Chocolate slices with strawberries

Crisp base:

• 150 g of wheat flour
• 125 g of biscuits with chocolate sauce
• 75 g sugar
• 125 g butter
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 sachet of vanilla sugar

Pastry:

• 200 g of wheat flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 15g cocoa
• 125 g sugar
• 4 eggs
• 100 ml oil
• 100 grams of yogurt

The filling:

• 100 g milk chocolate with yogurt
• 500 g strawberries
• 50 g sugar
• 7 sheets of white gelatin
• 400 g heavy cream

Other filling:

• 3 sheets of white gelatin
• 400 g of yogurt
• 75 g sugar
• 100 g dark chocolate (70% cocoa)

Decoration:

• 75 g of dark chocolate
• 1 teaspoon oil
• 100 g of smaller strawberries

Instructions:

1. Put the biscuits into a freezer bag and mash the biscuits into pieces, not crumbs.
2. Sift the flour into a bowl and add the baking powder, sugar, vanilla sugar and butter. Mix well with electric mixer.
3. In the end add in the mixture mashed biscuits and gently mix.
4. Sprinkle with flour the working surface and roll out the dough into a crisp baking tray (measuring 30 × 40 cm) lined with baking paper.
5. Preparing the dough
6. Mix the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder and sift all together in a bowl.
7. Add other ingredients and create a dough mix stirring constantly at maximum speed for about 3 minutes.

Baking chocolate slices:

1. Split evenly the resulting mixture over the dough crisp in baking tray.
2. Preheat the oven to 180 ° C.
3. Bake the cake 20 - minutes, and check with a toothpick trick if the cake is baked enough.
4. Leave aside the baked dough to cool to room temperature.

Preparation for the first filling:

1. Cut the strawberries with knife for peeling vegetables, wash and leave to drain.
2. Clean drained strawberries, cut into small pieces and add sugar.
3. Soak the gelatin sheets according to packet instructions.
4. Gently squeeze the soaked gelatine and dissolve in a small pot on low heat, but be careful not to boil it.
5. Stir in the previously prepared cream in the melted gelatin.
6. In the mixture with cream and gelatin, add chopped strawberries and grated chocolate and mix gently.
7. Leave in the fridge for about 2 hours the dough coated topping.

Preparation of the second filling:

1. Soak the gelatin according to the instructions on the packaging.
2. Break the chocolate into pieces in a small pot , melt the steamed stirring constantly on low heat .
3. Mix the yogurt with sugar.
4. Put the gelatin on low heat and mix with a little sugared yogurt.
5. Add the remaining yogurt to gelatin mixture.
6. Finally stir in the melted chocolate and mix well.
7. Align this second stuffing evenly by first stuffing.
8. Place the prepared slices of chocolate with strawberries in the refrigerator for an additional 2 hours of cooling.

Decoration of chocolate slices:

1. Cut into regular cubes the chocolate slices with strawberries.
2. Dark chocolate should be splited into cubes and melted it with oil steamed.
3. Garnish each cube cake with a few drops of melted chocolate. For more liquid chocolate on each cake, place a small washed, cleaned and dried strawberries.
4. Chocolate strawberry slices were prepared and ready to serve.

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Strawberry - Banana Smoothie Recipe

Smoothies are a good alternative to ice cream, if you are conscious for your health. But, it’s not an exact replacement, but it has a similar icy taste, without any unwanted unhealthy ingredients. This strawberry-banana smoothie is my “way-go-to” smoothie, because it’s so quick to prepare and easy to whip-up, and it stays delicious for long time. The banana is what gives sweetness to this smoothie is.

I usually buy bananas and leave them in the fridge for at least 2 weeks before I use them. Sometimes up to 2-3 weeks. Leaving the bananas on the counter is akin to throwing an all-out fruit fly party, but the fridge is the perfect place. It also decreases the smell.

Now, you may be asking yourself: Why would I use such old, brown bananas? The answer is that they develop an intense sweetness that makes the smoothie taste wonderful. What’s more interestingly, I also find the banana flavor less intense when I use the more overripe bananas.

Besides from the banana, you’ll also need frozen strawberries. It’s very important that they are frozen. By using frozen strawberries, your will get thick and creamy smoothie. You don’t have to add ice, which would make the flavors to become less dense.

Combine the bananas the strawberries and the milk of your choice. I usually use almond milk or coconut dream, but you can definitely use soy milk, cow’s milk or other milks. Depending on the shape and strength of the blender you have, you may need slightly more milk to get the fruit moving. But don’t add too much milk if you don’t want your smoothie to be too liquid. Another way to help with the blending is to have the banana closest to the blade.

If you want you can also add in some chia seeds, flax seed or wheat germ after the smoothie is fully blended. Just mix in the added ingredients gently with a spoon.

You will have to eat the smoothie immediately. It doesn’t last well in the fridge.

Ingredients for the smoothie:

• 10 strawberries (frozen)
• 1 very not frozen overripe banana
• ½ cup milk (dairy, almond, soy or any other of your choice)
• Optional ingredients: 1 tablespoon chia seeds/flaxseed/wheat germ

Instructions:

Put the frozen strawberries, the banana and milk you have chosen to use for this smoothie in a blender. Pulse all the combined ingredients until the mixture becomes smooth. If you want to increase the nutritious level, stir in some chia seeds, flaxseed or wheat germ before eating.

What’s your favorite fruit combination for your preferred smoothie? Share with us your ideas in the comments so we can all get some inspiration for trying something new when it comes to smoothies.