The Gourmand & the Peasant » chocolate http://www.thegourmandandthepeasant.com A website about good food and the people who make it. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:14:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Milk Chocolate, Banana & Peanut Butter Ice Cream http://www.thegourmandandthepeasant.com/2010/06/04/milk-chocolate-banana-peanut-butter-ice-cream/ http://www.thegourmandandthepeasant.com/2010/06/04/milk-chocolate-banana-peanut-butter-ice-cream/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:22:08 +0000 Emily http://www.thegourmandandthepeasant.com/?p=1549

Lick the bowl.

Sitting open in my web browser of choice for several days, since it arrived in my morning inbox, is an article titled “How to Customize the Swimsuit Ready Workout” from Oprah’s website. There’s a close up photo of one really toned ass cheek in a really cute bikini bottom facing what can only be described as the quintessential bottom-of-the-pool-in-the-sun shot. What did I do? Made Chocolate, Banana & Peanut Butter ice

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Fried Manchego Cheese Bites with Wildflower Honey Honey was believed to

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Chocolate Truffles For the ganache middle: 1 lb good quality bittersweet chocolate 1 cup heavy cream 2 T light corn syrup 2 T butter, softened 2 T brandy, cognac, rum, cointreau, or other liquor to your taste 

For the enrobing chocolate: 1 lb bittersweet

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