I get asked quite often why I like to cook. The first reason I give is normally because I like to eat. I am Thai and food is a big factor in our culture. We greet each other with hello followed by 'have you eaten? When guests turn up at your house it's safe to assume that they will expect to be fed.

The second reason is that as I grew up in the Northeastern part of Thailand, the poorest region, food was always hard to come by. We weren't hungry as there was always rice, but it was difficult finding something to go with rice. Now I do have ingredients to go with rice, I want to cook!

Sunday, 24 January 2016

Chocolate Fondants.



Chocolate Fondants.

Impress your friends and family, these fondants are surprisingly easy.

Equipment:
6x150ml dariole moulds.

Preparation:

Melt,
-30g butter.
Brush the moulds with the butter. Refrigerate until needed.
Don't throw away the left over butter as you'll need it again later on.

In a saucepan, put in
-175g chopped butter,
-175g dark chocolate(72% cocoa solids),broken into chunks,
-pinch of salt,
Cook, stirring until the ingredients have melted and the mixture is smooth. Leave aside and get on with the next stage.

In a large bowl, whisk 
-4 eggs with
-175g sugar, 
-1tsp vanilla bean paste, sift in
-175g plain flour.
Stir to combine. Then gently fold in
-chocolate mixture, a 1/3 at a time.
Transfer into a jug. Refrigerate and get on with the next step.

Oven 180c fan forced.

Bring your moulds out of the fridge (you may need to warm the butter),
Brush with melted butter, 
Dust with cocoa powder, tip away any excess. Put them on the oven tray.
Pour in the cake batter.

Bake 12 minutes.

Let them sit for a couple of minutes.
Invert onto the serving plate.
Serve with-fruits,
                   -double cream,
                   -vanilla ice- cream.


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