How to make Real Dairy Chocolate Ice Cream

 Having never made ice cream before we though we give it a try. This is made with just milk, whipping cream, dark brown soft sugar, eggs, vanilla extract and a dark chocolate bar which has to be at least 70% cocoa content, or more.( Dark chocolate of this type is very good for you on it's own and can help reduce blood pressure by the way.) You also need an egg separator to easily separate the egg yolk from the white. If you want one you can get one here This is a three stage process, where you chill it twice for an hour after adding various ingredients, and then the third time it goes into the freezer, is the last time until it is ready to eat. This really was delicious and well worth the effort! 

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How to make Chocolate Pudding In Own Sauce

 This is a very easy Chocolate pudding with it's own sauce inside, so it is very moist and doesn't need any sauce! Because this recipe is made with olive oil it is very light and doesn't lie heavy on your stomach when it's eaten, and it is healthier. Also when you consume chocolate your brain releases dopamine, the feel good hormone, but it doesn't mean you can eat it all in one go though, otherwise you won't feel so good! You can use 3oz of butter instead of olive oil if you wish - it's just as good but not quite as light! When this chocolate pudding leaves the oven it looks just like a mud pie, but don't judge that book by it's cover - this tastes divine...Always use good quality dark chocolate usually found on the baking isle. Who doesn't like Chocolate!

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Microwaveable Old School Chocolate Pudding with a Mint Custard.

 Well who doesn't love a chocolate pudding. Microwaveable as well, so it's fast and easy. Maybe too easy ha! The chocolate pudding we had to mess about with the water content to get it just right. So we had to try many samples.....that's our excuse anyway. Then there was the mint custard. Although my daughter who was five at the time and didn't like mint, would say mint was the worst thing that she had ever tasted! So we have to do a custard version just for her. Oh well more for us...i could have made it a pink colour but she would still know. Kids have amazing sensory perception. There never seems to be any of this particular chocolate pudding  left over for the next day either? Oh and it's good with custard too, and cream, and.....you choose.

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Chocolate Cake

The Chocolate cake was a tough one to get right. After a few attempts we got the chocolate taste just right but it a was still a little dry. A this point we added milk in small proportions to both the mix and the cream and then voila! we had it just right. So as Marie Antoinette would say, "Let them eat cake." We say yes but not this one!
P.S. you don't need anything else with this one but if you are a cream lover I know that some of you will be adding a naughty dollop of cream on the side.......

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