I had a long think about this, and decided to make our initials in chocolate;
knowing how bad my handwriting is (an F in sixth-grade
penmanship caused my dad to immediately buy me a typewriter),
I made a template (on the computer, of course) . . .

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. . . put it under parchment paper,
and laid them both on the cutting board I'd refrigerated . . .

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I'm still a bit wobbly . . .

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With the rest of the chocolate, I made squiggles on the glasses
I'd put into the freezer earlier, so that the chocolate
would harden on contact.

I think I would rather have had the chocolate drip down some,
but it was too late to change the process. Something for next time.

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Rotating the glass whilst trying to squeeze the pastry bag evenly
is no mean feat, and one I did NOT accomplish this time.

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I used these plastic glasses because they were going into the freezer,
and because I knew the chocolate would have to be scraped off . . .

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RASPBERRY MOUSSE, PART 3 HERE


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