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Strawberry Marjoram Ice Cream and Choco Torte

03 Friday Aug 2012

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For my grandparents’ 60th anniversary I made a brownie-torte with chocolate ganache and strawberries. The ganache was just heavy cream, bittersweet chocolate and butter melted in a bain-marie. It was kind of amazing.

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The strawberry marjoram ice cream was also a success! I love the astringent brightness that the marjoram imparted. It may have been the camphor or pinene found in its oils.

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It was the chocolatiest dessert I had ever tasted in my life and I just had another slice for breakfast because it was that good!

Orange Blossom Azahar Marshmallows

25 Wednesday Jul 2012

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I just finished a batch of orange blossom marshmallows. They were so easy to make. I just used a smitten kitten recipe.

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The worst part was waiting for the sugar mixture to get to 240 degrees.

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I am going to make another batch this afternoon of plain vanilla ones, just have to get some vanilla beans first.

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I am so excited about all the cookie cutter shapes I’m going to use to make cute marshmallows cut outs!

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I used to think Ladurée’s guimauve macaron filling was gross but now that I know what goes into making a marshmallow, I kind of love the idea of the incroyable macarons!

My Molcajete

17 Tuesday Jul 2012

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A few months ago MexGrocer.com had a huge blow out sale and so I bought a real lava rock molcajete. It was kind of hard to find a real one even in New York. Many of the ones I found in Jackson Heights and Corona were decorative serving dishes made out of cement, not lava rock. It took me at least three months to season the one I bought online! I read on The Mija Chronicles that you should do a few turns of dry beans, then dry corn, dry rice, wet rice, and finally the spices. The many rounds help get rid of gritty pieces that might get mixed into your food. Today I finally got to the spices round!

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I ground some garlic, dried epazote, ancho chiles, and salt. The resulting paste was very fragrant and tasty!