Ingredients
- Servings: 1
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 18 (1 ounce) squares bittersweet chocolate
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 6 eggs
Recipe
- preheat oven to 300 degrees f (150 degrees c). grease one 10 inch round cake pan and set aside.
- in a small saucepan over medium heat combine the water, salt and sugar. stir until completely dissolved and set aside.
- either in the top half of a double boiler or in a microwave oven melt the bittersweet chocolate. pour the chocolate into the bowl of an electric mixer.
- cut the butter into pieces and beat the butter into the chocolate, 1 piece at a time. beat in the hot sugar-water. slowly beat in the eggs, one at a time.
- pour the batter into the prepared pan. have a pan larger than the cake pan ready, put the cake pan in the larger pan and fill the pan with boiling water halfway up the sides of the cake pan.
- bake cake in the water bath at 300 degrees f (150 degrees c) for 45 minutes. the center will still look wet. chill cake overnight in the pan. to unmold, dip the bottom of the cake pan in hot water for 10 seconds and invert a serving plate.
Ingredients
- Servings: 4
- 1/2 pound bacon
- 1 tablespoon bacon drippings
- 1 large spaghetti squash, halved and seeded
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 large onion, coarsely chopped
- 1 eggplant, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon italian herb blend
- 1 (14 ounce) can coconut milk
- 2 cups fresh spinach leaves
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast, or to taste
Recipe
Preparation Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Ready Time: 55 mins
- place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. drain the bacon slices on paper towels; crumble and set aside. leave 1 tablespoon bacon drippings in the skillet.
- place halved and seeded spaghetti squash cut sides down in a large glass baking dish with 1/4 cup water. microwave on high until squash is steaming and tender, 10 to 12 minutes. using a fork, scrape spaghetti squash strands from skin. set aside in a large serving dish and keep warm.
- cook and stir onion and eggplant in remaining bacon drippings in a large skillet over medium heat until the onion turns translucent and eggplant is tender, 8 to 10 minutes. stir in garlic and italian herb blend. add coconut milk, bring to a simmer, and cook until warmed through, 2 to 4 minutes. remove from heat and use an immersion blender to puree the eggplant-coconut mixture until smooth.
- return blended coconut milk sauce to skillet over medium-high heat and stir in crumbled bacon and spinach. simmer, stirring often, until spinach is wilted and sauce is heated through, about 5 minutes. pour sauce over spaghetti squash and sprinkle with nutritional yeast to taste.
