This is a not-so-flattering picture of Nigella Lawson's Chocohotpots, the recipe for which I found here. I recently bought two ramekins at Sur La Table's holiday sale and have been searching around for recipes to try with them; I've also been on a chocolate kick this week.

I halved the recipe to make two ramekins full of these, but the ramekins I have are actually pretty large and I probably could have filled just the one ramekin heftily. These have a cake-y brownie-like consistency and are deliciously satisfying when eaten warm. I indulged in one last night after they had cooled down from being in the oven, but I stuck the other cup in the refrigerator for later.

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Today is Mike and I's two-year anniversary of being together. Last year we had dinner at a pretty high-end restaurant in Mount Washington but this year we've decided to spend the day preparing a lavish feast in the comfort of our own home.
On the menu so-far: potato, beef, and barley soup to start, cubed steak with broccoli and a baked potato as the main course, and mini-helpings of monkey bread to finish it all off. We started off with greater intentions, but alas, a late trip to the grocery store resulted in not being able to pick up all of the ingredients we were hoping to get. More on this later.

Labels: chocolate