Last Thursday.. the Ogre and I went to a wine tasting at Spice & Tea Exchange. It was hosted by Wines For Humanity. This is an awesome company and I had no idea they even existed before last Thursday. I will be buying my bottles from them from now on!
We tasted 5 different wines from a very light white on out to a robust Bordeaux. There was even a framboise champagne. Each course of wine had a little appetizer paired with it and we learned alot about how to pair wines with food. It was surprising what kinds of food paired together.
One of the courses had these salted chocolates that just burst with salt and chocolate and spices. It was definitely a party in my mouth. I resolved on the spot to try and make them. Today I attempted it and I think I succeeded. They were entirely awesome. As my first attempt at copying something I ate -- I am
entirely happy!
12 oz Ghiardelli Bittersweet morsels
3 cups mini marshmallows
4 Tbl butter
1 tsp Vanilla
1 package Cyprus Flake Salt
1 package Spiced Cocoa mix from Spice & Tea.
Grease an 8x8 pan and line with parchment paper. Be sure the paper is long enough to hang over the edges of the pan,
Melt chocolate and marshmallows in a double boiler. Add 1 tsp of vanilla. When fully melted and combined pour into 8x8 pan and spread evenly. Sprinkle with flake salt. Refrigerate for about an hour until cool and firm. Runa knife around the edges and lift chocolate out of pan and cut into 1" squares. Roll in the cocoa spice mix and put into mini cupcake papers.
I have to try and remember what wine they
paired with ...I should have written it down. But still that doesn't matter so much. They are chocolate and yummy!
XXOO
Daybird
