It's funny how inspiration comes in different forms. As a composer, I see inspiration all around me -- in colors, textures, emotions and other elements of our everyday existence. For instance, I can hear a certain rhythm in the sound of children playing or traffic passing by me. I can hear a melody when an elderly person tells me a story. I can hear chords strummed on a guitar while the dogs sleep peacefully by the edge of my bed. Music never seems to leave my side.
The same can be said for new recipes. I can visualize the taste of something crunchy and sweet while strangled in a yoga pose. Or I can dream of something salty and smooth while cruising down the open road on my motorcycle.
But this time inspiration came from a precise call to create. Sheryl, at Lady Behind the Curtain, invited us to join her Behind the Curtain Dessert Challenge. Each month, she has picked 2 ingredients (such as coconut and lime or caramel and pretzels) that we are supposed to develop into a dessert. Sound like fun? If so, join us next month, when the chosen ingredients are almond paste and pastry dough. My goodness, I feel my wheels turing already, how about you? The complete list can be found here: Behind the Curtain Dessert Challenge ingredient list.
So in this, our premiere Dessert Challenge, Sheryl has chosen cherries and chocolate--a marriage made in heaven, eh? And my entry is Cherry Lime Truffle Cups: crunchy phyllo cups filled with creamy chocolate ganache and a dollop of cherry lime topping and toasted almond slivers. It's kind of like a cherry lime drink, mixed with chocolate truffles and turned into a strudel! —Sherry K-Jazzy Gourmet
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