Chocolate Walnut Pie

Last night Kitchen Ninja made a lot of deliciousness. The kitchen is only now starting to recover.

The Menu?

Ciabatta Crostini's with Goat's Milk Cheese and Red Peppers
Ceasar Salad
Pesto Chicken Pasta with Pan Grilled Asparagus
Chocolate Walnut Pie with whipped cream

The Pesto - my poor man's pesto recipe (using parsley instead of basil) came out awesome. lots of garlic, parm, lemon juice = yum.

Here's the recipe for the pie I made up on the fly.

Chocolate Walnut Pie

2 deep dish pastry shells
2 c. sugar
1/2 c water
2 c. cream
1lb 8oz bag of 60% cacao chips
1lb 8oz bag of walnuts, chopped
5 eggs, beaten
2 tsp vanilla essence

combine water and sugar in a saucepan. let it boil, don't stir, allowing sugar to turn golden brown. take off heat, add cream. Should turn into a lovely caramel sauce. Add chocolate chips, walnuts, vanilla essence, mix well. finally, add egg to mixture, incorporating completely. Pour into shells, bake for 20 mins at 400 degrees.

serve warm (inside has consistency of molten chocolate cake) with some freshly whipped cream.

Also, I was asked how I make my asparagus, so here's the method.



Mia's Asparagus

Chop Asparagus spears in half.
Put olive oil, crushed garlic, salt, and Italian seasoning in pan. Allow garlic to brown a little.

Add Asparagus. Do not stir, allow to lightly char on one side. Once slightly charred, flipped asparagus over, put on lid, turn down heat to low. should be al dente and awesome in 5 minutes depending on the thickness of the individual spears. The slight charring adds another dimension of flavor to the asparagus.

Enjoy!

~kitchen ninja.