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Green & Black’s® Chocolate Challenge Recipe Contest with Curtis Stone
The key to extraordinary cuisine starts with great quality ingredients. Hi, I’m Curtis Stone. You might know me as the “Take Home Chef.” As a chef, my philosophy is to use ingredients that are organic and natural--foods that are free of preservatives and no chemicals.
Now I love working with Green & Black’s® because it is made with the finest organically grown cocoa beans and that’s what gives it that intense flavor--it’s unmistakable--that brings passion to any recipe that you try. The chocolate’s got so much flavor that you only need to add a couple of other ingredients and you’ve got a spectacular recipe.
I’ve teamed up with Green & Black’s to put you to the “Chocolate Challenge” and here’s how it works. You need just five ingredients; and one of them has to be Green & Black’s chocolate. Now for the other ingredients, think natural and organic. Here’s my submission: it’s a savory scallop appetizer with a sweet and sour sauce and it’s got just a hint of chocolate. Fantastic!
Visit greenandblacks.com to submit your recipe and for full contest rules. Remember that your recipe must be five ingredients or fewer and it has to incorporate Green & Black’s chocolate. When you submit your recipe, also submit just a short essay that tells us why you, like me, have a growing taste for organic foods.
For each valid entry, Green & Black’s will give $10 to the cocoa farmers’ cooperative in Belize. That’s up to a maximum contribution of $100,000, and it’s going to go toward the planting and growth of hardwood trees on the farmers’ land. Now these trees provide shade that’s needed for our precious cocoa plants.
The home chefs behind the five best original recipes will win a trip for two to New York this June. The winners will shop with me at my favorite shops in New York, get great tasting ingredients and then we’ll use them to cook up a beautiful organic meal together. Winners will also get tickets for two to the James Beard Foundation Awards Gala, a chance to rub your elbows with celebrities in the food world.
And the ultimate luxury when using Green & Black’s? Well, come on—it’s enjoying the leftovers in the kitchen! Because when you have such a top of the line organic chocolate like Green & Black’s, you can simply break up the bar and serve it completely on its own to wow your friends and family. Now try going from light to dark using the chocolate tasting tips on greenandblacks.com. Now, go and submit your recipes and let me finish off my chocolate with a glass of wine. Cheers!