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Chia Chocolate Pudding – Sort of a Pet Project

If you’re my age, you can’t hear the word “chia” without
thinking of the famous 1980’s commercial, and its “cha cha cha chia” jingle. That
did make it a little tougher taking this seed seriously as a legitimate recipe
ingredient, but as long as you manage expectations, it proved its worth beyond
a gardening option for lazy people.

If you’re looking for a rich and decadent chocolate pudding
then keep moving. As nutritious as this “superfood” is supposed to be, you
can’t expect the same results substituting bird seeds for eggs, butter, and cream. That said, if you’re craving something sweet, relatively chocolately,
and comparatively healthful, then chia seeds may be a good option.

Chia seeds are all the rage right now, and are usually seen
in breakfast pudding form. In fact, I learned about them after seeing this on my friend Elizabeth’s blog, Saffron Lane. I’ve never been a big breakfast pudding guy,
so I decide to do a dessert for my first attempt. Plus, I needed an excuse to use chocolate covered hemp seeds.

They’re incredible easy to work with, and I look forward to
doing more experiments. If you have any tips or tricks I should know about,
please feel free to pop off. And if you’ve never tried using chia seeds before
(the pet plant doesn’t count), I hope you give this a try soon. Enjoy!

Ingredients for 2 servings:

1/4 cup chia seeds

1 tablespoon brown sugar

1 tablespoon white sugar

2 tablespoons cocoa powder

1/2 teaspoon instant coffee

1/4 tsp vanilla

a few grains of salt

1 cup milk
chocolate covered hemp seeds, optional

Flourless fudge cake

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Ingredients

200g bar dark chocolate 70% cocoa solids
250g unsalted butter
2 star anise, crushed to a powder to make 1/2 tsp
300g light soft brown sugar
6 medium eggs, separated
Zest of 1 large lime
Pinch of salt
Cocoa powder for dusting
Crème fraiche, to serve
22-23cm (81/2-9in) loose-based/ spring-form tin, buttered and base-lined with baking parchment

Nutritional information

Each portion contains:

Calories373
19%
Fat25.0g
36%
Saturates14.0g
70%

of an adult’s guideline daily amount

That’s goodtoknow

Leave to cool before serving for the best taste.

Method

Set the oven to 160°C/325°F/Gas Mark 3. Break the chocolate into a heatproof bowl and add the butter, in chunks, and star anise.
Put the sugar and 4 tbsp water in a small pan. Bring to the boil, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Pour the syrup over the butter and chocolate and stir until smooth. Stir in the egg yolks and lime zest.
Whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt in an electric mixer to soft-peak stage. Add about a third of the egg-white foam to the chocolate mixture, folding it in with a big metal spoon, then gently fold in the rest of the egg white.
Pour into the tin on a baking sheet and bake for 50-60 mins. Check if the cake is cooked by inserting a skewer, which should come out almost clean. The cake will have risen but will sink back and crack on cooling, and will still be a bit soft in the middle.
Leave in the tin to cool, then take out and dust with cocoa powder. Slice and serve with crème fraiche.

By Woman’s Weekly

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Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

by Pam on August 7, 2013

While driving by my old neighborhood last week, my kids said they missed living next to our amazing neighbors Jack and Mary. They were always so sweet to all of us and Jack never failed to put bags of fresh produce on our fence from his amazing garden. In the fall, they would bring us loaves of the most delicious chocolate zucchini bread that my kids absolutely loved. My daughter asked if I could try to make Jack & Mary’s yummy zucchini bread so I went in search of a recipe and found one on Joy of Baking^[1] that looked good. I adapted the recipe to make muffins so I wouldn’t have to heat up the house with the oven on for an hour. This recipe turned out to be great! Both of my kids loved these moist and delicious muffins and said they were as good as Jack & Mary’s bread ~ I took that as a huge compliment! Thanks for the inspiration Jack & Mary.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Coat a muffin tin with cooking spray.

Combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon together in a bowl, stir until well combined. Toss in the chocolate chips and mix.

Whisk together the eggs, oil, sugars, and vanilla together until well combined. Add the zucchini and mix. Slowly add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture until just combined. Spoon evenly into the muffin tin.

Place into the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes or until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let them cool for a few minutes before placing them on a cooling rack to continue cooling. Serve & enjoy.

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Double Chocolate Zucchini Muffins

Yield: 12

Prep Time: 10 min.

Cook Time: 20-25 min.

Total Time: 30-35 min.

Ingredients:

1 cup flour
1/2 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder, sifted
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
3/4 cup mini semi sweet chocolate chips
2 large eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup granulated white sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups shredded raw zucchini

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Coat a muffin tin with cooking spray.

Combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon together in a bowl, stir until well combined. Toss in the chocolate chips and mix.

Whisk together the eggs, oil, sugars, and vanilla together until well combined. Add the zucchini and mix. Slowly add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture until just combined. Spoon evenly into the muffin tin.

Place into the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes or until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let them cool for a few minutes before placing them on a cooling rack to continue cooling. Serve & enjoy.

Adapted recipe by For the Love of Cooking.net
Original recipe by Joy of Baking
Inspired by Jack and Mary

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