Desserts Recipe

Delicious Chocolate Recipes to Make the Day Special

The word ‘chocolate’ itself is enough to bring curves on everyone’s faces. There is a wide variety of chocolate available on the market such as dark chocolate, mild chocolate, Swiss chocolate, etc. to meet the requirement of each segment. If you want to try a hand at some simple chocolate recipes, the internet is the best place to explore. We are here sharing some easy chocolate recipes to help you get the sheer taste of chocolate within the comfort of home.

If you have a craving for chocolate, we are sure that our chocolate recipes will meet your expectation completely. Have a look-

Delicious Chocolate Recipes to Make the Day Special

Chocolate Puddings

All age group people equally admire smooth and delicious chocolate pudding, be it kids or adult. It is not only terrific in taste, but also very easy to make it at home. Deep chocolate pudding can be made without eggs and calls for both dark chocolate and cocoa powder. In case, you want to make mocha pudding, heat the milk and steep with ½ cup crushed coffee beans for 10 minutes. It takes 24 minutes to get prepared, and you will require following ingredients to make chocolate puddings :

7 ounces dark chocolate
2 cup whole milk
1 cup heavy cream
¾ cup sugar
¼ cup cocoa
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ cup cornstarch
½ stick butter
¾ teaspoon vanilla extract

Arrange all ingredients on the table, and proceed further with the simple chocolate recipes. Now chop the chocolate into fine pieces. Mix chocolate, 1/3 cups milk, cream, sugar, cocoa, and salt in a large saucepan. Stir slowly using a whisk over medium heat until mixture simmers and gets smooth and thick. Take a separate bowl, mix ¼ cup milk and cornstarch and whisk into the chocolate mixture. Simmer for a few minutes and scraping down the sides with a rubber spatula. Lastly, stir in vanilla.

You can serve the chocolate pudding on its own or use it as a filling for crepe cake. Just like other chocolate recipes, you can store it the refrigerator in an airtight box for a long time. Try to avoid contact the pudding with a naked hand to prolong its life.

Just like chocolate puddings, there are many other easy chocolate recipes available over the internet that you could try at home and give your family a real treat. Such dishes can be served as a dessert in parties or family get-to-gather.

Sweet Saffron Rice-Delight

Want to experiment more with your rice recipes. Browse the internet for more simple rice recipes and Indian rice recipes and make your menu more enticing.

Sweet saffron rice recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 cup basmati or long grain rice
• 2 tablespoons ghee or butter
• 1 3/4 cup water
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1″ piece of cinnamon stick
• 1/4 teaspoon of saffron threads
• 4 whole cloves (laung)
• 1/2 teaspoon coarsely crushed cardamom seeds
• Pinch of salt
• 3 tablespoons sliced or crushed pistachios and almonds
• 1 tablespoon raisins

Method:

1. Dry roast the almonds, pistachios and raisins in a pan on medium heat until the raisins puff and the nuts slightly change color. Set aside.
2. Put the rice, water, cinnamom stick, and salt in a saucepan over medium high heat.
3. When the rice comes to boil, reduce the heat to low and cover.
4. Let the rice cook for about 15 minutes, or until the water has evaporated.
5. While rice is cooking, in a separate saucepan combine milk, butter, sugar, saffron, cloves and cardamom and bring to boil on medium heat, stir until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat and set aside.
6. Add the nuts mixture and sugar syrup over the rice. Fold gently into the rice with a spoon gently to avoid mashing the rice.
7. Put the cover back over the rice and turn the heat on to very low. Let the rice simmer for 3 to 4 minutes. Turn the heat off and leave it covered for another few minutes before serving.

Zucchini Rice

Ingredients:

• 1 cup rice
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup shredded zucchini (with skin)
• 1 tablespoon of oil
• 1 teaspoon of butter
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin seed (jeera)
• 1/2 teaspoon black mustard seed (rai)
• 4 red peppers whole
• 2 Bay leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• Small piece of cinnamon stick about 1/2 inch
• 1 teaspoon of lemon juice

Method:

1. Heat the oil and butter in a heavy saucepan over medium high heat.
2. Add cumin seeds and mustard seeds to the oil. After seeds crack add red pepper and bay leaves.
3. Add rice and stir-fry for about 2 minutes.
4. Add water, zucchini, salt and lemon juice. Stir and bring to boil.
5. After rice comes to a boil turn the heat down to low and cover the pan. Cook rice for about fifteen minutes or until the rice is tender and the water has evaporated.

It’s time to reinvent your menu, ad more Indian rice recipes especially simple rice recipes and make your meal more nutritious, healthy and tasty.

Wet Bottom Shoo-Fly Pie

Pennsylvania Dutch Wet Bottom Shoo-Fly Pie Recipe

Since 1683, the Pennsylvania Dutch have been serving hearty old-country cuisine to their friends and family in Pennsylvania. Their simple, wholesome recipes were passed down through the generations and still appear on tables today.

Chicken pot pie, rivel soup, dandelion with hot bacon dressing, pork and sauerkraut, corn and oyster pie, wiener schnitzel, and potato filling are just a few of these classic recipes.

The pie was a staple in the early Pennsylvania Dutch diet, and customarily, it was served with breakfast, lunch, and dinner. No matter what day of the week or season it was, every kitchen had a pie or two in its cupboard.

When friends stopped to visit, they could count on their host serving an appetizer of cheese and ring bologna followed by a dessert of fresh pie and coffee.

The most popular Pennsylvania Dutch pies were fruit and custard pies and also drizzle pies, milk pies, and shoo-fly pies.

This wet bottom shoo-fly pie recipe is our family’s trusty favorite. Serve it with coffee, and you will understand why!

Wet Bottom Shoo-Fly Pie

From the Kitchen of Jennie Miller Yeisley, 1897 – 1977

Pie Crust

2 cups flour
2 pinches salt
¾ cup shortening
¼ cup cold water

Molasses Mixture

¾ cup molasses
¾ cup boiling water
1 tsp baking soda

Crumb Mixture

1 ½ cups flour
½ cup shortening
½ cup sugar

Preheat oven to 350°.

To make the pie crust, sift together the flour and salt. With a pastry blender, blend in the shortening until it is evenly distributed throughout the flour. While mixing the dough with your hands, gradually add the cold water a few tablespoons at a time. Add just enough water to form the dough into a ball. This should be one or two tablespoons short of the ¼ cup of water.

Roll the dough between two sheets of waxed paper. Carefully transfer the dough to a pie plate. Trim and flute the edges of the pie crust. Set this pie crust aside until ready for filling.

In a medium bowl, stir the molasses (We use Brer Rabbit “full flavor” molasses with the green and yellow label), water, and baking soda until well blended. It should bubble slightly.

In a separate medium bowl, sift together the flour and sugar. Add the shortening and blend with a pastry blender to form a crumb mixture.

Pour half of the liquid mixture into the unbaked pie crust. Cover the liquid evenly with the crumb mixture. Drizzle the remaining molasses mixture over the crumbs. Bake at 350° for one hour until golden brown and set in the center.

Remove from the oven and allow to cool. Wet bottom shoo-fly pie is served cold or at room temperature.

Jello Recipes

Jello Recipes – Bringing People Together

You can’t go to a family picnic or a neighbor’s birthday party without seeing a jello dish of some sort on the table. This is the recipes lovingly made and passed on within families. These are the down to earth recipes that memories are based on. This is real life; this is good natured fun. This is….jello.

Jello recipes are about as American as apple pies and hot dogs. Every family has a favorite twist on the good old fashioned jello recipe. There is an endless list of things one can make with jello.

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Jello Recipe Books

~ Jello Recipe ~

Replace the cold water in the regular preparation steps with 1/2 tub of cool whip. Blend using a mixer and pour into an individual glass serving dishes – also looks great in champagne glasses. The jello will begin to separate almost immediately. Refrigerate until firm. An opaque frothy (but firm) pastel colored layer will form at the top. Below it is the traditional translucent brightly colored layer. Dress it up with a few berries or slice of fruit for a nice finish.
Jell-O “Dive-On-In” Cake – Make a Fun Pool Party Cake

Strawberry Jello Cake

~ Recipe ~

1 white cake mix

1 package strawberry jello

1 container topping like Cool Whip

I try to use a pan for this that is nice enough looking to serve in – like glass. Bake cake according to directions, let cool. Mix jello with 1 cup of warm water. Using a fork, make several holes in the top of cake without going through and then pour jello over cake. Spread Cool Whip over it and refrigerate until chilled. Decorate the top with colored sugar crystals or fresh strawberries.

Another option is to thaw a package of frozen strawberries and put a layer of the cake and the cool-whip.

Jello Molds

Jello Jigglers

~ Classic Jello Recipe ~

2 1/2 cups boiling water (Do not add cold water.)

2 pkg. (8-serving size each) Jello of any flavor

Stir the jello into the boiling water until it is completely dissolved. Then pour mix into a 13×9-inch pan, and put into the refrigerator until firm. It should not stick to the touch.

Dip the bottom of the pan into warm water for about 15 seconds to loosen jello from the bottom of the pan. Using cookie cutters, or a butter knife, cut out the desired shapes. Lift shapes from the pan.

Cookie Cutters for Jello Jigglers

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