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Quick Chocolate Dessert Great for Entertaining

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Nutmeg has tested this chocolate desert recently and confirms it is quick and easy to make.  Great for the holidays with seasonal ingredients (nuts and dried fruit) and Nutmeg is very happy to confirm it is nothing like traditional fruit cake.

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Chocolate Nut and Fruit Tart
Recipe type: Dessert
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Serves: 6-8
 
Try this quick chocolate dessert and you are bound to impress your friends and family. Enjoy!

Ingredients
  • 1 Pie crust, refrigerated
  • ¼ Cup Raspberry preserves, or jam of choice
  • ½ Cup Heavy whipping Cream
  • 12 oz Bittersweet Chocolate Chips
  • 1 Cup Assorted nuts (pecans, sliced almonds, pistachios and hazelnuts) toasted, chopped coarsely
  • 1 Cup Assorted dried fruit (cherries, raisins, cranberries and blueberries)
  • 1 Large pinch Kosher Salt
  • ½ Cup Toffee bits, for garnish
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 450F
  2. Pierce the crust with a fork
  3. Bake until golden brown, about 12 minutes
  4. Cool
  5. Spread preserves over the bottom of the crust
  6. Bring cream to a simmer in a heavy saucepan
  7. Reduce heat to low; add chocolate chips and stir until melted and smooth
  8. Remove from heat
  9. Stir in the nuts, fruit and salt
  10. Spread the chocolate mixture evenly in the crust
  11. Sprinkle toffee bits over the top
  12. Chill until set (about 2 hours)

 

Quick Chocolate Desert

Chocolate and Biscotti What’s not to Love

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Nutmeg as you already know is quite black and white on most issues and this is definitely one of those.  Chocolate only comes in one acceptable format – dark and really dark.  White “chocolate” is about as real as marshmallows and about as good for you as MSG, trans-fats and saccharin.  For those interested here are some fast facts:

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Fall is Soup Time

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Nutmeg has a bit of time on her hands this fall and this soup one of her new favorites:

Bosc Pears

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Pear, Fennel and Acorn Squash Soup
Recipe type: Soup
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Serves: 4
 
This is an easy soup to celebrate the best of fall produce.
Note: mild curry can be added as well (optional). Enjoy!
Ingredients
  • 1 Small Fennel bulb, diced
  • 3 Shallots or ½ onion, diced
  • 1.5 Tbsp. Olive oil
  • 2 Pears cored and cubed
  • 5 cups Vegetable or chicken stock
  • ½ Tsp. cinnamon
  • 1 Tsp. Fresh ginger, crushed
  • 2 Medium Acorn squash, peeled, seeded and cut into 1 inch cubes
  • ½ Cup Coconut milk
  • Salt and Pepper, to taste
Instructions
  1. Saute fennel and shallots in pan with 1 Tbsp oil until lightly brown.
  2. Add the remaining oil and the pears.
  3. Saute for another 1-2 minutes.
  4. In a large pot, combine the stock, ginger, cinnamon and squash.
  5. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer.
  6. When the squash is almost cooked, add the pear mixture, coconut milk, salt and pepper.
  7. Remove from heat and puree in a blender until smooth.

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