The 2008 Chocolate Adventure Recipe Contest Winners
In 2008, we received more than 1400 inventive recipes.
Thank you to all who entered, and congratulations to the 2008 winners!
This year we had 3 recipe categories: Sweet, Savory and Beverage. Entrants were invited to begin with any SCHARFFEN BERGER chocolate and pair it with one or more of eighteen "adventure" ingredients in their original recipe: basil (Thai, Japanese, or garden basil), mustard seeds, coriander,
black sesame seeds, black or pink peppercorns, chili pepper (fresh or whole dried), coconut milk, kaffir lime leaf, matcha tea, mango, plantain, jicama, tapioca pearls (any size), tamarind (or tamarind paste), cacao nibs, popping candy (unflavored or flavored), wattleseed, and palm sugar .
The judging panel consisted of our co-founder John Scharffenberger, Alice Medrich, author and founder of famed Berkeley boutique Cocolat, SCHARFFEN BERGER Master Chocolatier Brad Kintzer, celebrated San Francisco chef and founder of Citizen Cake, Elizabeth Faulkner, and TuttiFoodie founder Lisa Schiffman.
The Grand Prize winners in each category earned the grand prize of $5,000, a mention in Saveur magazine, signed copies of Demolition Desserts by Elizabeth Falkner, Pure Dessert by Alice Medrich, The Essence of Chocolate by John Scharffenberger and Robert Steinberg, as well as a custom selection of SCHARFFEN BERGER chocolates and a winner's medal. The recipes will be featured on TuttiFoodie.com, on chocolateadventurecontest.com and in the SCHARFFEN BERGER e-newsletter.
We also awarded Second Place prizes in each category. Winners receive: signed copies of Demolition Desserts by Elizabeth Falkner, Pure Dessert by Alice Medrich, and The Essence of Chocolate, by John Scharffenberger and Robert Steinberg as well as a custom selection of SCHARFFEN BERGER chocolates. The recipes will be featured on TuttiFoodie.com, on chocolateadventurecontest.com and in the SCHARFFEN BERGER e-newsletter.
Sweet: Illinois' Carolyn Nugent took top honors in the "Sweet" category with her recipe for Coconut Red Curry Pearls with "Tofu 62".
Second prize in the Sweet category was awarded to David Bridges of Louisiana for his Puerto Rican Fiesta: Mufungo Churros with Chocolate Heat
Savory: First place went to Erin Evenson of new York for her Spiced Pumpkin-Coconut Soup with Cocoa-Wattleseed Crème, Crispy Bacon and Fresh Pomegranate.
Second Prize went to Susan Asonovic of Connecticut for her Pâté de Faux Gràs a Ma Façon.
Beverage: First place went to California's Martina Nemling for her Thai Confusion, and second place went to Oklahoma's Mary Shivers for her Ancho-Sesame Triple-Chocolate Shake
(Click here for the recipes. Note: contestant recipes may have been modified slightly.)
