What is OCFD, you ask. Obsessive Compulsive Food Disorder. I can't seem to shake it. I go through these spastic episodes where I crave a specific food. I have to have it, I want it and I need it! It's not the same food all the time. Usually an episode comes on when I have sampling of something delicious and the euphoria of its flavor just stays with me. I can't hide from it. I seek its goodness at all meals, at all times! Then just as quickly as it came, the heavenly craving evaporates. Usually not before replacing itself with yet another flavor to longingly seek.
My current OCFD is Hot Cocoa with Orange zest infused Whipping Cream. I know....your right....and yes....it is to die for!!!!
I came upon this tasty gem whiles spending Labor day at the beach with our friends Geoff and Mari. I had made a Strawberry Rhubarb cake for dessert and we topped it off with this Orange Whip Cream. As the evening wained darker the snack monster started to hit.
What better to cozy up on a cold beach front evening than a cup of Hot Cocoa. As I made my cocoa there before my eyes, just staring at me on the kitchen counter, was the left over orange whip cream. How could I not. I took a big spoonful and filled my mouth with its sweat rich goodness. Then it hit me. Orange and Chocolate are made for each other. I mean haven't you seen those chocolate orange shaped things during the holidays. You know the one you slam on the table to get the slices to break free.....I digress. I had to try it. I plopped a HUGE mound of cream in my steaming beverage and carried it into the sitting area. As I began to take my first heady sip, I noticed the cream was melting into my drink. Turning my cheap powdered cocoa in to a rich velvety pool of desire. Then POW the silken liquid hit my taste buds and I was hooked. I can't get enough. I am weekly making orange whip cream and hot cocoa. I have tried to stop. I have made coffee....too dull. I tried tea....too flat. Nothing seems to take away this uncontrollable need for cocoa and orange cream. I can't think of the calories I'm consuming. I don't want to know. All I can do is pray that my next case of OCFD is for Iceburg Lettuce.
What better to cozy up on a cold beach front evening than a cup of Hot Cocoa. As I made my cocoa there before my eyes, just staring at me on the kitchen counter, was the left over orange whip cream. How could I not. I took a big spoonful and filled my mouth with its sweat rich goodness. Then it hit me. Orange and Chocolate are made for each other. I mean haven't you seen those chocolate orange shaped things during the holidays. You know the one you slam on the table to get the slices to break free.....I digress. I had to try it. I plopped a HUGE mound of cream in my steaming beverage and carried it into the sitting area. As I began to take my first heady sip, I noticed the cream was melting into my drink. Turning my cheap powdered cocoa in to a rich velvety pool of desire. Then POW the silken liquid hit my taste buds and I was hooked. I can't get enough. I am weekly making orange whip cream and hot cocoa. I have tried to stop. I have made coffee....too dull. I tried tea....too flat. Nothing seems to take away this uncontrollable need for cocoa and orange cream. I can't think of the calories I'm consuming. I don't want to know. All I can do is pray that my next case of OCFD is for Iceburg Lettuce.
Orange Whip Cream
Ingredients:
1 pint Heavy Whipping Cream
2 teaspoons fine Orange zest
1 teaspoon Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
Combine ingredients into a chilled bowl and whip till soft peaks form. Plop onto your favorite hot cocoa and enjoy! That's it......although I highly recommend letting the flavors meld for an hour or even over night. Then the orange really comes through.
1 comment:
Sounds too good to be true!
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