Dark Chocolate Banana Bread with Chocolate Ganache

Dark Chocolate Banana Bread with Chocolate Ganache

Ingredients

1 cup of butter (or 2 sticks of butter) room temperature
4 eggs - room temperature
1 3/4 cups of granulated sugar
2 bananas
2 cups of flour
3/4 cup of dark chocolate cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 cup of buttermilk - room temperature

Mixed all ingredients with a blender.

Heat oven at 350 degrees fahrenheit

Bake for 40 minutes

Chocolate Ganache

1 cup of dark chocolate chips

1 cup of heavy cream

mix with a whisk and cook in medium heat...  continue whisking mixture until texture gets thicker.... 

Strawberries Mint Champagne Mojito

Ingredients

Mint leaves
Ice cubes
Diced strawberries
Champagne

Enjoy!!!!!

Arroz con Leche con Dulce de Leche

Arroz con Leche con Dulce de Leche

Ingredientes

• 8 tazas de leche
• 2 palitos de canela o 1 cucharadita de canela molida
• 3 clavos de olor
• 1 taza de arroz de grano largo
• 1 lata (13.4 onzas) de Dulce de Leche de NESTLÉ
• 1/2 taza de pasas

Calentar la leche y los palitos de canela en una olla grande a fuego medio-alto hasta que hierva. 

Retirar los palitos de canela. 

Reducir el fuego a medio-bajo y añadir el arroz. 

Cocina mezclando frecuentemente de 15 a 20 minutos. Agrega el dulce de leche y cocina mezclando frecuentemente de 15 a 20 minutos.

Hechar canela al gusto

Lychee Mojitos

Lychee Mojitos

( I use vodka instead of rum... but it is an optional choice... normally it is made with rum...)

serving --- one glass

Lychee Juice - 4 ounces

Vodka - 1 1/2 once, and no vodka if you would like a non-alchoholic drink

Mint leaves

Canned Lychees to taste.

Ice ( half a glass)

Coconut Caramel Flan

Coconut Caramel Flan

Similar to Creme Caramel, except this flan is the result of combining Coconut Milk and Half-and Half.

Yield:  12 Servings

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups of granulated sugar 
pinch of salt
3 large whole eggs
5 large egg yolks
1 1/2 cups of coconut milk
1 cup of half-and half
1 cup of shredded coconut

Pre-heat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit and place an oven rack in the middle.

Prepare a bain-marie on a shallow baking pan.  Place a 9-inch pie dish in the center of the pan.  Fill the baking pan with enough boiling water to come halfway up the sides of the pie dish;  carefully place the baking pan into the oven.

Place 3/4 cups of the sugar in a heavy, medium skillet, place over a medium-high heat, and cook until the sugar melts and changes colour to a medium-dark brown, approximately four minutes.  Remove from heat and pour into the pie dish.

In a large bowl, use a whisk to mix the remaining sugar, salt, eggs, yolks, and shredded coconut; then add the coconut milk and half-and half and mix until thoroughly combined.

Pour the custard into the pie dish and transfer to the oven.  Bake in the bain-marie until the flan is almost set, approximately 45 minutes.  Transfer the baking pan to a wire rack until the water cools, then transfer the pie dish to a wire rack to cool completely.

To serve, run a knife between the flan and pie dish.  Place a plate on top of the flan and invert.   Slice flan and serve.