Comments on: Raw Chocolate Easter Eggs http://therawchefblog.com/raw-chocolate-easter-eggs/ A Fresh Perspective on Food & Fulfillment Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:07:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Terri http://therawchefblog.com/raw-chocolate-easter-eggs/#comment-10348 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:20:06 +0000 http://therawchefblog.com/raw-chocolate-easter-eggs/#comment-10348 I'm a real chocolate lover and have cacao trees growing close to me for a constant supply and enjoy every part of the cacao experience! http://www.caribbeanlandandproperty.com/blog/index.php?/archives/64-Cocoa-licious!.html The recipe sounds great but since I am in the Caribbean I would have to make substitutes too. Do you have a technique to make the coconut butter? I have a very plentiful supply of coconuts too! Onelove Terri From Russell: Hi Terri, I don't actually know how they make coconut butter but I would assume it involves some serious mechanical equipment. I’m a real chocolate lover and have cacao trees growing close to me for a constant supply and enjoy every part of the cacao experience! http://www.caribbeanlandandproperty.com/blog/index.php?/archives/64-Cocoa-licious!.html

The recipe sounds great but since I am in the Caribbean I would have to make substitutes too. Do you have a technique to make the coconut butter? I have a very plentiful supply of coconuts too!

Onelove

Terri

From Russell: Hi Terri, I don’t actually know how they make coconut butter but I would assume it involves some serious mechanical equipment.

]]> by: Russell James http://therawchefblog.com/raw-chocolate-easter-eggs/#comment-5221 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:36:56 +0000 http://therawchefblog.com/raw-chocolate-easter-eggs/#comment-5221 Diane, By the sound of it you didn't manage to get the cashews to the right consistency using the method you described. If using the cashew butter you shouldn't need to push the chocolate into the moulds very hard, it should take the form of mould by itself. If you have a Vita-Mix, that would be much better to blend the cashews and water into a smooth, runnier consistency. Diane, By the sound of it you didn’t manage to get the cashews to the right consistency using the method you described. If using the cashew butter you shouldn’t need to push the chocolate into the moulds very hard, it should take the form of mould by itself.

If you have a Vita-Mix, that would be much better to blend the cashews and water into a smooth, runnier consistency.

]]> by: Diane http://therawchefblog.com/raw-chocolate-easter-eggs/#comment-5217 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:02:19 +0000 http://therawchefblog.com/raw-chocolate-easter-eggs/#comment-5217 I made these today. I didn't have cashew butter so I put the cashews through my greenstar juicer and then added some water to make a sort of paste. After making the recipe, I put them in the molds and then in the refridgerator to set. The finished product was awful! The chocolate did not take the form of the mold very well. It was irregular with little holes and cracks. I tried pushing the chocolate into the molds with all my might but still it wasn't smooth. Is it the fact that I didn't use cashew butter that I didn't get the desired results? I made these today. I didn’t have cashew butter so I put the cashews through my greenstar juicer and then added some water to make a sort of paste. After making the recipe, I put them in the molds and then in the refridgerator to set. The finished product was awful! The chocolate did not take the form of the mold very well. It was irregular with little holes and cracks. I tried pushing the chocolate into the molds with all my might but still it wasn’t smooth. Is it the fact that I didn’t use cashew butter that I didn’t get the desired results?

]]> by: 21st Medway Scouts http://therawchefblog.com/raw-chocolate-easter-eggs/#comment-171 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:10:37 +0000 http://therawchefblog.com/raw-chocolate-easter-eggs/#comment-171 Just wanted to say thank you for the idea; should be a good challenge for our Scouts! Thank you too for the link to Lakeland as their Easter egg mould sets are much better value than everywhere else I've looked! Just wanted to say thank you for the idea; should be a good challenge for our Scouts! Thank you too for the link to Lakeland as their Easter egg mould sets are much better value than everywhere else I’ve looked!

]]> by: Russell James http://therawchefblog.com/raw-chocolate-easter-eggs/#comment-87 Tue, 19 Dec 2006 17:53:53 +0000 http://therawchefblog.com/raw-chocolate-easter-eggs/#comment-87 Hi Jen, You could use cashews blended in a Vitamix with water to replace the cashew butter. However, I'm thinking that if you don't want to use cashew butter, you also don't want to use cashews! I've found brazil nut butter works well too. And also, believe it or not, you can use avocados to make chocolate. You'll just have to add extra sweetener. Unfortunately cacao butter is very important to this recipe as it keeps the chocolate set. Another ingredient I use to do that job is coconut butter, however the temperature it turns to liquid is much lower than cacao so you'll have to keep the chocolate in the fridge. You can replace the agave with honey if you use it. Another option is to use dates. I used dates and brazil nut butter to create the dessert for one of the London Dinner Parties and it turned out great, even if I say so myself! :-) Hi Jen,

You could use cashews blended in a Vitamix with water to replace the cashew butter. However, I’m thinking that if you don’t want to use cashew butter, you also don’t want to use cashews! I’ve found brazil nut butter works well too. And also, believe it or not, you can use avocados to make chocolate. You’ll just have to add extra sweetener.

Unfortunately cacao butter is very important to this recipe as it keeps the chocolate set. Another ingredient I use to do that job is coconut butter, however the temperature it turns to liquid is much lower than cacao so you’ll have to keep the chocolate in the fridge.

You can replace the agave with honey if you use it. Another option is to use dates.

I used dates and brazil nut butter to create the dessert for one of the London Dinner Parties and it turned out great, even if I say so myself! :-)

]]> by: Jen http://therawchefblog.com/raw-chocolate-easter-eggs/#comment-86 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 07:58:25 +0000 http://therawchefblog.com/raw-chocolate-easter-eggs/#comment-86 What can you use to replace: 2c cashew butter (1 16oz jar) and 2c grated cacao butter and 1c agave nectar What can you use to replace:

2c cashew butter (1 16oz jar)
and
2c grated cacao butter
and
1c agave nectar

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