Easy Chocolate Truffles gilded in Edible Silver and a sparkling Champagne glass of Bacio Di Oro, the Kiss of Gold, makes for a perfectly romantic Valentine’s Day. Need more sweets for your sweet? Try our Devil’s “Fool” Cake with Cocoa Frosting and a golden rimmed Orange Pomegranate Martini for that extra sparkle. Easy Leaf Products, the ultimate decoration for food and beverage, has the perfect delicacies to help you find the way to the heart of that special someone with tantalizingly delicious and gorgeously displayed recipes. Visit www.easyleafproducts.com for more recipe ideas and to purchase ORO FINO Edible Gold and ARGENTO FINO Edible Silver products.
With the use of the cleverly designed and packaged shakers and boxes with bamboo tweezers, every culinary devotee can easily and efficiently adorn food and beverage in their own home. ORO FINO (edible gold) and ARGENTO FINO (edible silver) are available in three forms: leaves, sprinkles and petals. Amazingly, the products are quite affordable with prices ranging from $23.00 to $120.00.
ABOUT EASY LEAF PRODUCTS
Easy Leaf Products’ uniquely packaged line of ORO FINO (23 Karat Genuine Edible Gold) and ARGENTO FINO (Pure Edible Silver) are perfect for gilding cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, wedding cakes, pastries, and savory dishes. Products are available for purchase on Easy Leaf Products e-commerce website (www.easyleafproducts.com) and a variety of retailers across the nation such as Dean & DeLuca, Surfas and Sur La Table. Easy Leaf Products, a division of Neuberg & Neuberg Importers Group, Inc., is based in Los Angeles, CA and is the sole importer and distributor for all ORO FINO and ARGENTO FINO products in North America.
EASY LEAF PRODUCTS VALENTINE’S DAY RECIPES
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Recipe images are available upon request.
BACIO DI ORO (KISS OF GOLD) CHAMPAGNE
Created by Chef Wendy Brodie on behalf of Easy Leaf Products
Serves Two
4-6 shakes of ORO FINO 23 K Edible Gold Sprinkles
2-4 ORO FINO 23 K Edible Gold Petals
8 oz Champagne
2 fresh raspberries
Shake the ORO FINO Edible Gold Sprinkles into each of two champagne flutes. Pour 4 oz champagne into each flute. Drop in one raspberry each and then allow to fizz, very slowly lay a gold petal on each.
Sip slowly and as the flute empties the gold sprinkles adheres to your lips, to be kissed by your loved one, thus Bacio di Oro; the Kiss of Gold.
EASY CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES WITH EDIBLE SILVER
By Lynn Neuberg of Easy Leaf Products
12 oz (2 cups) semisweet chocolate chips
3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
pinch salt
1 cup chopped pecans
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
ARGENTO FINO Edible Silver Leaves/Sheets
In a double boiler over hot water, melt chocolate. Stir sweetened condensed milk, salt, chopped nuts, and vanilla. Cool the mixture until easy to shape into small balls. Dip each ball into finely chopped nuts, or for a very special touch set one cooled ball onto a full sheet of ARGENTO FINO Edible Silver Leaves/Sheets and roll in circles until fully coated. Enjoy!
DEVIL’S “FOOL” CAKE WITH COCOA FROSTING
Created by Chef Beth Ginsberg on behalf of Easy Leaf Products
Cake Ingredients
1 ½ cups (10oz/300g) natural cane sugar
1 cup (4oz/120g) all purpose flour
1 cup (4 1/2oz/135g) Dutch process cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
2 egg whites
5 oz (150 g) low-fat silken tofu
¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons (7floz/210ml) unsweetened applesauce
½ tsp pure vanilla extract
1 TB orange extract
½ tsp orange extract
Chocolate Icing Ingredients
8 oz (240g) low-fat silken tofu
¾ cup (3 ½ oz/100g confectioners sugar
½ cup (2 ¼/70g) Dutch process cocoa powder
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1 tsp rice syrup or maple syrup
ORO FINO Edible Gold Leaves
To make the cake:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Sift together sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and baking powder. Place egg whites, tofu, applesauce and vanilla in food processor and puree.
In a large mixing bowl, combine tofu mixture with dry ingredients. Beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
Pour into a lined, heart-shaped pan or mold, spray with canola oil spray, then bake in a 350 degree oven for 30-45 minutes (insert a skewer to test doneness). Serve with cocoa frosting.
Decorate with ORO FINO Edible Gold Leaves
To make frosting:
In a blender combine tofu, confectioner’s sugar, cocoa, vanilla and rice syrup or maple syrup. Blend until smooth. Chill for 30 minutes.
ORANGE POMEGRANATE MARTINI
Preparation Time: 5 min.
2 oz Vodka (use your favorite brand)
1/2 oz Frozen Boiron Pomegranate Purée
1/2 oz Frozen Matisse Blood Orange Purée
1/2 oz Simple Syrup or Sour Mix (50% simple syrup and 50% lemon juice)
Dusting ORO FINO Edible Gold Flakes, for garnish
Wet rim of martini glass and dip in ORO FINO Edible Gold Flakes. Combine all ingredients in shaker and strain into frozen martini glass.
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