In these days, when it is recommended to stay home with our children, we are looking for fun ways to pass the time with them and relieve stress.
Moreover, for some of the children, these are vacation days, and for others, they will arrive in a few days.
Meir Rosenberg, chef at the Rimonim Gali Kinneret Hotel, offers two recipes for favorite and light desserts to prepare with children - to eat while staying at the hotel: chocolate croissant and chocolate balls.
Chocolate croissant recipe
Materials:
1 kg puff pastry
150 grams of chocolate spread (any kind you like)
50 grams chocolate chips
50 grams halva (for those who want)
1 egg white mixed with a tablespoon of water
Preparation method:
1. Roll out the puff pastry
2. Spread the dough with chocolate spread (like on a slice of bread), you can sprinkle with halva and chocolate chips (optional, if you like).
3. Cut the dough into triangles 8 cm wide and 12 cm high.
4. Roll the triangle from the wide part to the narrow part.
5. Arrange in a baking sheet (not too close together, one next to the other)
6. Brush the croissants with the egg white, then sprinkle with chocolate chips.
7. Bake in a hot oven at 170 degrees for about 12 minutes (until the dough is golden brown).
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Recipe for colorful chocolate balls
Materials:
250 grams of wild rice
2 tablespoons cocoa
100 grams of butter or shortening
3/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon rum extract
1/4 cup orange juice or milk
Colorful candies
Ground coconut
Chocolate chips
Ground nuts
Preparation method:
1. Mix all ingredients together
2. Leave the mixture in the refrigerator for half an hour.
3. Form balls from the mixture.
4. You can roll the balls in colored candies, coconut, chocolate chips, or ground nuts.