Sorry its been so long, just been working a lot, which is good hey!! We experimented with our chocolate the other day, put in equal amounts of chocolate and condensed milk!!! The result is amazing....sweet toffee like chocolate!!! as you could imagine:) BUT...its a dangerous thing to have at home....WHY???? because we eat it all!!! hahahaha
Well we try not to, but having a fridge that is always stocked with chocolate is amazing:)
We havent had that many clients this past week, dont know why tho, as summer has arrived, but ye. We are waiting with open arms for clients to come and stay with us. Our internet has been going well....yes we have a internet cafe!! I know, you are asking why havent I put up this nonsense long ago, I cannot respond you as to why. lazy????????????
Well I am waiting for Daniel to come home from a meeting, and then im gonna give him a big kiss!!!!!!
We are an amazing family here and only wish that everyone that comes to stay with us feels the same!!
Até mas tarde...
Pousada Muito Mais
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Sunday, November 07, 2010
CHOCOLATE!!!
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| This is the process of grinding the cocoa, it needs to ground very finely.; |
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| still grinding the cocoa!!!! ; |
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| mmmmm...the secret ingredient...; |
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| Putting the milk and the above into the blender; |
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| whirrrrrrr...... |
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| Look it´s purple!!!!!! :) |
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| The cocoa getting blended with the milk; |
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| We have put the mixture into the Chocolate mixer ; |
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| AND this is what comes out after three hours of cooking.... |
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| MMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so that is it for now, just a few photos, will be posting news of sales of the chocolate, and the different types of chocolate we are selling!!!! Pousada Muito Mais xxxx |
Friday, November 05, 2010
Cocoa
Yesterday and today, Daniel and I skinned 3 KG of cocoa beans!!
We make Home made chocolate, because we have so many cocoa trees, it is important to utilize all that nature provides us. So when the time comes to take all the cocoa fruit from the trees, we can make juice from the pulp of the fruit or just good 'ol fashioned way and suck the fruit off the bean. When your done with that we put all the beans in the sun to dry for a couple of a days, about 7 days, when it is dry and smells rather rotten, we take it and roast them. The smell that emerges from this process is something you cant even explain, DELICIOUS!!!!
So having done that, the boring part comes, Well it is rather therapeutic, we sit and shell every single bean. but just try to imagine, we shell about 1000 beans per 1 KG, and we just shelled 3 kg of cocoa....thats alot of work!!!!
So tomorrow Daniel has to wake up at 5:30 in the morning to go buy fresh milk from the local dairy farm!! and afterwards we are going to make CHOCOLATE!!!! I shall put up Photos of the making tomorrow...until then here is a picture of the roasted cocoa beans!!! beautiful!!
Pousada Muito Mais
We make Home made chocolate, because we have so many cocoa trees, it is important to utilize all that nature provides us. So when the time comes to take all the cocoa fruit from the trees, we can make juice from the pulp of the fruit or just good 'ol fashioned way and suck the fruit off the bean. When your done with that we put all the beans in the sun to dry for a couple of a days, about 7 days, when it is dry and smells rather rotten, we take it and roast them. The smell that emerges from this process is something you cant even explain, DELICIOUS!!!!
So having done that, the boring part comes, Well it is rather therapeutic, we sit and shell every single bean. but just try to imagine, we shell about 1000 beans per 1 KG, and we just shelled 3 kg of cocoa....thats alot of work!!!!
So tomorrow Daniel has to wake up at 5:30 in the morning to go buy fresh milk from the local dairy farm!! and afterwards we are going to make CHOCOLATE!!!! I shall put up Photos of the making tomorrow...until then here is a picture of the roasted cocoa beans!!! beautiful!!
Pousada Muito Mais
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