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Sunday, March 2, 2014

How to Make Russian Chocolate Cheesecake Bites Глазированные сырки

These are little bars of flavored sweet cheese with a dark chocolate coating. These are healthy and delicious. A rich and creamy dessert made with ricotta, vanilla bean and a few other ingredients. You can make these sirki into cake pops or like traditional, rectangular way. Simple and easy to make for summer dessert.

Ingredients:

1 lb ricotta cheese or homemade Tvorog (It needs to be dry)
1/2 cup powdered sugar
2 tbs butter (softened)
2-5 tbsp whipping cream (It depents on how dry tvorg is)
2 tsp vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
Optional juice of 1/4 lemon
300- 350 grams dark chocolate to cover with.

I make tvorog a few times a week. So its always in my fridge. Tvorog need to be dry for this recipe. Use a cheese cloth to take out all liquid out. Mix tvorog with butter and vanilla. Use a hand mixer.

Add whipping cream and powdered sugar. Mix it really well. Refrigerate it for 1 hour.

Make a rectangular or a circle shape. Put in the freezer for 30 min.

I used a strong blender to chop chocolate for melting. This is the proper way to melt chocolate: Melt 2/3 of your chocolate. Place it in the top of a double boiler, set over simmering water. Securely clip a chocolate or instant-read thermometer to the side of the boiler to monitor the chocolate’s temperature. Stir gently but steadily as the chocolate melts and heats up. Use a rubber spatula, not a wooden or metal spoon. Bring the chocolate to 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 C) for dark chocolate or 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43 C) for milk or white chocolate. Do not allow the chocolate to exceed its recommended temperature. When it is at the right temperature, remove it from the heat. Add the remaining chunks of chocolate and stir gently to incorporate. The warm chocolate will melt the chopped chocolate, and the newly added chocolate will bring down the temperature of the warm chocolate.

Roll sirki into chocolate with the fork. Transfer em to parchment paper. Put in the fridge to get em dry.

You can add any fruit jam to the mix. I used strawberry jam for a few sirki.

Enjoy!!!

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Apple Bites

Apple Bites

(Perfect for Halloween partys)

You will need:

5-10 Apples

1 Bag of Almond Slices

Just quarter and core an apple, cut a wedge from the skin side of each quarter, then press slivered almonds in place for teeth. I have also used mini marshmallows and peanut butter. Just spread the peanut butter on the wedges and stick the marshmallows to it! I made them for my sons preschool class and they loved them.

Posted by: Lori

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