We don't usually make a big deal of Valentines's day but we do acknowledge it in small ways. A gift of something sweet and/or a nice dinner at home. I love chocolate everything so I decided on chocolate panna cotta since we had cream waiting in the refrigerator waiting to be used. Remember that good quality baking chocolate will make it all the better. I prefer dark to milk chocolate but it's your choice.
Hope you enjoyed your Valentine's Day!
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My husband likes cream in his coffee so we usually have a carton of it in the fridge. I usually
buy a larger carton because a) he likes to make whipped cream for dessert or pancakes and b) it's cheaper to buy the larger size (and often even cheaper if you buy 2). So many times I have cream near it's due date. If it's a large quantity, I'll make
ice cream with it. But if it's a cup or less, I'll make caramel sauce.
Since trying (and loving) salted caramel sauce before, I never make regular caramel sauce. If you don't care for the salt, just add a pinch of it instead of a teaspoon as asked in this recipe.
If we have extra and I haven't eaten spoonfuls of it to depletion, then you can freeze the extras. Everyone thinks you are pretty aces if you bring out homemade caramel sauce.
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I've been taking online Graphic Design classes and have been really enjoying it! However, none of them teach you how to make vector art. I have always wanted to do illustrations and vector art so I have been mucking about in Illustrator, trying to teach myself! I find Illustrator more difficult than Photoshop to use so there is much to learn but I really love how these salted caramels turned out! I'm looking at them like they are my babies, so proud of how they turned out! "I made that!" Haha.
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My parents were out of town for a month during fall harvest so I pillaged their garden. Many times actually. They grow a lot of amazing produce and there was boxes and boxes of tomatoes. With so many tomatoes, I decided to make tomato sauce and can it for future use throughout the winter season.
Many sites and cookbooks recommend blanching tomatoes in boiling water and plunging them into an ice bath in order to remove the skins. I've done that before but I just didn't feel like it this time so with a sharp knife, I merely peeled the skins. I did it over a large pot so that any dripped juices were collected.
I wish I have an exact recipe for you but I didn't feel like taking down measurements. It is as complicated as you want to make it. I'll try my best to go from memory.
