Staying in seems to be the new going out in our house, there is nothing we like better than having a group of friends over for some nice food and drinks. We have an arrangement that I look after the food end of things and hubs provides the entertainment, he can't sing or dance very well but he still manages to do a good job of it! Last night we had some friends over for an Indian themed evening, elephants on the table, loads of candles in jamjars and punjabi music all added to the atmosphere and of course the gorgeous wafts of Indian spices coming from the kitchen helped tantalize the taste buds. Two of my favourite flavours are mint and lime so these featured in a lot of my dishes and to complement the flavours I served jugs of Mojitos, I know they are not Indian but they are very refreshing to have with spicy food and have great flavour when freshly made. We had poppadoms, onion bhajis and pakoras to start, for mains we had chana masala, creamy chicken korma, bombay potatoes and lime basmati rice and last but not least my favourite part of any meal is always dessert and for this I made delicious white chocolate mojito pots. I surpassed myself with these little beauties, they were luscious!
White Chocolate Mojito Pots
500g mascarpone cheese
275g white chocolate
Juice and zest of 1 lime
2 tbsp white rum
Melt the white chocolate in a bowl over a pot of water, take off the heat before completely melted and keep stirring until smooth.
Beat the mascarpone cheese into the chocolate until really well combined, add the finely grated zest and juice of the lime and the white rum and mix.
Spoon into pots (I used 6 of the glenilen yoghurt glass pots).
Refrigerate overnight or for at least 4 hours to allow to set completely.
I decorated my little pots with some fresh mint leaves that I had dipped in melted dark chocolate and allowed to set on baking paper and also some more lime zest. They looked so impressive and despite the lusciousness it was a lovely fresh taste to finish off a spicy meal. Have another get together planned for early December so need to get my thinking cap on to see what theme I will go with then!
All sounds delicious! Am intrigued by Glenisk glass pots - how have I missed these?
ReplyDeleteYvonne, I am surprised at you, full stock of them in Tescos! They make excellent tea light holders as well! :-)
ReplyDeleteOoh I am wrong Yvonne they are glenilen!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous, easy to make dessert! I love those pots and have many washed & ready for use in the press!
ReplyDeleteNessa I love a quick dessert like this especially one that can be made day before! I love the little jars too, @patwhelan put up brill link earlier about jamjars, it's in my favourites list, have a peek!
ReplyDeleteWow, just 4 ingredients, to create that gorgeous desert. Looks and sounds like a brilliant night. Have to try these too. My "must do" list has just got longer (again!)
ReplyDeleteIt was too good of a night Colette if you know what I mean! Will be a week of early nights for me!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful table setting and the desserts looked fab, and I bet tasted delicious too!
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