You're right, brewed coffee IS like adding water, spoiling the texture of your melted chocolate. I've found that adding a good quality freeze-dried instant coffee (pushed through a fine sieve with the back of a spoon) is a better alternative than the brewed coffee idea.
Choc on !!
Real Name:
Burt
Location:
Gold Coast, Australia
Best meal I ever ate:
Mee krob (Thai crispy noodle dish) accompanied by Thai bbq whole fish & Tiger prawns and coconut rice
My current drink of choice:
Syrah Dolcetto
I really wish I could:
Afford someone to clean up after me in the kitchen :)
My "Go-to" dinner party dish:
Either Javanaise or a Brazilian Creme Caramel ring with caramel-macerated prunes (for sweets) or Gado Gado (for savoury)
My favorite comfort food:
Irish Stew or Shepherds/Cottage Pie
My top 5 favorite restaurants:
Nam Yeng (Murwillumbah, Aust) , Brio's (Dunwoody/Atlanta, GA), Valhalla (Sausalito, CA), Sala Thai (Marriott Resort and Spa - Hua Hin, Thailand) , Most Jewish delis (which are non-existent outside Sydney and Melbourne)
My most tattered cookbooks:
The Complete Asian Cookbook (Charmaine Solomon), Cajun Creole Cooking (Terry Thompson), A Taste of Africa (Dorinda Hafner), Chocolate Cookbook (Australian Women's Weekly)
