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Indulgent Triple Dark Chocolate Petit Fours - Please order at least 3 DAYS in advance of shipping date. Creek House popular brownie-like petit fours, made with 3 types of chocolate: Bittersweet, Semisweet, and Unsweetened Cocoa. Semisweet chocolate chips are added for texture ...
Mr Handyman's Toolbox Of Treats Gift Basket - Celebrate the man that can DO EVERYTHING! We fill this paperboard tool box gift tote to overflowing with gourmet goodies and treats to satisfy all his crunchy cravings. Featuring Savory Beef Salami, Camembert Cheese, Chocolate ...
48 Piece Bite Size Cheesecake Assortment - Our very popular bite size cheesecakes are exquisitely packed and presented in two gold foil candy/truffle boxes (24 per box) with gold ribbon and shipped with a personalized gift message. Four each of six different flavors: Chocolate ...
24 Piece Bite Size Cheesecake Assortment - Our very popular bite size cheesecakes are exquisitely packed and presented in a gold foil candy/truffle box with gold ribbon and shipped with a personalized gift message. Four each of six different flavors: Chocolate Chip, New ...
6 Pc Chocolate Mini Cheesecake Assortment - Perfect for a dinner party, or just to keep on hand for that special ending to any meal. Two each: Rocky Road, White Chocolate and Chocolate Topped New York Style. Keep frozen, they thaw quickly...Enjoy! Perfect for a dinner party, ...
Strawberry Stracciatella Ice Cream
Ingredients
Ice cream:
4 cups (1 pound) fresh strawberries, hulled, divided
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided
3/4 cup whole milk
2 1/4 cups heavy cream
4 large egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 ounces bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
Assembly:
6 pizzelle cookies, vanilla or chocolate flavored
Fresh strawberries
Preparation
1. Prepare ice cream: Purée 3 cups strawberries and 2 tablespoons of sugar in a food processor or blender until smooth. Strain through a sieve into a bowl to remove seeds. Chill.
2. Finely chop remaining 1 cup strawberries so that there are no large chunks. Chill.
3. In saucepan, bring milk, cream and remaining 3/4 cup sugar to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar.
4. In bowl, whisk yolks until combined. Whisk 1/3 of the boiling liquid into yolks. Return remaining liquid to a boil then whisk yolk mixture into liquid. Cook, whisking constantly until mixture is thick enough to coat back of a wooden spoon.
5. Strain through a sieve into a bowl. Cool over an ice bath, stirring occasionally. When mixture reaches room temperature, stir in vanilla extract. Cover and chill in refrigerator overnight or until cold.
6. Prepare chocolate: Melt chocolate according to directions in Chocolate Key on page 49. Stir in oil. Cool to room temperature.
7. Make ice cream: Stir strawberry purée into milk mixture. Process in ice cream machine.
8. Towards end of cycle, slowly pour melted chocolate into mixture.
9. When freezing is complete, stir in chopped strawberries. Transfer ice cream to freezer-proof container and freeze until firm.
10. Assembly: Serve scoop of ice cream on top of a pizzelle and garnish with fresh strawberries.
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Flavonoids, also found in wine are types of pigments that are water-soluble and created by plants of many varieties. There are thousands of different flavanoids. Plants use flavonoids in the process of photosynthesis.
How the human body actually uses and/or processes flavonoids is still not determined but they have been linked to good health in many areas - particularly blood circulation.
If you are a science buff, then you'll be interested to know that flavonoids are polyphenolic compounds containing 15 carbon atoms, two benzene rings joined by a linear three carbon chain. If you're just an average, everyday person with a sweet tooth, then you'll be interested to know that good things are contained in a single bite of dark chocolate. So please, put down the chemistry book and enjoy some today!