Chocolate and Strawberry Mille Feuille

After a long hard day of cooking and cleaning, I still had not made dessert. I had planned all along to make a traditional Mille Feuille but my body wouldn't hear of it. So I decided to just make some shortcuts and see how it goes and it was awesome. The combination of the flavors and textures was the perfect ending to my date night dinner and nobody knew it took so quick.

The Recipe

Ingredients
500g puff pastry
1 slab of milk chocolate
15ml cream
1 can of Fresh cream
1 punnet of strawberries

Method
Preheat oven to 180°c roll out pastry and cut into discs. Coat each disc in icing sugar and place on prepared try. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes or until lightly golden. Allow to cool completely.

Melt chocolate and cream in the microwave and stir to combine. Le it cool to room temperature.

To Assemble
Place one disc on a plate and place sliced strawberries on top then make a birds nest with the cream, place chocolate in the center. Then place another pastry disc and top with cream and decorate with a strawberry. You can add a third layer if you want. But two was enough for us. Serve immediately and enjoy.

Coffee Brownie Trifle

Ingredients

1 (22-ounce) package prepared brownies, cut into 1/2-inch squares

1 cup instant coffee powder, cooled - divided use1

(8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened

1 cup cold milk

1 (3.5-ounce) package chocolate instant pudding and pie filling

1 (8-ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed - divided use

1/2 pint raspberries
Sprinkle cut-up brownies with 1/4 cup of the coffee.

Preparation

Beat cream cheese and remaining 3/4 cup coffee with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Gradually beat in milk until smooth. Add pudding mix. Beat on low speed until blended. Gently stir in 2 cups of the whipped topping.
Layer brownies, raspberries and pudding mixture in 8 individual glass dessert dishes; repeat layers. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Top with remaining whipped topping and additional raspberries.
Makes 8 servings.

Chocolate Velvet pie

This is an elegant recipe that you can serve so easily, best served in a room temperature or maybe even better when it is freshly taken out from the fridge with sweet, freshly whipped cream and semi-sweet chocolate morsels. If this recipe is done correctly, you can be able to make a full rich flavor with fantastic light texture. If you want to get non-stop rave reviews or compliments, this recipe is something you should try to impress your friends.
Ingredients:
1 8-inch (6 oz.) prepared chocolate crumb crust
1 3/4 cups (11.5-oz. pkg.) Milk Chocolate Morsels
1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup heavy whipping cream, whipped
Sweetened whipped cream (optional)

CHOCOLATE CURLS
1 bar (2 oz. total) Semi-Sweet Chocolate Baking Bars, made into curls
Chopped nuts (optional)
Directions:
Microwave morsels in a medium, uncovered, microwave-safe bowl on MEDIUM-HIGH power for 1 minute; STIR. The morsels may retain some of their original shape. If necessary, microwave at additional 10 to 15-second intervals, stirring just until melted. Cool to room temperature.
Beat melted chocolate, cream cheese and vanilla extract in a large mixing bowl until light in color. Fold in whipped cream. Spoon into crust. Refrigerate until firm. Top with sweetened whip cream, chocolate curls and nuts.
CHOCOLATE CURLS:
Carefully draw a vegetable peeler across a bar of Semi-Sweet Chocolate. Vary the width of your curls by using different sides of the chocolate bar