David P
West Virginia
United States
About David
Member since Jan 07, 2008
David has no recipes published on Rouxbe.
David's favorite things
| Cuisine: | Italian |
| Dessert: | Chocolate |
| Dish or Meal: | Linguini con Aglio e' Olio |
| Kitchen tool: | Food Processor |
| Knives of Choice: | Wusthof Le Cordon Bleu |
| Pots/pans: | Calphalon |
| Restaurant (City): | Lydia's |
| Top Ingredients: | Garlic |
Success Rating: 96% (11 ratings)
Pancetta White Bean Soup
by Dawn T
This is a twist on the classic BLT sandwich - pancetta, crispy lettuce, tomato and garlic crostini.
| Active Time: 40 mins | Comments: 6 |
| Total Time: 40 mins | Views: 968 |
Success Rating: 96% (60 ratings)
| Active Time: 20 mins | Comments: 6 |
| Total Time: 20 mins | Views: 1546 |
Success Rating: 96% (31 ratings)
Pilau Rice
by Dawn T
Fluffy white rice cooked with coconut milk and finished with green onions, cilantro and crispy fried onions.
| Active Time: 10 mins | Comments: 9 |
| Total Time: 40 mins | Views: 1531 |
Success Rating: 95% (74 ratings)
Chocolate Torte with Crème Anglaise
by Dawn T
A decadent chocolate torte that melts in your mouth, finished with Crème Anglaise.
| Active Time: 40 mins | Comments: 19 |
| Total Time: 3 hrs | Views: 5073 |
Success Rating: 94% (79 ratings)
| Active Time: 30 mins | Comments: 23 |
| Total Time: 45 mins | Views: 3072 |
Success Rating: 98% (41 ratings)
Pizza 4 Ways
by Dawn T
Four delicious pizzas - caramelized onions and goat cheese, lemon and cheese, serrano ham or a simple margarita. These lightly topped, thin and cri...
| Active Time: 45 mins | Comments: 24 |
| Total Time: 3 - 18 hrs | Views: 3095 |
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Dawn, there are various grades of dark chocolate to choose from. Semi-sweet, 60% Cocao Bittersweet, 70% Cocao Extra Bittersweet, 100% Cocao Unsweetened, which do you recommend for the Chocolate Torte with Creme Anglaise? I'm making it for a dinner party tomorrow and don't want any unpleasant suprises!
Dawn, I made this Torte as a birthday cake and coupled with the Creme Anglaise was sinfully decadent, but worth every calorie! I used the 60% Cocao Bittersweet Chocolate. I did however, have to bake it for approximately 35 minutes, as after 20 minutes it was still a tad soupy in the center despite a half hour of preheating. This is a high end restaurant quality dessert, perfect for a special occasion.
It's called a CHOCOLATE CHIP cookie. The objective above all else, is to achieve a deep and rich chocolate taste, not necessarily overly sweet, but a truly delightful chocolaty treat. From my experience, the best chocolate baking chips are Ghiardelli 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate chips. Nestle' chips suffice is your making cookies for the kids, but if your making cookies as a gift or for adults with a more descerning palate, then Ghiardelli chocolate is the premuim grade chocolate you will want to use. Dawn said it best, the better the chocolate, the better the cookie will taste. This is the perfect recipe to use premium Ghiardelli chocolate with.