Chocolate

31 October

So this seemed like a good day to post about chocolate! Last Sunday my friend Diane and I got together to make some chocolates. Last March-April we took a two part chocolate class with B.T. McElrath at Bret's Table in Minneapolis. There were six of us in the class, so we got a lot of attention and had a lot of fun.
Since the class, Diane and I have gotten together to make chocolates twice. The last time was in late August. Mmm, that was a learning opportunity! Now I know that the AC needs to be cranked up and not run the dishwasher if you want to make chocolates in August in Minneapolis.
So, last Sunday I went to Diane's and we really produced a lot of different chocolates. We made some solid chocolates in a variety of molds, dipped apricots, dipped candied orange peel, two different liqueur ganache chocolates and some dipped toffee. My office mates at the hospital and classmates at my French class enjoyed the results of our work.

Check out http://www.bretstable.com/ and http://www.btmcelrath.com/

Hopefully this week I will learn how to post photos on the blog.