Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Halloween Spider Truffles

I am planning this year's halloween party food and decided to share my usual halloween potluck dish here: Brazilian chocolate truffles (brigadeiro), dressed like spiders. The recipe is easy. I have already posted it here. You only need to add the following ingredients:

1 tube of black ready-to-use icing (you can buy the Wilton brand here)
1 bag of candy buttons (you can buy them here)
black candy sprinkles



Preparation:

Follow the recipe as described here.

Then decorate:

Roll the truffles in the black sprinkles. Put them in the candy cups. Arrange the truffles in a dish before starting the rest of the decoration.
Add a little drop of the icing on the flat side of a candy button. "Glue" the candy button on a truffle. This is one "eye". Repeat this process until you have all the truffles with 2 "eyes".
Then carefully add a round drop of the icing on each eye.
Finally, spread some icing on the truffles, creating the legs.

Grilled Cauliflower in Curry

I had this idea the other day, based on some cauliflower salad that I buy sometimes from Whole Foods (I believe their cauliflower salad contains also some garlic and almond flakes). It was simple and easy to make, and my son loved it. I served it with barbecue steak, brazilian style (the only spice in the meat was coarse salt).


Ingredients:

1 whole cauliflower
1 tbs curry powder
3 tbs olive oil
salt

Preparation:

Cut the cauliflower in florets. Discard the leaves.
Mix the curry powder, salt and olive oil in a large bowl. Add the cauliflower florets and mix well, so that the florets get all covered with the curry paste. Let it rest in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Grill the cauliflower, turning once, for a a few minutes (around 10 minutes) until they are softer and lightly darkened.
Serve.