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chocholate gravy?
Posted:
Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:59 pmby captain wassname
My wife met a couple who said that 100% cocoa chocholate was great for thickening gravy.
Any comments?
Jim
Posted:
Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:11 pmby wheels
I imagine it would be, it's very bitter though (for want of a better word). A bit like
monté au beurre - monté au chocolat? Be bloomin' expensive though!
Phil
Posted:
Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:29 pmby vagreys
Yep. Cocoa, bittersweet chocolate, dark chocolate....all good in savoury stews and sauces. Used that way in French, Italian, Catalan, Spanish, and Mexican cuisines, and some folks even add cocoa/chocolate to chili.
Mole poblano, (chicken in a cocoa/chocolate and chile poblano sauce) is common in Mexican restaurants, here.
I had a great dish of rabbit and prawns with dark chocolate/tomato sauce, and a rabbit stew with bittersweet chocolate stirred into it, while I was in Barcelona.
There is a beef stew with cocoa that I've heard was very good, too.
Posted:
Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:37 pmby yotmon
I've cooked Partridge in a chocolate sauce (spanish dish), it was ok, but didn't blow me away. I think it acted as a 'thickener' and made the sauce richer.
Posted:
Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:56 amby Dogfish
I've found the bitter rounds out some dishes nicely.
Posted:
Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:43 pmby captain wassname
expensive? about £32.00 a kilo
I nearly had a turn but Mrs Wassname purchased some.single bean origin £5.75 for 180gms.
I would have bought 2kg of vac packed pork leg for that.
Jim
Posted:
Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:09 pmby wheels
To be honest that's not as expensive as I had imagined. Enjoy it.
Phil
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Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:48 pmby DiggingDogFarm
I like it with beef.
~Martin
Posted:
Wed May 02, 2012 4:51 pmby captain wassname
I feel a beer and chocolate sausage coming on
Jim
Posted:
Wed May 02, 2012 5:51 pmby vagreys
Careful with the hop profile...that could go weird.
Posted:
Wed May 02, 2012 6:18 pmby wheels
captain wassname wrote:I feel a beer and chocolate sausage coming on
Jim
You must - it's your duty!
(How do you spell Yuk?)
Phil
Posted:
Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:04 amby captain wassname
the beer and chocolate sausage idea is still alive Ive just got a couple more portions of my beer sausage to get through and Ill be away.
I had some bangers and mash yesterday and made an onion gravy with chocolate It was a nice combination.
Maybe thats a better way but Im sort of committed to attempt a beer and chocolate sausage.Will brew the beer in a week or so.
Jim
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Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:49 pmby vagreys
The world would be boring, indeed, without experiments. Watching this one with interest, since it combines two of my favorite activities.