Brownies

i said brownies          .

hello my friends!

hello me and welcome me back | hello me and let me apologize for my absence | let me tell you how much i missed you guys | let me tell you the reasons of my absence | but now i'm back, back, back| too emotional.

i'll just say 3 things: crushed laptop, lost all data, bad mood.

how about you my dears? i want you to know that i was watching you through your posts but i sometimes couldn't leave a hi! that's because my 4th reason of absence.. i'm in a preparation season for my master degree in sept 2013, so this keep me hours away from blogin' things! ahm...what else (?) i think that's all for now!

i have to say that i was searching a lot for the super recipe, just to surprise you, but once more i ended with something simple! i know you are going to agree with me, cause this stuff is simple but rich. is this acceptable to you all? as a chocolate fan i appriciate recipes like this one and i always prefer them. hope you too! keep in mind that this is a clear brownies recipe, excellent on their own but still a perfect canvas for adding in what you please.

as you can see, i decorated them in two ways. just because i couldn't take a decision!

first one  -the snowy- with powdered sugar and sour cherries from my mums homemade liquer and the second with cocoa powder and dark chocolate. enjoy it!

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Ingedients [makes 12]:

5 tablespoons unsalted butter

225 gr bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped
3/4 cup natural cane sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs, room temperature
1/4 cup oat flour or unbleached all purpose flour [ i process quick oats in a food processor]
pinch of salt

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line the inside of a normal pan with parchment or foil allowing the excess edges to extend beyond the edges of the pan. Lightly grease with butter.

In a medium saucepan, melt the butter, then add the chocolate and stir over low heat until the chocolate is melted and smooth. Remove from the heat and stir in the sugar and vanilla until combined. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Add the flour, pinch of salt and stir energetically for 1 full minute, until the batter looses its graininess, becomes smooth, and begins to pul away from the sides. 

Bake until the center is almost set, about 25-30 minutes. Don't overbake. Let them cool completely before lifting out the parchment to remove brownies.

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merry christmas

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the merriest christmas !

xxx

[i apologize for my absence, my pc has totally crashed and i'm out of mood]

random pics from my instaholic part of life           .

 Carrots for the recipe you 've seen here.

 Playing like a child.

 Yummy breakfast.

Last time wearing my espadrilles.

 Best thing to do while writing my thesis in viticulture.

 Croissant and hot coffee for breakfast.

 Harry and I.

 Delicacy chunks with apple and dark chocolate [very soon on my blog].

[I told you I'm an instaholic.]

 Beautiful double rainbow - like a painting on my window.

 Just an old label on a building.

 My beautiful current city [Thessaloniki].

 Daniel Craig - great as James Bond.

 ..and a veggie soup to welcome winter!

For more insta-moments click here and follow me [fashion_icook].

I apologize for not posting very often, I'm very busy after my graduation.
But I promise guys to find my rhythms soon!

xxx

Homemade Ferrero Rocher

Crunchy chocolate hazelnut balls.            

Everyone knows these sweet delicacy and I'm sure that nobody can eat only one of them. I remember me as a child to empty my mum's and grandma's platters. They were my favourite! And now, the time passed and one more of my child legend shattered. I was holding in my hands "mr Ambassador's" chocolates recipe! 
So, what about to get ahead of your childhood myths too my dears?

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Ingredients:

150gr crushed hazelnut wafer biscuits

200-220gr toasted hazelnuts
300gr Nutella
300gr bitter dark chocolate

In a large bowl combine the crushed hazelnut wafer biscuits, hazelnuts, and nutella until well combined.
Chill the mixture in the refrigerator until firm enough to shape, about 30 minutes.
Shape into balls about [you know the size] the size of a teaspoon.
Place balls on a parchment paper, then chill in the freezer until they are hardened, about 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, combine the chocolate and oil in a medium microwave-safe bowl and microwave in 30 second bursts, stirring between each burst, until the mixture is melted and smooth. Let the mixture cool slightly.
I drop it on top of each chilled truffle [I didn't want them completely coat], you can dip them into chocolate.
Sheet in the refrigerator until the chocolate coating has hardened, about 15 minutes.

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xxx

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Concrete.

 ready-to-wear & accessories collection.

IVANKA, the world renowned design company for concrete has opened its doors to the fashion world. Founded in 2003, the Budapest headquartered firm IVANKA is known as one of the most design conscious concrete companies in the world.

Its founders Katalin and Andras Ivanka made their fashion line debut after 2 years of development at the Paris Fashion Week 2012 with their very 'concrete' first ready-to-wear & accessories collection.