No Bake Chocolate Lasagna ~ No Bake Dishes

For the second day of No Bake Dishes, I made a Chocolate Lasagna. The recipe was pretty long, however  I made over two days and I didn't find it so tough. The dessert ends up being very rich, so take caution on how you portion it. 

Since I took them right off the fridge, the cups got misted and I couldn't clear it long enough for the kids to hold!

Do check out the Nutella Chocolate Milkshake as well!

No Bake Chocolate Lasagna

Ingredients Needed

For the Oreo Layer

Oreo Biscuits - 15 without cream
Oreo Biscuits - 5 with cream

Cream Cheese - 1/2 cup

Whipped Cream - 1/2 cup
Icing Sugar - 3 tsp

Chocolate Pudding Regular / Dark - 1 cup
Chocolate Ganache

For topping
Chocolate chips
Orea Biscuit Cream
Chocolate Shaving

How to make the Tart

Blend the orea biscuits to ensure you get a fine powder. Mix in butter and make the crust. In an individual serving cups, first fill in the oreo layer. Refergerate for 10 mins.

Prepare Cheese Cream and have it chilled

Prepare Chocolate Pudding either regular or Dark.

Prepare Chocolate Ganache and keep all the layers ready.

Whip the cream with icing sugar and chili.

When ready to layer,

On the oreo layer, layer it with cream cheese, then follow with a layer of chocolate pudding, followed by cream cheese, then with ganache, finally top with whipped cream.

For topping, place the orea cream, chips chocolate shavings.

Chill and serve it as dessert!

Mendiants au Chocolat

We are on the final day of cooking French Cuisine. I know I picked up a simple dish, which practically didn't look like cooking at all to me. However I have been want to make this shape and prepare exactly this way that I decided to make it for this theme.

Infact this was the first one I made when I decided on French Cuisine. My kids do not like dry fruits or nuts other than cashew nuts. So even in a chocolate, if its fruits and nuts, its not touched. Since I do not like cashews, most times those chocolates stay for a while.

However since we thought we should get them try these, we decided to get Konda initiated into the dry fruits. She said she won't mind if I make the chocolates with these. So hubby dear that it was my task to get it done and that's how this came into picture.

I was lucky that I remembered that this is a French specialty and I searched for it.

So wiki tells me that Mendiant is a confectionery originated from France. It has just two ingredients, chocolates and dried nuts and fruits.

Traditionally it was a chocolate disk studded with nuts and dried fruits representing the four mendicant or monastic orders of the Dominicans, Augustinians, Franciscans and Carmelites. Each of the nuts and dried fruits used refer to the color of monastic robes with tradition dictating raisins for the Dominicans, hazelnut for the Augustins, dried fig for Franciscans and almond for Carmelite.

Now this confection has moved away from the traditional combination of nuts and fruits to other combinations incorporating seeds, fruit peels and other items. And I could see recipes using so many different combinations.

When I made this at home, boys didn't even touch it, while the entire batch was enjoyed by Hubby dear and Konda. I used Dark chocolate along with roasted almonds, raisins, walnuts and cashews.

Mendiants au Chocolat

Ingredients Needed:

Dark compond - 1 cup
Cashews, Raisins, Almonds, Walnuts for topping.

MW chopped dark chocolate for 30 secs in two spurts. Temper well and drop a teaspoon of melted chocolate on parchment paper.

Place each nut on top and refrigerate.

Chocolate Chip Lava Cookies in Muffin Tray

We are starting yet another new week for BM#55 with me trying out my hands at an interesting theme - Make in a Muffin. somehow I always loved the idea of cooking in a muffin, not just a muffin but almost everything else. The idea was so pressing that I had to include it in this edition and I desperately wanted to try my hands at various ideas I came across. Making something in muffin ensures you have single serving and portion control. I enjoyed making pizzas and other savory dishes in this as well.

While I was quite prepared for the Healthy Breakfasts being done in Spice your Life!, this theme looked bleak. I was so caught up with cooking for Sep Mega BM as none were ready, I almost thought I might be skipping it. I started making it almost after dinner was done last night. I was inspired by this idea, though I ended up making it randomly based on my previous cookie recipes. As always when baking a cookie, I think to myself that I should give sometime for the cookie to settle down and harden. I am always in a haste. However my boys were so excited and declared it heavenly!

They had it for their breakfast this morning and couldn't have a better start in their thinking! Make in a Muffin brings in so much creativity and I am hoping I will do justification to the theme and cook the next two dishes on time this evening!

I hope you will enjoy this treat as much as my kids did!

 
Chocolate Chip Lava Cookies in Muffin Tray

Ingredients Needed:

All purpose flour / Maida - 1 cup
Baking Soda - 1/2 tsp
Unsalted Butter - 3 - 4 tsp
Salt a pinch
Granulated Sugar - 1/4 cup
Brown Sugar - 1/4 cup
Choco chips - 1/2 cup

for the stuffing
Choco chips - 1/2 cup

Muffin Tray

How to make Chocolate Chip Lava Cookies in Muffin Tray

Grease the muffin tray with butter, keep it

In a bowl, take the flour, add soda, sugars, choco chips and mix well. Then add the soft butter and mix to a dough. If needed add a tsp of milk.

Divide the dough into 12 equal balls. Flatten 6 balls and place in the muffin tray. Bake in a pre heated oven at 185 C for 10 mins.

Melt the choco chips till soft, keep it aside.

Remove, make dents in the center, pour the melted choco chip and place the other flatten cookie and press well to enclose completely.

Bake again for 15 mins, rest to cool down and store it in an airtight container.