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Póg mo Thóin Irish Coffee Brownies

17 Monday Mar 2014

Posted by lusciouspastry in Luscious desserts, Uncategorized

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brownie recipe, brownies, Irish coffee, St Patricks Day food, St. Patrick's Day, Tara Reid

poison2Luscious has been taking a lot of those online quizzes lately, because it’s important to know which city we should live in, or which 80’s pop star we should be, or which communicable disease we should contract. It’s mostly been a miserable experience. Apparently all the people we know on Facebook are either Emma Stone or Jennifer Lawrence, but we are Tara Reid. Everybody else is Sonic Youth and The Decemberists and we’re Poison. That’s so unfair– big hair and age-inappropriate use of eyeliner does not put a person on par with Brett Michaels.

And we have no idea which particular combination of answers earned us Monster Truck Racing for Which Winter Olympic Sport Are You?.  We were insulted — we KNOW monster trucks are not part of the winter Olympics. That’s a summer Olympics thing.

At first the Luscious girls planned to drive the TransAm up to the Buzzfeed office in New York City and bitchslap the person who created the quiz entitled Which Exotic Vacation Would You Be? Because Shreveport, Louisiana shouldn’t even be a possible result for that quiz.  But when they couldn’t find enough change under the couch cushions for gas money, Anne-Charlotte and Jennifer decided that mature, refined women of the world like themselves should simply boycott internet quizzes.

Okay, JUST ONE MORE. And apparently, if you take the quiz Which is Your Holiday, the answers “whiskey-soaked”, “bar fight” and “Kiss Me, I’m White Trash” will surprisingly result in St. Patrick’s Day. Hmmm, Luscious can live with that.  You can be St. Patrick’s Day, too, all you need are these slightly drunken brownies:

Irish Coffee Brownies

Irish coffee brownie

Brownies:
2 tsp instant coffee
2 tablespoons Irish whiskey
6 oz bittersweet chocolate
4 oz unsweetened chocolate
2 oz semisweet chocolate (or ¼ cup semisweet chocolate chips)
2 sticks plus 2 tablespoons butter
2 ¼ cups sugar
1 ½ tsp sea salt
6 eggs
2 ¼ cups flour
1 ½ cups semisweet chocolate chips

SONY DSCPre-heat over to 350º. Line an 11 x 17 inch baking dish with parchment paper, and butter the paper and sides of dish. Dissolve the instant coffee into the whiskey. Insert your own joke here about pouring a little whiskey to enjoy while baking. Maybe it’s not a joke. Finely chop chocolates, cut butter into 1 tablespoon pieces, and combine in a saucepan over low heat.  Stir constantly until chocolate and butter until melted and smooth. Seriously, do not walk away to watch a few minutes of the Jerry Springer show unless you love the taste of burnt chocolate.  Remove from heat and let cool for 2-3 minutes.  Stir in sugar, salt, and the coffee-whiskey mixture. Then thoroughly mix in the eggs a couple at a time.  Lastly, fold in the chocolate chips. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 25-30 minutes. When done, the edges should start to crack a little and the center should be slightly yielding to the touch (but not gooey.) Allow brownies to cool while you make the ganache. Use a knife to release the brownies from the sides and use the parchment to help lift the brownies from the pan. Remove to serving platter or cutting board.

Ganache frosting
4 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped
6 oz heavy cream
2 tablespoons to ¼ cup Irish whiskey
1 tsp instant coffee
pinch of salt

SONY DSCPut the chopped chocolate in a glass bowl. Boil the cream over medium heat (this is another “don’t walk away” scenario) and pour over the chocolate. Stir like crazy until the chocolate is melted and the mixture is smooth. If the chocolate is not completely melted before the mixture cools, pop it in the microwave for 10-15 seconds, then continue to stir. Stir in whiskey and coffee.  If the whiskey taste is too subtle for you, you can splash in a bit more. If the whiskey taste is still too subtle, maybe you should just have a shot of whiskey. Spread ganache evenly over brownies.

SONY DSCCinnamon Whipped Cream
Whip 8 oz very cold heavy cream with 2 tsp cinnamon until thick.

Slice brownies into squares. Serve at room temperature or slightly warm, topped with the whipped cream.

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Sorry about this one, Jesus.

04 Sunday Dec 2011

Posted by lusciouspastry in Luscious desserts, Luscious holiday

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alcoholism, brownies, holiday, Jesus

Holiday survival elixir

Luscious struggles painfully with Christmas, and not just because Anne-Charlotte embarrasses Jennifer by turning around every time somebody says “Ho! Ho!”   Don’t try to start an argument with Luscious about this being “the most wondeful time of the year.” We will win, here’s why:
– Black Friday fistfights make the Baby Jesus cry.
– 3 out of 5 children are annually traumatized by witnessing their parents argue over how to put the lights on what becomes referred to as “the goddamned tree.”
– Every woman over the age of 26 is expected to dash around like Martha Stewart on diet pills creating a holiday wonderland at home, the office, and school until she’s ready to throw a Christmas elf down a staircase.
– You might to get spend 3 straight days with your crazy family at a time of year you’re likely to get snowed in. See who survives. Alternatively, you can call your mom and say you’re not coming to visit, for a crushing dose of holiday guilt.

In the midst of this hell, we are often at this time of year admonished not to “overindulge.”  Um, okay… if this means we’re not supposed to anxiously medicate ourselves with fudge and spiked eggnog, well, then just give Luscious a second to  put down our cocktail and grab our bible. Checking… no, nowhere in here does it specifically say that Jesus doesn’t want us celebrating his birthday with thumbprint cookies and Jack Daniels.

In fact, sometimes, when we we drink a lot Jesus talks to us, and says “go get out the butter.”   And we do. Order your holiday boxes now:

Carmelitas and Peppermint Brownies

Gift box: 4 big bars or 8 petite bars in a cutie be-ribboned gift box- $10. 
Party box:
1 dozen big bars or 24 petite bars boxed and ready for your holiday party, $24

choose from….

Chocolate Peppermint brownies
The perfect holiday treat– decadent, mint-infused  melty fudge brownies.

Buttered Oat Carmelitas
Our incredible homemade caramel make these a perpetual favorite with Luscious customers. Buttery rich caramel, chocolate, pecans, oat streusel.

Plus… Luscious Chai gift tins and jars!

Limited quantites! To order, contact us by email yummy@lusciouspastry.com 

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