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The Secret to Making Great Ice Cream

09 Sunday Oct 2016

Posted by T.D. Inoue in cooking, Desserts, Foodie resources, recipes

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In our party circles, I’ve become known as “the ice cream guy.” Few foods are as universally liked as ice cream – especially great ice cream. It took me a long time to get to this point, but now I’m ready to share my secrets.chocolate-ice-cream

In reality, like most tasty food, the key is to start with high quality ingredients. You can grill a steak perfectly, but if the meat isn’t fresh and tasty to begin with, you’ll never end up with a juicy, mouth-watering, steak on the dinner table.

Ice cream is exactly the same.  You’re going to taste each ingredient because there are only a few ingredients in ice cream. So you only want use ingredients that taste really good! But I’m sure you know that. More likely, you’re reading this because you are having some of the same problems I have run into when making a batch – icy ice cream that lacks that depth of flavor that makes people really smile.

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Mexican Chocolate Tart with Salted Caramel Topping

29 Tuesday Sep 2015

Posted by T.D. Inoue in Desserts, recipes

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Deep, rich, delicious!

Deep, rich, delicious!

One of the most popular desserts I’ve made was this decadent chocolate tart with salted caramel topping. This was inspired by several different recipes and desserts. Probably the most similar is the famous salted caramel tart served by Frenchtown, NJ restaurant, Lovin’ Oven. However, the starting point for this recipe was the “Perfectly Simple Dark Chocolate Tart” in Lori Longbotham’s book, Luscious Chocolate Desserts which is well worth the investment if you’re into chocolate (and who isn’t?)

In this version of the chocolate tart, I changed a few things to adapt it to my tastes.

  • Used hazelnuts in the crust
  • Added vanilla, because all desserts need an extra splash of vanilla
  • Used some Mexican chocolate to gain some of the floral cinnamony flavors and sweetness
  • Used Mexican cinnamon for a little more cinnamon flavor without being overpowering
  • Added very finely ground coffee. Just because chocolate desserts are better with coffee.
  • And of course, the salted caramel topping

Be forewarned – this is a *very* potent dessert! For maximal enjoyment I suggest slender slices. You should be able to get 12-16 (correction) 24-32 slices from this tart! You may also wish to eliminate the caramel. I keep going back and forth between desiring its added flavor and being overwhelmed by the extra sweetness.

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