Arete Chocolate
Expeller Pressed Cocoa Powder
Good +
Weight: 1 oz. (28.3 g.) / 8.8 oz. (250 g.) in total package
Calories: 65 calories (estimate) in 1 oz. serving
Cost: $ Missing information
Purchased from: Arete or The Chocolate Garage*
Welcome to Day #5 of Chocolate and Rice Theme Week.
Today's homemade chocolate and rice (cake) dessert employed Expeller Pressed Cocoa Powder from Arete Chocolate as a topping and ingredient.
An ultra-dark (82% cacao) chocolate covered rice cake** that I made. It was topped with a large scoop of green tea ice cream and garnished with a healthy dose of Arete Chocolate Cocoa Powder and chopped almonds.
The Arete Chocolate cocoa powder classed up this dessert considerably. I'm hoping they might resume making and selling chocolate one day. (They closed shop in 2020.)
Ingredients: Expeller pressed cocoa solids
Allergen-related information: (None listed/found on package.)
*The Chocolate Garage Retail space in Palo Alto, CA, is no longer open.
**Notes: I used a commercially available (Lundberg Family Farms) rice cake as a form to be chocolate covered. Melting a bar of chocolate on a round rice cake for a single-serving dessert can be done in the microwave; but it is very easy to burn the rice cake if you start with room temperature/cooler chocolate.
It's best to warm the chocolate up on a microwave-safe plate first (so that it's soft, but not completely melted) and then transfer it (with the help of a spatula if needed) and place on top of the rice cake--and finish the melting over the rice cake for a bit longer--spreading the melted chocolate over an uncovered edge if needed). You can then transfer this to a clean dessert plate if you want a nice clean edge.
The end product is an easy-to-make, attractive perch for ice cream or a fruit dessert.
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