Despite all her controversy, Martha Stewart still remains my go-to when trying to find recipes. She keeps it basic enough that even a non-baker like me still has a chance at it.
Enter the Chocolate Cream Puff Trifle, because you know, it’s chocolate and I deserve it. Right?
This confection requires several steps and some of those, regardless of dummy-proof instructions, I may have messed up. The recipe required anisette to soak some dried cherries in and not having anisette but definitely having a leftover bottle of Ouzo, I thought this would make a lovely substitute. I don’t know why I didn’t run away from this recipe right after making this decision. There is a definite reason why the bottle of Ouzo *hadn’t* been finished off.
Continuing with what was supposed to be a massive trifle, I made the cream puffs. The Cream Puffs. Oh My God, Heaven Came Into My Mouth When I Tried These For The First Time. Something came over me. I couldn’t stop consuming them. The raging chocolate monster in me was binging and there was no stopping it. The frantic frenzy only came to an end when I realized that there was only one cream puff left. That’s right folks. I gorged myself and couldn’t take it back.
What resulted was a one cream puff dish swimming in a ricotta-chocolate mixture with homemade whipped cream and the worst Ouzo soaked cherries I’ve ever had in my life. The “trifle” ruined my last cream puff for me because all I could taste was that godawful Ouzo.
Maybe this is God’s way of showing me that fruit and dessert shouldn’t mix. Who knows? One thing I can say is I didn’t regret eating all those cream puffs before making the trifle after all.
wow. your posts are making me hungry haha looks amazing xx
Cream puffs were seriously addictive.
I might have a food problem. Lol
I can imagine. mmm yes I love food x
You can never go wrong with good food 🙂