Category: Drinks

drinks

Baked Hot Chocolate

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Serves 8

Preheat Oven to 350º.
1. Melt in double boiler whisk and set aside. Do not over cook.
                12 oz       Chocolate, dark, chopped
                8 Tbs      Butter cut into cubes
2. In a medium bowl, whisk until light and fluffy.
                6                      Eggs
                1+1/2 Tbs        Sugar or more to taste
                1 tsp                 Vanilla
                2 Tbs               Cointreau or Anise
                1 pinch              Cayenne
                1 pinch              Salt
3. Fold into chocolate mixture.
4. Spoon into buttered bake cups.
5. Place cups in bake dish water with water, half way up to baking cups
Bake at 350º for i5 minutes, until tops lose their glossy finish with a delicate crust on top to your touch.

Optional Serve with whipped cream lightly sweetened with Cointreau or Anise

Plum Punch

I had a book signing party for my new memoir Stairway to Paradise: Growing Up Gershwin and offered this punch.
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Heat in a Medium Pot for one hour and chill:
  • 1 cup               Water
  • 40                     Plums, pitted
  • ½ cup              Sugar
  • 3 cloves         Clove
  • 8 Inches         Ginger, freshly grated
  • 6 inches         Turmeric, freshly grated
  • 1 stick              Cinnamon
Serve straight or add:
  • ½ cup              Sparking Water
  • 1 sprig            Mint

Meyer Lemonade

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1. In a medium pot heat until melted:
                        1½  cups         Sugar raw
2. Place in a medium bowl:
                        2  cups                        Meyer lemon Juice fresh
                        2  cups                        Water
3. Mix all together and pour into large pitcher and add:
                        ½                     Lemon slices to float
                        2 springs        Rosemary or Mint.
4. Taste and adjust sugar and lemon amounts to your preference.

5. Refrigerate ahead one or more hours.         

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