Sunday, November 07, 2010

Variations on the chocolate theme...

Hi,


In my other post, I mentioned my "failures" at chocolate chips without soy or sugar.  However, they were all quite edible.  Here they are in order of achievement:


Sugar-free Soy-free Chocolate Sauce


1cup fructose
1 - 14 ounce can coconut milk
4 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 teaspoons lard
1 teaspoon vanilla


Combine the first 3 ingredients and cook them over low heat in a small saucepan until they boil.  Continue to boil the mixture for about 3 to 5 minutes.  Test a drop of the sauce in a dish with cold water.  It should hold together when it is done.  Pour the sauce into a waxed paper lined pan to cool.


I think this would be great in some sort of smoothy  or maybe as a base for a "rice krispie" type treat?  We just ate it!


The next version was this:


Chocolate Fudge without soy or sugar


2 ounces Ghiradellis baking chocolate
2 tablespoons goat milk (double it??) (or whatever "milk" you can tolerate -- rice, etc.)
2 tablespoons lard
1 teaspoon vanilla
pinch salt
1/2 cup fructose


Put the ingredients into a small sauce pan and cook them until they are melted.  Pour into a greased 8"x2" square pan.  Cool completely before eating.






Next, we accidentally made something that was between taffy and brittle.  Whatever it was, it was good!


Chocolate Brittle Candy without soy or sugar


2 ounces Ghiradellis baking chocolate
1 tablespoons lard
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
pinch salt
1/2 cup fructose

Cook all of the ingredients quickly over high heat until it just starts to break apart -- about 3 to 5 minutes.  Pour into an 8"x2" square pan lined with waxed paper.  Chip out the pieces when they are cool.  







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