Day 6 - Cacao Nibs Or White Spruce Tips

Dec 05, 2024

Written by neil bougourd

I have been dried and fermented – I was the star before coffee

Chocolate houses were all the fashion in 17th century London. These were places for socializing and gathering. Different chocolate houses had different political and social leanings.

Cacao nibs and sugar is all you need to make chocolate. The nibs are from roasted, and hulled cacao beans. Then you mix them with sugar and blend in a food processor.

Mint Hot Chocolate

A yummy, warming treat

1:1 cacao nibs to sugar

Blend together for 25 minutes, often stopping to scrap down the sides, the more you blend the more fudge and chocolatey it gets. I stop when it is a soft dough consistency.

1 Tsp Cacao, Sugar Mixture

1 Cup Milk ( your preference)

I use my milk foamer to heat and foam the milk and then use a whisk to mix in the chocolate.

You could add the chocolate to a sauce pan with the milk and heat it together while stirring to combine.

Either way it is TAS-AS-TY!!

Garlic & Spruce Tip Roasted Potatoes

Ingredients

1/2 lb new potatoes

4 cloves of peeled garlic

1/4 cup olive oil

2 Tbsp spruce tips needles

Maldon Salt

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375º

Cut the potatoes in half and put them in a roasting pan.

Grind the spruce tips in a mortar and pestle and then add the fresh garlic cloves. Crush into a paste and add the salt. Keep grinding and then add the olive oil.

Pour the mixture over the potatoes and mix thoroughly. ( Use your clean hands ).

Sprinkle with Maldon Salt and put in the preheated oven for 45 minutes or until done.

Ingredients

1/2 lb new potatoes

4 cloves of peeled garlic

1/4 cup olive oil

2 Tbsp spruce tips needles

Maldon Salt

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375º

Cut the potatoes in half and put them in a roasting pan.

Grind the spruce tips in a mortar and pestle and then add the fresh garlic cloves. Crush into a paste and add the salt. Keep grinding and then add the olive oil.

Pour the mixture over the potatoes and mix thoroughly. ( Use your clean hands ).

Sprinkle with Maldon Salt and put in the preheated oven for 45 minutes or until done.

Ingredients

1/2 lb new potatoes

4 cloves of peeled garlic

1/4 cup olive oil

2 Tbsp spruce tips needles

Maldon Salt

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375º

Cut the potatoes in half and put them in a roasting pan.

Grind the spruce tips in a mortar and pestle and then add the fresh garlic cloves. Crush into a paste and add the salt. Keep grinding and then add the olive oil.

Pour the mixture over the potatoes and mix thoroughly. ( Use your clean hands ).

Sprinkle with Maldon Salt and put in the preheated oven for 45 minutes or until done.