IronNoggin
10-15-2021, 05:43 PM
My bowhunting partner Tad graced us with a very fine chocolate from his home country called Sliwka.
Essentially they are a candied plum covered in chocolate.
My Lady loves them, and guards them quite jealously when they appear...
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/eWQAAOSwNcRdvXEd/s-l400.jpg
Another buddy this fall informed me he had a serious abundance of plums, and asked if I could dehydrate a few for him.
Certainly!
While doing so, it came to me that I might actually be able to imitate to some extent the Sliwka from Poland all on my own...
So, after letting the not-completely-dried plums age a spell (they take on an entirely different flavour when you do this) I picked up a few bags of chocolate to give it a whirl...
Heated the chocolate in our fondue set-up and drug the plums through that when melted.
Then tossed them on wax paper to set:
https://i.imgur.com/pZmLFAK.jpg
Then I set the pan load into the freezer to really set them up.
About an hour later...
https://i.imgur.com/W4xTnrq.jpg
She Who Rules suggests I have nailed it.
I rather like them myself, and now am setting forth to create enough of a stash I might actually get in on a few myself this time around!!
Cheers,
Nog
Essentially they are a candied plum covered in chocolate.
My Lady loves them, and guards them quite jealously when they appear...
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/eWQAAOSwNcRdvXEd/s-l400.jpg
Another buddy this fall informed me he had a serious abundance of plums, and asked if I could dehydrate a few for him.
Certainly!
While doing so, it came to me that I might actually be able to imitate to some extent the Sliwka from Poland all on my own...
So, after letting the not-completely-dried plums age a spell (they take on an entirely different flavour when you do this) I picked up a few bags of chocolate to give it a whirl...
Heated the chocolate in our fondue set-up and drug the plums through that when melted.
Then tossed them on wax paper to set:
https://i.imgur.com/pZmLFAK.jpg
Then I set the pan load into the freezer to really set them up.
About an hour later...
https://i.imgur.com/W4xTnrq.jpg
She Who Rules suggests I have nailed it.
I rather like them myself, and now am setting forth to create enough of a stash I might actually get in on a few myself this time around!!
Cheers,
Nog