Are you responsible for production of CO2? Unwilling or unable to do something about it? No problem. Pay your way to a clear conscience.

Male tortice (glej cupcakes vs muffins) iz kakavovega testa, polnjene s polnomastno skuto in koščki čokolade, ki jih Američani poznajo kot Black Bottom Cupcakes, smo pekoljubke na twitterju poimenovale črnozadnjične grižljajčice. Njihova priprava je hitra in preprosta. Za 24 grižljajčic boste potrebovali

za nadev:

• 200g polnomastne skute (“cream cheese”, Philadelphia)
• 1 jajce
• 50g sladkorja
• ščepec soli
• 175g koščkov jedilne čokolade

za testo:

• 200g moke
• 200g sladkorja
• 20 g kakava v prahu
• žličko sode bikarbone
• pol žličke soli
• 230 ml vode
• 80 ml olja
• 15 ml jabolčnega kisa
• vanilijev ekstrakt

Pečico ogrejte na 175°C. V modelčke za mafine vstavite papirnate skodelice.

Pripravite nadev: v srednje veliki posodi zmešajte skuto, jajce, sladkor in sol, da nastane rahla, gladka masa.

Nasvet: ne mešajte premočno. Če se bo jajce spenilo, bo nadev preveč tekoč. Vmešajte majhne koščke jedilne čokolade. Meni je najbolj všeč zelo temna, ki jo nasekljam kar sama.

Pripravite testo: v večji posodi zmešajte moko, sladkor, kavo, sodo bikarbono in sol. Dobro premešajte, da se soda bikarbona enakomerno razporedi. Dodajte vodo, kis in vanilijev ekstrakt. (Tokrat ga nisem imela pri roki in sem vmešala kar vrečko vanilijevega sladkorja.) Dobro premešajte.

Modelčke za mafine napolnite z maso za testo do 1/3 višine. Na sredino nežno položite po eno žlico skutno čokoladnega nadeva. Pecite 25 do 30 minut na 175°C.

et voilà

Ko so črnozadnjične grižljajčice pečene (izvlečenega zobotrebca se ne drži testo), pride na vrsto najpomembnejši del kulinarike. Hitro jih stresite iz modelčkov in jih malo ohladite na rešetki, da se ne skuhajo, potem pa jih čim prej delite s prijatelji.

Če to lahko storite v praznično okrašeni Ljubljani, toliko lepše.

Srečno!

Will 2010 mark the Return of the Jedi?

…but there are ways to keep warm

Nicholas brought a daydream
One that’s just for me
Patience is a virtue
Will sit back and see

peace is important
compromise brings cohesion
cherries will blossom

hopefully

Jose Miguel caught my attention in the Dominican Republic a year ago with that sunny smile and entrepreneurial spirit. Which is not even a tiny fraction of the attention the Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor is getting exactly on the one-year-in-office anniversary. What has he done? Apparently, he made good on his promise to clean the national football team’s shoes if they won in the decisive match against Russia, which took place last Wednesday. It was stated immediately that the PM kept his word, but no material evidence was provided, except for a sad-looking shoe brush, which immediately raised doubts regarding the claims of the PM cleaning up.

Now, a video was released, which has or has not put those doubts to rest. Whether you think the whole thing is cool, that it’s a populist stunt or that it never actually happened, one thing is sure. It feels good to argue about something of this calibre for a change and not yet another aspect of macroeconomics. Comforting, even.

Gotta love the circuses. Tough to enjoy them without the bread, though.

We qualified… yeah! The movie above is more about the audio than the visuals, but you get the picture… err sound… err whatever, we WON!

Way to go, team!