What is better than a melt-in-your-mouth square of shortbread? So simple and indulgent. Answer: These Chocolate Rye Shortbread. All the amazing texture and buttery flavor of traditional shortbread, plus nutty whole-grain and deep chocolate. These are the complex and interesting cousin of regular shortbread who moved away from home right after high school and came back all cool and worldly.
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I’m still making my way through a bottle of mezcal (a smoked tequila) that a dear friend sent me when I was having a rough day. Now that the New Year is upon us, I’m ready to celebrate past and future and it always puts me in the mood to go all out and be decadent. These Dark Chocolate Truffles infused with mezcal and dusted with cayenne powder are so rich and wonderful. They have a nice snappy chocolate shell and a soft, melting, smoky center. The heat of the cayenne comes through right at the end. And of course they’re topped with a bit of edible gold leaf. Because DECADENT. Continue reading “Mezcal-Chili Dark Chocolate Truffles”
