Chocolates for Events

Fancy serving chocolates throughout your party?

When we mention chocolates, we immediately think of the sweet treats that comes in individual pieces like the image here, or the bar.  And most of the time it would be the cocoa brown color, not the white chocolate variety.

So, chocolates for events? Or even the main course of the party? Does that mean we need to serve only the ready-made, high-sugar, unhealthy variety?

You could, if you want to.  Take caution, however that the sweet chocolatey things we serve to guests can only go as far.  Besides the other reason – people tend to get bored having the same thing in one sitting and would not be able to appreciate the beauty of chocolates.  Just like the handful of boys and girls invited into Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory.

The point I am trying to impress upon you is, we could use chocolate or cacao products in other ways.

Speaking of which, I recently watched a TV show on Willy’s Wonky Chocolate Factory.  And the show focused on his thousand-acre cocoa farm in Venezuela, how he cooked lunches for the workers during harvesting season using, yes – grated pure chocolate or cocoa bar – as if it were curry paste.

Later on, when his chocolate factory was set up, he was shown fete-ing his family and friends with baked chicken doused with cocoa or chocolate sauce / gravy.  His product is available in England and online Williescacao.com .

I took cue from this idea and experimented with some of the recipes he has in his cookbook.  Anyone may access a few select recipes from the book online at Williescacao.com/cookbook/ .

I tried the vegetarian Porcini and Chocolate Risotto.  Not bad at all.  Never knew mushrooms go with chocolate.