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Chocolate Lava Muffins from Ginadapooh
8 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
1 stick butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 eggs
butter, to coat muffin tin
1 tablespoon cocoa powder
1 cup vanilla ice cream
1 teaspoon espresso powder
Preheat oven to 375°F. Place a small metal bowl over a saucepan with
simmering water. Melt the chocolate and butter in the bowl. Stir in vanilla.
In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, flour and salt. Sift these into
the chocolate and mix well with electric hand mixer. Add eggs one at time,
fully incorporating each egg before adding the next. Beat at high until
batter is creamy and lightens in color, approximately 4 minutes. Chill
mixture. Coat the top and each cup of the muffin tin with butter. Dust
with the cocoa powder and shake out excess. Spoon mixture into pan using
a 4-ounce scoop or ladle. Bake for 10 to 11 minutes. Outsides should be
cake-like and centers should be gooey. While muffins are in oven, melt
the ice cream in a small saucepan. Stir in the espresso powder. Serve
over warm muffins.
Beverage: Blush Sangria
750 ml wine, white Zinfandel
2 cups white grape juice
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
2 1/2 cups cold seltzer water
fresh strawberries
fresh raspberries
Mix wine, grape and lime juice in a large pitcher. Refrigerate at
least 3 hours. Shortly before serving: add seltzer. Serve in wine glasses,
garnish with berries.
Ginadapooh's
Gift for GOF: A Poem -The Recipe Book
I ran across a book one day
At a flea market seller's stall
I said, "What do you want for this?"
He sighed, "Fifty cents is all."
It
looked quite old and dirty
But some recipes looked good
I put it on my nightstand
I would read it when I could
That
night I wiped the cover
And took a peek inside
I found more than some recipes
This was a sweet surprise
The
well-worn pages told me
About this woman's life
Each family member's favorites
Were marked and noted twice
Her
first pot roast was stringy
She noted with shaky hand
Her new husband had eaten it
But said it was so bland!
Favorite
cakes were circled there,
Sometimes there was a smudge
"This is Jimmy's favorite"
Had a trace of chocolate fudge!
Through
the angel cakes and fritters
I saw a pattern form
Notes were made throughout this book
So tattered, and so worn
Old
coupons were still in the back
I found a pocket there
And in the very bottom
A dry rose, a lock of hair
Bits
of poems and sage advice
Were scribbled through the book
She took me through her life and past
I learned more than what to cook
I
think what bothered me the most
Was the inscription in the front
"I give this book to my daughter Jen,
I hope it helps you some."
I
wonder why the book was there
Obviously cast aside
It represented a mother's heart
All the love she held inside
From
baby food and funeral pie
My eyes were close to sleep
I smiled and thought, "Don't worry Mom"
Your treasure I will keep
Next
morning I wrapped the book
In tissue, clean and white
I look forward to my visits there
Each and every night
I
knew I'd found some memories
Worth more than purest gold
I think I'll try the chicken soup
That cured Aunt Mabel's cold...
Karen
Shaw Matteson
© 2001
http://lastinglight.com/therecipebook.html
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