Chocolate Pecan Cobbler Paula Deen Food

CHOCOLATE PECAN COBBLER (PAULA DEEN)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Put the butter in an 8 by 8-inch baking dish and put the dish in the oven until butter is melted, about 3 to 4 minutes. Remove the baking dish from the oven and set aside.
• In a medium bowl combine 3/4 cup of the sugar, the flour, and 2 tablespoons cocoa.
• Add the milk and vanilla, whisking until smooth.
• Pour over the melted butter in the baking dish.
• In a separate medium bowl, combine the remaining 1 cup of sugar, remaining 4 tablespoons of cocoa, the pecans, and toffee bits; sprinkle evenly over the sugar mixture.
• Slowly pour boiling water over top of the cobbler.
• Bake until top of the cobbler looks set, about 40 to 50 minutes.
• Serve warm with ice cream, Caramel Whipped Cream and pecans, if desired.
• To make the Caramel Whipped Cream: Combine the cream and sugar in a medium bowl and beat with a whisk or beater until soft peaks form. Add the caramel syrup, and lightly fold together.

CHOCOLATE-PECAN COBBLER

Steps:

• 1. PREHEAT OVEN TO 350. PLACE BUTTER IN AN 8X8 BAKING DISH PLACE IN OVEN UNTIL BUTTER IS MELTED. REMOVE DISH FROM OVEN AND SET ASIDE. IN A MEDIUM BOWL, COMBINE 3/4 CUP OF SUGAR, FLOUR, AND 2 TABLESPOONS COCOA. ADD MILK AND VANILLA, WHISKING UNTIL SMOOTH. POUR OVER MELTED BUTTER IN DISH. IN A SPEARATE MEDIUM COMBINE PECANS, TOFFEE BITS, REMAINING 1 CUP SUGARAND REMAINING 4 TABLESPOONS COCOA; SPRINKLE OVER BATTER. SLOWLY POUR 1 1/2 CUPS BOILING WATER OVER TOP OF COBBLER. BAKE 40-50 MINUTES OR UNTIL TOP APPEARS SET. SERVE WARM WITH ICE CREAM AND PECANS IF DESIRED.

CHOCOLATE BOURBON PECAN CAKE - PAULA DEEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325ºF.
• Grease and flour a 9-inch springform pan.
• Melt the chocolate and butter in a small bowl over a double boiler.
• Remove from heat, and set pot aside leaving the bowl on top of pot.
• Whisk egg yolks and 1/2 of the sugar in a metal mixing bowl.
• Place bowl over slightly simmering water, and whisk until yolks reach 140ºF.
• Remove bowl from heat and beat egg and sugar mixture with an electric mixer to a ribbon stage.
• Add the Bourbon to the chocolate mixture, then fold the yolk and sugar mixture into the chocolate mixture.
• Mix flour with pecans and fold into chocolate mixture.
• Using an electric mixer, beat egg whites and the remaining sugar to form soft peaks, then fold into chocolate mixture.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
• Allow cake to cool in pan and then place in the freezer for at least 2 hours.
• Once it's frozen, remove sides of springform pan.
• Invert cake onto a wire rack and remove bottom of springform pan.
• Prepare ganache by bringing heavy cream to a boil and pouring cream over chocolate chips in a bowl.
• Whisk until completely smooth.
• Set wire rack with cake on top of sheetpan.
• Pour warm lukewarm ganache over cake, coating cake completely, recoating if necessary.
• Gently jiggle wire rack to help drain excess ganache.
• Remove cake from wire rack with spatula and place on a serving plate.