These 4 desserts were featured at Brennan's during February - it might be the change in air, being back in Canada after 20 years in Europe - but my wife says my cooking has improved in the month since we've been back ...  ;o)

Chocolate Shots - pots au chocolat - with Bacon and Rosemary

White Chocolate Goat Cheese Mousse - with Spicy Mango and Papaya Salsa

Butternut Squash White Chocolate Sponge - with Chocolate Caramel Sauce

Espresso Chocolate Sponge - with Onion Marmalade

no one likes following a recipe - you never have all the ingredients, measure wrong, and basically panic  - it's not pharmacology - it's food you're making.  so sit back and relax.  taste, make mistakes, enjoy. it's chocolate.  how can you not enjoy it?

chocolate shots.
this is a reduction of sugar, white wine, lemon juice, chocolate and whipping cream.  fresh rosemary is added to flavour and then rendered bacon fat is added at the end for richness.  as if it required further richness ... the reduction is poured into sherry glasses and left to set.

white chocolate goat cheese mousse.
a blend of whipping cream, chevre and white chocolate - which can be shaved or melted depending on your taste.  poured into a glass and topped with a salsa of fresh mango and papaya jazzed up with lime juice.

butternut squash sponge.
butternut squash is sweated with butter, sugar and walnuts, then baked with egg and white chocolate to form a brulee.  a simple sponge is baked and cut into squares which are soaked in a whisky sugar syrup and then warmed in the oven.  the butternut brulee is spooned over top of the sponge to serve.  drizzle a caramel sauce made from butter, sugar, dark chocolate and whipping cream.

espresso sponge.
again the simple sponge, this time cut into a small round and again spaked in sugar syrup and warmed for service.  make a ganache from whipping cream, dark chocolate and espresso.  warm a few spoonfuls of this and coat from the top the sponge piece.  top this with onion marmalade.  onion marmalade can be made by pairing fresh chopped onions with jam sugar like you make any fruit jam.  usually onion marmalde is used for grilled meats and grilled cheese sandwiches - I know -  but if your mouth hasn't had an orgasm then try it with chocolate now - get ready :o)