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Old Thu, Sep-15-05, 18:25
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Cocoa powder shouldn't have an issue being cooked with the eggs, right? I'd sort of think it would need to be mixed in really well with the eggs so it could have a chance to be absorbed, dissolve, whatever it would do. Whatcha think?

I can't use cream in my diet unfortunately!


Sorry, Nancy, up to my eyeballs the last couple of days with classes and more...

Cocoa powder doesn't really dissolve so much as it seems to get moistened and distributed (real chocolate, even unsweetened, has the cocoa butter as a carrier for the chocolate solids; if you can't do cream, I guess cocoa butter is out of the picture, eh?)

If you haven't sorted this out already (I haven't read the rest of this thread yet), I'd make a very smooth paste with whatever liquid you will have in your hypothetical Chocolate Curd, and then incorporate THAT in your beaten and cooking eggs...whatcha think?
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Old Thu, Sep-15-05, 18:44
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The traditional stuff is very thick, a knife would stand up in it. It is spreadable, like Nutella. I suspect it is an English invention and I bet they put it on scones. Its extremely lemony and sweet and it'll make your tonsils writhe in lemony ecstasy. I have put it on French Toast, bread, yogurt, cottage cheese, directly on my tongue... anything I can think of! Oh yes, another thing I think people put it on is pound cake.

My version, without the butter, isn't quite so thick and is more like a custard or pudding versus a spread. Still extremely tasty on all the things I mentioned.


Here's the classic, though Kraft makes one too, IIRC! This is the English brand that's sold all over the world, runs about $5-6 Canadian for this jar...
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i'll try to dig it up for you.....the lemon chicken recipe.

i caved and had some and it was WONDERFUL!


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Default Lemon chicken w/lemon curd

i'm pretty sure this is the recipe my sister used. Looks exactly the same....


http://foodnetwork.com/food/recipes...6_19367,00.html



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Old Fri, Sep-16-05, 10:59
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I made chocolate curd last night. Same basic recipe but I used unsweetened cocoa powder and some splenda sweetened chocolate chips (Mini-carb, Netrition has them).

Doing this in the microwave is harder than it seems. You really have to do it in short bursts (like 15 seconds), watch the temperature like a hawk. I think the double boiler is actually not difficult at all and results in a better.

So far my microwave attempts have almost curdled on each occassion. They definitely don't have the smoothness of the double boiler method.
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Old Fri, Sep-16-05, 12:07
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How do you make it with out the poly... stuff, I can't eat it. I see there was an 4 egg way, anyone know how to do it?
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Just leave it out, Lessara. No other change is necessary. Add however much splenda makes it taste right to you. The original recipe called for 3/4th cup of sugar but I vary the eggs so much that I have to taste the mixture before cooking it.
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did you say LEMON CURD!!!!!!!! I absolu-freaking-lutely ADORE lemon curd, have missing it horribly-usedto top cheesecakes with it, and no LC recipe is the same without it.

Basically, its lemon jelly without the pectin. made like a custard, its the eggs that do the thickening. And a WHOLE LOTTA SUGAR. which has always been the problem. Where does one find polydextrous? would my local uber organic store have it, or gnc? (course, theyre about useless for food stuffs these days). I already know my local safeway will not.

But I am definatley giving it a try. YAY!
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You can get buy without the PDX. Just use extra egg yolks. Actually, if you don't mind it being a bit looser, don't bother with the extra egg yolks.

My chocolate curd came out like a really, really thick, rich mousse. But with a fraction of the calories. *drool*

Here's a great spot for low carb baking products: http://www.honeyvillegrain.com/products/lowcarb.html

Even though you CAN do lemon curd in the microwave, I really recommend you use a double boiler (I put a stainless steel bowl over a pot of gently boiling water). It comes out so much smoother. You can also use bottled lemon juice but it just isn't as good as fresh. However, when I need a fix and I don't have fresh, I use bottled. But I do have frozen lemon zest in th efreezer from the last batch of fresh lemons I had.
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I made chocolate curd last night. Same basic recipe but I used unsweetened cocoa powder and some splenda sweetened chocolate chips (Mini-carb, Netrition has them).


Did ya post it, huh?! The proportions, the recipe?!

ps: Netrition has Polydextrose now, I think, as well as Honeyville...whichever you order from (both have great shipping prices for the lower 48) it's best to order a bunch of stuff at once...
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Old Sun, Sep-18-05, 08:17
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Did ya post it, huh?! The proportions, the recipe?!

Pffft! As if I measured! Lets see, I used 3 giant tablespoons of cocoa powder and tossed in some splenda sweetened chocolate chips afterwards.

I wish you could buy unsweetened chocolate chips, those splenda ones are tasty, but they taste ok in this recipe.

I've also gone back to using the double boiler. You just can't get as good texture in the microwave, I've decided.
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Old Sun, Sep-18-05, 18:21
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Pffft! As if I measured! Lets see, I used 3 giant tablespoons of cocoa powder and tossed in some splenda sweetened chocolate chips afterwards.

I wish you could buy unsweetened chocolate chips, those splenda ones are tasty, but they taste ok in this recipe.

I've also gone back to using the double boiler. You just can't get as good texture in the microwave, I've decided.


Yeah, yeah, yeah but at what point did you toss in all that cocoa??!!

For example, I melt my choc chips in the same glass measuring cup I'm melting my butter in (when I'm using butter, natch); so did you make a paste with the cocoa? and with what? and then whisk it into your cooking mixture at the beginning? or at the end just before final thickening?

Sheesh....

ps: I just break up the unsweetened chocolate instead of chips ... and have recently found some unsweetened (i.e., "chocolate liquor") Callebaut in a local HFS! Heavenly quality compared to Bakers' which is our only other option (usually) up here for unsweetened ...
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Oh! I just added the cocoa to the raw eggs and splenda and beat it in really well. The chocolate chips I stirred into the hot mixture afterwards.

You know, it really reminds me of chocolate mousse! Oooh! Is chocolate liquor liquid? Wow, that sounds wonderful.
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For unsweetened chocolate chips just make your own using bakers chocolate. Temper it, spread it out on a cookie sheet to cool then break it apart. There are recipies here to do it.
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For unsweetened chocolate chips just make your own using bakers chocolate. Temper it, spread it out on a cookie sheet to cool then break it apart. There are recipies here to do it.


Bakers' is grainy and just hasn't got the right texture, IMHO Don't get me wrong, it's in my chocolate arsenal, I'm just happy when I can find a better quality unsweetened chocolate/chocolate liquor (which, sadly, is NOT liquid by the time it gets to retail, it just means the tempered chocolate base before adding sweetening and such, as I understand it. Ah, tradition.... )
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