut and make it in to balls.

2. Now roll the ball into thin sheet .

3. Cut in into a round (probably with some round  lid , that's what i do )

4. Place the Stuffing in the middle of the circle.

5. Close the upper part of the circle to the down part.

6.Use water to stick the dough.

7. Seal it with the folk .

8.  You can actually egg wash it if you want . ( But i normally don't do it , because i get it browner and Crispier )

                                                           Now You are ready to bake.

 hereby i am linking this to Kids Delight event cooking like a celebrity chef ,Spotlight , cuisine delights ,  Mummy Ka Magic , Heartly and healthy