tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187939946987190646.post-70623353046352446112008-01-07T07:58:00.001+02:002008-03-17T21:59:26.386+02:002008-03-17T21:59:26.386+02:00My dear Bindiya.<br />I have been thinking really hard about your <a href="http://inlovewithfood.blogspot.com/2007/12/announcing-are-few-of-my-favorite.html">"...a few of my favorite..."</a> event. As much as I wanted to participate for weeks now, I just couldn't bring myself into baking something chocolatey for you. Not that I do not like it, it s just Christmas have brought so much sweetness to the house that if I tried one more, Tompa would start thinking I am trying to make a sugar ball out of him.<br />So the unspoken rule was, no baking in da haus! But with holidays like this, one cannot avoid extra 3, 4 ,5 kilos. Instead, we went home to Slovakia to visit my family, where sweets were piling up like garbage (sorry, mum, it was just a metaphor ;-)<br />Had to try all of them over and over again. The one I am giving you today is the one I was looking for. Bitter and sweet, soft and nutty, half-covered in chocolate with an almond eye witnessing it all. My little heart goes out to you:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_IbyrjeHfP0s/R97NLAlZWLI/AAAAAAAABF8/fP5_xK5Phvc/s1600-h/cappuccino_hearts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_IbyrjeHfP0s/R97NLAlZWLI/AAAAAAAABF8/fP5_xK5Phvc/s400/cappuccino_hearts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178802210541754546" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">CAPPUCCINO CHOCOLATE HEARTS:</span><br />(kapučínové srdiečka)<br /><br />prep time: 45 minutes + 1 hr in the fridge<br />makes: a big pile<br /><ul><li>200 g flour</li><li>1 egg yolk</li><li>125 g butter</li><li>75 g sugar</li><li>50 g chocolate (I used the bitter kind)</li><li>20 g vanilla sugar</li><li>1 heaped tsp instant cappuccino mix *<br /></li><li>sliced almonds (optional topping)</li><li>melted chocolate (optional topping)</li></ul>* Note: Instant cappuccino mix is generally a mix of instant coffee, powdered milk and sugar. Feel free to mix your own then.<br /><br />Sieve the flour into a big bowl. Make a well in the middle and pour in the egg yolk. Slice or grate the butter on top of the yolk. Start making a crumbly dough. Half-way through add the sugar , cappuccino mix and grated chocolate.<br />Make a firm dough, wrapped in a plastic foil and place into the fridge for an hour.<br /><br />Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Meantime, roll out the dough to 1 cm thick, cut out heart-shaped cookies and bake them for 12-15 minutes. Allow to cool.<br />Optionally, melt the chocolate over a pan with boiling water and dip the heart halves. When almost dry, press in an almond slice. Pretty ?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_IbyrjeHfP0s/R97MwglZWJI/AAAAAAAABFs/hMli6a4-g0I/s1600-h/cappuccino_heart3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_IbyrjeHfP0s/R97MwglZWJI/AAAAAAAABFs/hMli6a4-g0I/s400/cappuccino_heart3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5178801755275221138" border="0" /></a>Bin, this one is for your <a href="http://inlovewithfood.blogspot.com/2007/12/announcing-are-few-of-my-favorite.html">debut event</a>, enjoy!zlamushkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12359856305294505035noreply@blogger.com