Becca Loves Food: July 2011

Friday, July 1, 2011

Quick and Dirty Coco-CocoaTruffles

Quick and Dirties
Throw into your blender:

half a cup of almonds
half a cup of shredded coconut
two big spoonfulls unsweetened cocoa powder
3 tablespoons liquid-- milk or water or rum or coffee would work beautifully

blend to a paste, then roll in finely shredded coconut, mush a couple of almonds in each one, then chill for a couple of minutes in the freezer.

They are so dark, so rich, so lovely.

My Erratic Rubric

I doodle little smileys or frownies or A+s or C-s in my cookbooks, in the margins and by recipe titles. Sometimes I write notes of my substitutions and successes and failures.
This blog is basically a public extension of that habit of rating and sorting the things I try.
I'm afraid my criteria are a bit inconsistent.
Sometimes I love a really complex and delicate recipe--as an artistic challenge and an intellectual accomplishment. Sometimes I just want it fast and delicious. So I can't claim any kind of internal logic to my grading system. If I come up with something solid, I'll let you know. But in the meantime, forgive my idiosyncratic ABCs, and I hope you enjoy the recipes!