{"id":14766,"date":"2017-10-28T12:28:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T17:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=14766"},"modified":"2017-10-28T12:28:56","modified_gmt":"2017-10-28T17:28:56","slug":"its-national-chocolate-day-try-this-dessert-recipe-paired-with-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/28\/its-national-chocolate-day-try-this-dessert-recipe-paired-with-port\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s National Chocolate Day! Try this Dessert Recipe Paired with Port"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_14768\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14768\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14768\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/stfrancis5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"288\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St. Francis Winery &amp; Vineyards emphasizes wine &amp; food pairings!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today is National Chocolate Day! Celebrate by spending a little time creating one of the chocolate recipes you can find on the Wine Trail Traveler\u2019s website dessert <a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/recipes\/food.php\">recipe section<\/a>, or perhaps trying your hand at this Mocha Pot de Cr\u00e8me created by the chef at St. Francis Winery &amp; Vineyards in Sonoma, California. The wine suggested wine pairing is St. Francis Winery\u2019s Port.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0Mocha Pot de Cr\u00e8me<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Makes 8 4-ounce ramekins<\/p>\n<p><b>Ingredients:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1\u00be cup whole milk<br \/>\n1\u00bc cup heavy cream<br \/>\n8 ounces chocolate chips<br \/>\n\u00bd teaspoon vanilla extract<br \/>\n6 egg yolks<br \/>\n\u00bd cup sugar<br \/>\n\u00bd each vanilla beans<br \/>\n\u00bc cinnamon sticks<br \/>\n\u00bc cup decaf coffee<\/p>\n<p><b>Directions<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In a sauce pan on medium heat, scald milk, heavy cream, vanilla beans and cinnamon stick for about 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Remove from heat, then add coffee, chocolate and vanilla extract, let melt together. Steep for 5 minutes and strain. Set aside.<\/li>\n<li>In a mixing bowl, whisk egg yolks and sugar together. Slowly add the cream liquid into egg mixture.<\/li>\n<li>Strain and cool. Evenly pour mixture into 8 individual 4-ounce ramekins. Bake at 300\u00b0F for 50-70 minutes or until slightly set.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Recipe provided by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stfranciswinery.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Francis Winery &amp; Vineyards<\/a>, Sonoma, California.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<br \/>\nKathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"It's National Chocolate Day! Try this Dessert Recipe Paired with Port\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=14766\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Try this  Mocha Pot de Cr\u00e8me recipe for National Chocolate Day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[340,762,3892,69,3066],"class_list":["post-14766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-and-food","tag-chocolate","tag-dessert","tag-national-chocolate-day","tag-recipes","tag-st-francis-winery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14766"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14772,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14766\/revisions\/14772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}