Apple Clafouti

 Clafouti, also known as clafoutis is a classic French
 dessert which resembles a fruit filled custard or sweet 
 frittata. While native to the Limousin region of France,
 clafouti is made in many other locations as well, and it 
 is a popular dessert food. Since clafouti is very easy   
 to make and it has an elegant presentation, it is an 
 excellent choice of quickie dessert for dinner parties. 
   The fruit is layered with a dense batter and baked
 until the batter puffs up, just like a quiche. The
 dessert is allowed to cool slightly before being served
 with whipped cream, ice cream, crème anglaise, or 
 a similar topping. It can be served directly out of the
 baking pan also.

Ingredients - 

Butter - 1 tbsp
Milk - 1 cup
Cream - 1/2 cup
All purpose flour - 3/4 cup
Egg - 3
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Vanilla essence - 2 tsp
Cinnamon - 1/2 tsp
Salt - a pinch
Lemon zest - 1 tsp
Choco chips - 1 tbsp
Apple - 2 big (thinly sliced)

Method -

1. Take a big bowl and using an electric blender whisk
    together milk, cream, sugar, egg, vanilla, lemon zest,
    cinnamon and salt, add the flour and combine all until
    it becomes a smooth batter.
2. Grease a baking dish and pour 1/4 of the batter onto
     the baking dish, set aside the remaining batter.
3. Place it in a preheated oven for 5-7 minutes until the
     upper layer sets in and starts to thicken but it is not 
     thoroughly baked.
4. Remove it from the oven and arrange the sliced
    apples in a fan pattern, pour the remaining batter
    over apples and some choco chips and bake it for
    20-25 min until it is puffed and brown or a knife 
    comes out clean when inserted.
5. Sprinkle sugar over it and serve it hot.

Almond Raisin Dark Chocolate Bar : Diwali Special

 Ingredients -
  
Chocolate - 230 g (bitter sweet, dark cooking chocolate)
Almonds - 120 g
Raisins - 2 tbsp
Sugar - 2 tbsp
Castor sugar - 1 tsp

Method -
 
1. Take a deep bottomed heavy pan and roast the
    almonds in it on a slow flame until its crunchy.
    It will take around 30 -45 minutes to roast it.
    Break the almonds in two pieces or ground it
    very coarsely when it has roasted.
2. Break the chcolate in small pieces so that it
    melts easily.
3. Take a double boiler and melt the chocolate
    completely in it, stirring it continuously. Add 2 tbsp
    sugar and the raisin in it when the chocolate melts.
4. Temper the chocolate. Place the bowl of melted
     chocolate into a bowl with ice water, and stir
     slowly but constantly. Once it begins to thicken,
     crystallization or "tempering" occurs, take it out
     from the cold water. Place the bowl over the
     pot of warm water, the trick is to warm it again
     without losing the tempering. Take it off the warm
     water as soon as it loosen up the chocolate a bit.
5. Add half of the roasted almonds, mix it nicely
    with a spatula in the chocolate, add the remaining
    half and mix all thoroughly.
6. Take a butter paper or grease an aluminum foil, 
    place it over a plate, Pour the chocolate and almond
    mix quickly over it before it starts setting in. Spread it
    in the shape of a bar on the foil. If the chocolate isn't
    setting after 6 minutes, then place in the fridge for 2-3
    minutes to speed things up.
7. Cut it in pieces and sprinkle castor sugar over it,
    serve it and NJOY it with kids, family members and 
    of course with guests too, everybody is simply going
    to love it.