claire de lune

well. here it is. my first EVER post on a blog. am i allowed to write in incomplete sentences?

I thought it seemed appropriate, in kicking off this adventure of mine to Paris, that i should at least attempt in recreating one of my favorite French desserts, le soufflé de chocolat. Usually mom is not keen on my ideas when i want to attempt an industrious dessert such as the soufflé. This is probably because of the minor natural disaster effect that the kitchen takes on post-baking. However, as tomorrow is her birthday, and the soufflé remains one of her all-time favorites as well, she was all in. 

the soufflé is a complicated dessert where you have to separate and beat the eggs just right, everything has to be at certain temperatures at certain times, you have to do a LOT of technical “folding” and overcook something and you might as well just pull out the Oreos and call it culinary failure…curiously, i tend to love these types of recipes because of the challenge it presents…and i must say, the soufflé turned out rather well for a first timer.

I used the basic recipe found on FoodNetwork. go ahead, take a gander…

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/chocolate-souffles-recipe/index.html

before the oven…

…after the oven!

ps: i garnished them with powdered sugar!- can’t go wrong. 

this is just a little glimpse of the “natural disaster effect” i was talking about…although this looks more like an explosion of color and creativity if you ask my opinion. 

our chocolate soufflé was accompanied by a  vanilla creme sauce.the way that the warm sauce envelopes the light fluffy chocolate creates a very nice melt in your mouth effect to the dessert.

here is the recipe for the sauce. pretty basic.

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/grand-marnier-souffl-with-vanilla-sauce-10000000522329/

actually…the vanilla creme sauce was so delicious that i didn’t even get a good picture in before it was almost all eaten. 

So there you have it people.

First blog post.

First soufflé de chocolat.

First trip to Europe.

Just your modern female pioneer here.