a.k.a "Nutella"

Hey, whats up guys, Giordano here,
       Today i am gonna show you a "must" recipe all of you guys should know and its absolutly delicious and easy. Chocolate hazelnut spread is famous as "Nutella", "Merenda" , i know all of you guys love Nutella , so why not to make your own homemade and surprise all your friends and family. Lets get started :

Chocolate hazelnut spread

             Ingredients:

1. 1 cup hazelnuts
2. 1/4 cup almonds
3. 1/4 cup peanuts
4. 1 cup brown sugar
5. 2 cup of water
6. 1 1/2 cup  dark chocolate chips
7. 2 tbs cocoa powder
8. 1 tbs sea salt

             Method:

• Put the hazelnuts,almonds and peanuts on a hot pan and cook until golden brown coloured, put water, brown sugar and a pinch of salt stir and cook for about 10-15 minutes until gets soft.
• Now pour the mixture in a food processor (multy blenders work also), work with it for about 5 minutes and get it as smooth as possible.
• Now put it on a large bowl, add the cocoa powder, the chocolate chips ( you can add vanilla as well if you want ) stir until chocolate chips are completly melted and completly encorporating, put it to the fridge for an hour.
• After you take it out from the fridge give it a pinch of sea salt and stir
• You can store it for more than a month

Thats all folks for today, i hope you really enjoy this recipe as much as i do, if you do , subscribe on my blog, like and share, see you next time .

source : ByronTalbott

"Bougatsa'' with chocolate cream !

Whats up guys, Giordano here,

            On this post we gonna speak about a Greek pastry breakfast, called ''bougatsa'', consisting of either semolina custard, cheese or minced meat between layers of phyllo. Bougatsa is very popular in Thessaloniki, today i am gonna share with you an alternative recipe with chocolate and trust me when i say, you are gonna love this. Lets get started :

Bougatsa with chocolate cream

         Ingredients :

1. 14 sheets phyllo dough
2. 500 ml milk
3. 50 gr thin semolina
4. 30 gr flour
5. 2 eggs
6. 80 gr sugar
7. 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract/ 1 vanilla stick
8. 125 gr dark chocolate
9. powdered sugar and cacao for the top
10. 100 gr butter

        Method :

• On a pot, put the milk on medium heat.
• On a bowl hit the sugar, the eggs and the vanlla, add semolina and flour and keep hitting. Add a bit of milk on the bowl and whisk. Add all the mix form the bowl to the pot and bring it to simmer and whisk until it gets strong. Take off from the heat and add the chocolate in small peaces, whisk till chocolate melts. ( if you dont want with chocolate , you just dont put the chocolate inside. ). Let the cream get colder, if the cream is very strong add a little bit of milk more till it gets lighter.
• Pre-heat the oven at 180 C. Melt the butter and butter good an oven tray and put the first sheet of of phyllo, butter good the phyllo on the oven tray and put the second sheet on top, continue until you put 7.
• After you putted 7 sheets put the cream inside and spread it good everywhere
• Put another sheet of phyllo and butter good, and continue till you put 7 also. Keep in mind to butter it a lot so when you bake it it will stay as one together and be crunchy. Put all the butter left on the top of the last phyllo.
• Bake it on 180 C until it gets good red colour 30-45 minutes depends the oven, Put it high on the oven so the heat will go up and cook the bottom also.
• Take it from the oven , let it chill before you cut it . Cacao and powdered sugar for the top. ( if you dont make chocolate cream put cinnamon instead of cacao).

Thats all folks , how you and your family enjoy this amazing recipe for breakfast, see you next time !!!

Awaken the flavors.

Whats up guys, Giordano here,
         Today we will speak for a classic American dessert ''Chocolate Brownie'' , It is a cross between a cake and a soft cookie in texture and comes in a variety of forms, mostly square.
Brownies are typically eaten by hand and its an amazing combination with coffee or milk. You can easy serve them also warm with a ball of ice-cream topped with whipped cream or sprinkled with powdered sugar. Lets get started and amaze our guests!!!

Ingredients :

1. 250gr Dark Chocolate 65% Cacao
2. 250gr Butter
3. 250gr Pastry flour
4. 200gr sugar
5. 4 eggs
6. 2 vanilla

Preparation :

1. Mix the eggs with the sugar in a mixer and mix for 3-4 minutes
2. In a bain-maire melt the chocolate with the butter
3. Put the melted chocolate and the butter to our mixer and hit for 1 minute
4. Put the flour slowly and keep whisking with the mixer
5. Add the vanilla
6. Butter an oven pan everywhere and drop our mix until is 2 fingers high
7. Bake in a pre heated oven for 20-25 minutes at 180C
8. When you take it off from the oven let it chill and after cut it to squares 

Thats all folks , if you enjoyed and like my recipe let me know , thank you and goodbye till next time!

Για τους Έλληνες φίλους μου.

      Σήμερα θα μιλήσουμε για τα brownies σοκολάτας , ένα κλασικό Αμερικάνικο γλυκό.Τα brownies είναι μια διαστάυρωση μεταξύ κέικ και μαλακού μπισκότου και μπορεί να φέρνει πολλές μορφές αλλά η ποιο συνηθής είναι τα κυβάκια.Συνήθως τρώγονται με το χέρι και πάνε υπέρχα με την συνοδεία καφέ ή με ένα ποτήρι γάλα. Επίσης μπορείτε να τα σερβίρετε ζεστά με μια μπάλα παγωτό, με σαντιγύ ή πασπαλισμένα με άχνη-ζάχαρη. Ώρα να ξεκινήσουμε :

Υλικά

1. 250γρ κουβερτούρα 65% κακάο
2. 250γρ βούτυρο
3. 250γρ αλεύρι ζαχαροπλαστικής
4. 200γρ ζάχαρη
5. 4 αυγά
6. 2 βανίλιες

Εκτέλεση

1. Χτυπάμε στο μίξερ τα αυγά με την ζάχαρη μέχρι να αφρατέψουν
2. Σε μπεν-μαρι λιώστε την σοκολάτα μαζί με το βούτυρο
3. Προσθέστε στο μίξερ το βούτυρο με την κουβερτούρα και χτυπήστε για 1 λεπτό
4. Ρίχνουμε σιγά σιγά το αλεύρι και τις βανίλιες
5. Βουτυρώνουμε ένα ταψί και ρίχνουμε το μίγμα μας μέχρι να είναι σε ύψος 2 δάχτυλα
6. Ψήνουμε σε προθερμασμένο φούρνο στους 180C για 20-25 λεπτά
7. Βγάζουμε απο τον φούρνο , το αφήνουμε να κρυώσει και ύστερα το κόβουμε σε μικρά κομμάτια

Αυτά για σήμερα , ελπίζω να σας άρεσε η συνταγή μου , αντίο και καλά μαγειρέματα!