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This picture reminds me of 2001: A Space Odyssey! Only with a slice of cucumber … 😉
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Decadent, hot and velvety creamy inside, this dessert is to die for!
It took me several days to get this recipe right! It is quite difficult to achieve the right consistency, when you make this kind of dessert without flour or caster sugar. However, the result it is simply superb!!
Yes, these wonderful lava cakes are gluten and refined sugar free (I added a little icing sugar on top, in order to take better pictures, but you don’t have to)… No one will know they are secretly healthy!
…But be careful, because the chocolate-chilli combination can be very addictive!
Dark chocolate lava cakes with a kick (gluten and refined sugar free)
Cooking time: 18-19 minutes
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Ingredients
for 4 small cakes (4 servings)
80 g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids)
40 g almonds (with skin)
2 medium eggs, plus 1 yolk
1 pinch of salt
10 g unsweetened cocoa powder (plus a little more to dust the cake moulds)
80 g butter
100 g acacia honey (or the honey of your choice)
2 small dried chilli peppers (or a pinch of chilli powder)
icing sugar to decorate (optional, don’t use it if you don’t want refined sugar in the cakes)
4 small disposable aluminium cake moulds
Method.
1. Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie. When the chocolate is completely melted, add the butter, let it melt and mix well; then remove from the heat.
2. Lightly toast the almonds in the oven at 170° C / 338° F (just for a few minutes). Let cool, then, using a food processor, grind the almonds with the cocoa powder and the dried chillies.
3. Separately, beat the eggs with honey with an electric beater, until the mixture is soft and fluffy.
4. Incorporate the melted chocolate and butter with egg mixture. Beat for a few more minutes, then add the cocoa with the ground almonds and chillies.
5. Grease 4 small cake moulds with butter, then dust with a little cocoa powder.
6. Bake at 160 ° C/ 320° F for 18-19 minutes.
7. Garnish with icing sugar (optional) and serve hot.
Note. The cakes should be cooked on the outside and slightly soft in the centre, make sure you don’t overcook them…One more minute can make a huge difference!
Tortini con cuore fondente al peperoncino (senza glutine)
80 g di cioccolato fondente al 70 %
40 g di mandorle (con la buccia)
2 uova medie, più un tuorlo
1 pizzico di sale
10 g di cacao amaro
80 g di burro
100 g di miele di acacia (oppure il miele che preferite)
due peperoncini secchi (oppure un po’ di peperoncino in polvere)
zucchero a velo per decorare (facoltativo, non usatelo se non volete lo zucchero nella ricetta)
4 stampini di alluminio (usa e getta)
Preparazione.
1. Fate sciogliere il cioccolato a bagnomaria. Quando il cioccolato sarà completamente sciolto, aggiungete il burro e mescolate bene.
2. Tostate leggermente le mandorle nel forno caldo per qualche minuti. Lasciate raffreddare, poi tritate molto finemente insieme al cacao e i peperoncini con un tritatutto (fate qualche pausa per non riscaldare troppo le lame).
3. A parte, sbattete le uova con il miele, fino ad ottenere un composto soffice e spumoso.
4. Incorporate il burro e il cioccolato sciolto alle uova. Sbattete ancora per qualche minuto, poi aggiungete il cacao con la farina di mandorle e il peperoncino. Mescolate bene.
5. Imburrate gli stampini in alluminio e ricoprite con una spolverata di cacao amaro.
6. Infornate a 160° C per 18-19 minuti (non di più perché i tortini rischiano di solidificarsi troppo, mentre al centro devono restare cremosi).
7. Decorate con zucchero a velo (facoltativo) e servite i tortini caldi.
Ok, I couldn’t help it! I had to make a mosaic with all the recipes from 2014!
A year of blogging, photography, gluten-free, new and traditional recipes…
And many more recipes are on the way! 🙂
Just click on the picture to view the recipe.
New and traditional recipes
Gluten-free recipes
How-to recipes
Here are some ideas for your Christmas Party! I hope you like my choices! 🙂
Click on the links or the pictures for the recipes.
Pandolce al cioccolato con le nocciole ( a wonderful traditional Christmas cake made with lots of hazelnuts and chocolate)
Baci di dama (Absolutely gorgeous! Hazelnuts and chocolate joined together for pure pleasure!)
Bavarian cream with chocolate -caramel sauce (an incredibly soft vanilla dessert, served with a delicious sauce)
Shortbread biscuits with black pepper and fennel seeds (So sweet and spicy, these cookies melt in the mouth and can be very addictive!!! )
Dark chocolate and marrons glacés Tart (Decadent and delicious!)
Torta Paradiso with Crema Pasticciera (This is a gorgeous sponge cake that can be served with any filling you wish… I would serve it with this delicious Italian custard cream)
Torta della Nonna (An amazing cake, made with a shortbread crust and top layer, filled with a thick custard and topped with lots of pine nuts! Truly special!)
French meringues (I know this is a recent post, but I think meringues are a perfect Christmas treat!)
A few months ago I published the viewers’ favourite recipes, this week I am publishing a selection of my favourite recipes, perfect for this season!
Follow the links, give them a try and let me know! 🙂
Mixed Seed Wholemeal Bread (high in fibre, very crunchy and delicious!)
Pizza Bianca Con Mozzarella E Stracchino see Make The Best Pizza Dough (Part 2)
Pasta E Fagioli (creamy borlotti bean pasta)
Wholemeal Chestnut Bread With Rosemary And Pine Nuts (try it warm, with a little piece of butter on top!)
Gluten-free Buckwheat Gnocchi (already a viewer’s favourite, these gnocchi are incredibly soft and delicious!!!really something to try!)
Special Stuffed Calamari (quite a popular quinoa recipe!)
Deliciously Intense chocolate and chestnut biscuits (dark, not very sweet, delicious served with a glass of milk)
Double Chocolate Panna Cotta (best dessert ever! This is a single serving recipe, but you can make as many as you like!)
This months we celebrate foodfulife’s second anniversary! I have to thank all of you, friends and bloggers, for supporting the blog and keeping me going! Blogging is an amazing experience!!! I hope to continue this journey with a lot of new ideas and recipes…
Here is a collection of the most viewed recipes from this year.
Enjoy your day!
A traditional genoese starter.
Very tasty and soft gluten-free gnocchi.
Salmon with lime and balsamic vinaigrette
So simple and tasty! This is one of my favourite dishes!
Focaccia prepared in the traditional way.
A wonderful dark chocolate cake made with almond flour…To die for!
Torta Paradiso (heaven cake)
A heavenly soft and delicate cake that kids simply adore!!!
Rich chocolate tart with fresh raspberries
A vegan dark chocolate tart, so rich and delicious!
Also very popular the how to series of posts…