Kill me now....

This was going to be "Death by Chocolate", but due to an accident with a blender, "Kill me now" is more appropriate.

 

The cake was simply purchased from Waitrose, but the Chocolate Mousse was something I created.... and normally this dessert is dead easy to make, but this time I didn't put the blender lid on properly & there was hot chocolate mix all over the damn kitchen. The boss was not pleased :-(

 

Recipe as follows:

 

250g of dark chocolate (ideally orange infused)

10fl oz double cream

10 fl oz full fat milk

2 eggs

 

Crumble chocolate into blender

heat milk & cream - add to blender

add eggs to blender

PUT LID ON BLENDER !!!!

turn blender on

whizz until creamy

pour into espresso cups / shot glass or similar (half full)

Place in fridge until set (2-3 hours)

 

To serve, add more double cream to espresso cup. Dig spoon in & consume rapturously.

 

Background on the shot:

LE52 project wk 6 - Square format chocolate picture to go on Café menu.

(Alternate shot in comments)

(I really should do wk 5 but having trouble with the weather assignment)

 

Things learnt during this shoot.

1 - PUT LID ON BLENDER

2 - Don't get chocolate fingerprints on glass or table or camera

3 - Make enough to consume large volumes after shoot finished (Doing #1 properly will help with this)

 

42/365:2011 - 11th Feb

Feb ABC - K is for "Kill me now"

FGR - Blurry shit

Cliché Saturday - Food shots

Jim Shields Photography

Done