Non-sugar,near local dessert

[shootingstar]

A lovely dessert he made up a few days ago...with near local ingredients. Rhubarb-strawberry compote over dark cream chocolate. The dark chocolate and tea in my mug is not local.

But rhubarb and strawberries on top, was made with local honey. There's 1/4 c. of cream that he mixed into melted dark chocolate over a double boiler. Dusted with local ground hazelnut. Makes 2 mugs of desserts. :)

He made up this dessert. There was no written recipe. I feel abit pressured..for his birthday soon. (He'll be quite happy with a bought gourmet cake..which we've done for each other in for past several birthdays.)

[Kelly728]

mmmmm dark chocolate and strawberries. Put dark chocolate on almost anything and I'll devour it. Even though you didn't use a recipe, would it be possible to mock one up? I'm not familiar with rubarb and I don't want to mess up the chocolate.

[shootingstar]

Recipe really isn't that complicated, although it might look it.


Rhubarb Compote over Chocolate Hazelnut Crème (Serve 2)

Rhubarb Compote
2 large fresh rhubarb stalks, chopped up in approx. ½ inch slices
¼ c. of water (or enough to cover bottom of pan)
1 tblsp. Of honey

Heat up water in small saucepan. Add rhubarb. Cook to soften and add honey.
Cook until rhubarb chunks are softened to consistency like lumpy applesauce.
Remove from stove with lid on.

Chocolate Hazelnut Crème
½ c. of chopped up unsweetened dark chocolate
½ c. of cream (half & half is good enough)
2 tblsp. of ground hazelnut
2 tblsp. Honey
1 tblsp. of ground hazelnut (for topping garnish)

Warm up ¼ c. of cream (half). (Otherwise cold cream will cause melted chocolate to seize up.)

In a separate small double boiler, warm up chocolate chunks. Stir often. Then when chocolate is melted, stir in cream, ground hazelnut and honey immediately. At this point, you can add mint into chocolate.Stir.

Spoon chocolate crème mixture into mugs. Top with rhubarb compote, 1 tsp. of ground hazelnut to garnish plus some fresh strawberries (or raspberries). Serve immediately. It must be eaten quite hot/warm.


Now instead of honey for rhubarb, you could try adding red wine for sweetening. :D