However, the mint and chocolate cover up the
banana flavor in this recipe, plus it adds a wonderful, creamy and frosty texture that's pretty hard to beat, I have to admit.
Chitra explains that she aims to achieve a balance of sweet, sour, bitter, spicy, and
savory flavors in her recipes, which is what I mean when I describe her dishes as explosive, and that very much applies to this rice recipe as well.
I'm glad you though the soup wasn't bad, but I can't figure out why it smelled like a Chinese dish, since there are no
Chinese flavors in this recipe!
Raisins do provide a really great sweetness so it's nice that you could use them to amp up the sweet
flavor in this recipe without having to add extra sugar.
I've replaced Bourbon with
Rum flavoring in recipes and find it works well — have even made Bourbon Pecan Pie with Rum Flavoring and couldn't tell the difference.
If you're familiar with my Angel Food Cupcakes with Mixed Berry Frosting or Triple Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cookies, you'll know that I'm obsessed with using freeze dried fruit as a
dry flavoring in my recipes.
My latest snack is peanut butter (1 cup), 1/4 cup coconut oil, 3 «baby scoops» stevia (Kal brand), pinch salt and 3 tablespoons of ground hemp seed (because they have a pretty
neutral flavor in the recipe and I believe one of the most nutritious foods on earth.)
However, the mint and chocolate cover up the
banana flavor in this recipe, plus it adds a wonderful, creamy and frosty texture that's pretty hard to beat, I have to admit.
When I discovered that white chocolate is made from a simple mix of cacao butter, milk, some kind of sweetener and vanilla, and I knew I had to try to incorporate it's silky
sweet flavor in a recipe.
I'd never thought I'd say this, but I didn't like the sweet potato with
the flavors in this recipe.
No need to alter anything,
the flavors in this recipe are well balanced and delicious.