Overview
You know you’ve reached the top of your culinary game when you invent a cuisine. Jade Mountain’s Chef Allen Susser took the lush and exotic ingredients growing right outside his kitchen and created “Jade Cuisine.” While the menu of a master chef is usually out of reach, we reconstructed a few of Chef Susser’s blissful dishes in this issue of Galavante. However, we wouldn’t blame you if you wanted to go to Jade Mountain yourself and sample the real deal. Here are our adapted recipes, inspired by recipes around the web. Next, we’ll focus on our recipe for dark chocolate truffles:
Dark Chocolate Truffles Recipe:
Cocoa trees are in abundance on Jade Mountain, which gives us the perfect excuse to share a simple truffle recipe the entire family can enjoy.
Yields about 2 dozen
Prep/cook time: 20 minute (plus 1 hour for chilling)
Ingredients:
One lb dark chocolate, broken into pieces
1 cup heavy cream
One teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup cocoa powder, for dusting
Directions:
Create a double boiler by placing a glass bowl over a pot of simmering water. The water should only be about an inch deep. Place the chocolate and heavy cream in the glass bowl and stir until melted. Add in the vanilla and remove from heat. Cover and refrigerate for about 1 hour or until chocolate has set and is cold. Place cocoa powder in a shallow dish. Take about 1 teaspoon of the chocolate and roll it between your hands to form a ball. Next, roll it in the cocoa powder and transfer to a dish. Repeat until all the chocolate is gone. Keep chilled until service.
Cooking Class: Jade Mountain’s Chef on Wheels
Where better to receive a lesson in Jade Cuisine than at the resort itself?
Executive Chef Jonathan Dearden can either prepare a gourmet meal while you watch or offer a one-hour, hands-on cooking demonstration. Learn everything from simple vinaigrettes to preparing the perfect ceviche. See more here.
