{"id":3658,"date":"2014-02-20T15:20:09","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T06:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/?p=3658"},"modified":"2014-02-20T15:36:51","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T06:36:51","slug":"kicchiri-kitchen-nama-choco-%e7%94%9f%e3%83%81%e3%83%a7%e3%82%b3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/2014\/02\/kicchiri-kitchen-nama-choco-%e7%94%9f%e3%83%81%e3%83%a7%e3%82%b3\/","title":{"rendered":"Kicchiri Kitchen:<\/b> Nama Choco (\u00e7\u201d\u0178\u00e3\u0192\u0081\u00e3\u0192\u00a7\u00e3\u201a\u00b3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to prepare you for Valentine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Day this year. In Japan the whole day revolves around chocolate. This recipe can be made for friends, co-workers, boyfriends and girlfriends so you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re either making tomochoco (\u00e5\u008f\u2039\u00e3\u0192\u0081\u00e3\u0192\u00a7\u00e3\u201a\u00b3), giri choco (\u00e7\u00be\u00a9\u00e7\u0090\u2020\u00e3\u0192\u0081\u00e3\u0192\u00a7\u00e3\u201a\u00b3) or for your own true love, honmeichoco (\u00e6\u0153\u00ac\u00e5\u2018\u00bd\u00e3\u0192\u0081\u00e3\u0192\u00a7\u00e3\u201a\u00b3). Whoever it is, this recipe is easy to do and may even catch the eye of that sexy sensei, turning girichoco into full on honmei style.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_1687\"<\/a>Makes 24 chocolates<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/p>\n

200g of your favourite dark or milk chocolate<\/p>\n

100ml fresh cream (\u00e7\u201d\u0178\u00e3\u201a\u00af\u00e3\u0192\u00aa\u00e3\u0192\u00bc\u00e3\u0192\u00a0)<\/p>\n

Cocoa powder (for dusting)<\/p>\n

Optional toppings: crushed pistachios, Valentinesy sprinkles<\/p>\n

Baking tin lined with wax paper (a 7 inch square tin will do, but I used a 6inch x 3 inch and made individual chocolates too) OR 24 small chocolate molds<\/p>\n

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Prep time\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 10 mins<\/p>\n

Cook time\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 5 mins<\/p>\n

Chill time\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 20+mins<\/p>\n

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\"IMG_1689\"<\/a>1. Chop the chocolate up into shavings (so they melt quicker and smoother!).<\/p>\n

2. Gently heat the cream in a saucepan until near boiling then turn off the heat.<\/p>\n

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\"IMG_1690\"<\/a>3. Tip in the chocolate in batches and stir until melted completely.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"IMG_1691\"<\/a>4. Pour the mix into your lined baking tin and smooth over using the back of a spoon (add toppings now). Or alternatively, divide the mixture into chocolate molds.<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Put in the fridge for about 20 minutes or until firm.<\/p>\n

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\"IMG_1698\"<\/a>6. Using a warm knife, cut the chocolate slabs vertically and horizontally to make rectangular pieces.<\/p>\n

Tip: for easy cutting, wipe the knife after each cut and run under hot water to warm, then wipe again.<\/p>\n

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  1. Using a sieve, dust your chocolaty goodies with cocoa powder.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"IMG_1697\"<\/a>Now that you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re done you can wrap them individually in patterned wax paper (to disguise their mismatched shapes!) and share the love. Or eat the whole batch and start from scratch.<\/p>\n

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    Happy Valentine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Day!<\/p>\n

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    Cherie Pham<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to prepare you for Valentine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Day this year. In Japan the whole day revolves around chocolate. This recipe can be made for friends, co-workers, boyfriends and girlfriends so you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re either making tomochoco (\u00e5\u008f\u2039\u00e3\u0192\u0081\u00e3\u0192\u00a7\u00e3\u201a\u00b3), giri choco (\u00e7\u00be\u00a9\u00e7\u0090\u2020\u00e3\u0192\u0081\u00e3\u0192\u00a7\u00e3\u201a\u00b3) or for your own true love, honmeichoco (\u00e6\u0153\u00ac\u00e5\u2018\u00bd\u00e3\u0192\u0081\u00e3\u0192\u00a7\u00e3\u201a\u00b3). Whoever it is, this recipe is easy to do…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":3632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false},"categories":[387,8,103],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_1694.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hyogoajet.net\/hyogotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}