Hi again...

Hello everyone :o)

Hope all you are doing fine.

It's been for ages but as you all know I was travelling madly for business purposes. So it's time of the year my travellings are a bit slowed down. Then I took this opportunity to write more on my 'Food Adventure' blog. I am going to share all different ideas, recipes and some culinary visit notes from the countries that I have visited lately.

Let's start with some homemade Christmas gift ideas. This is the recipe I found at bonappetit website. It's  fantastic one of the give away gift idea:

Chocolate-Almond Bark with Sea Salt

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 1/2 cups roasted Marcona almonds (not in oil)
• 1 pound good-quality dark chocolate (62%–70% cacao), finely chopped
• Coarse sea salt (for sprinkling)

Preparation

• Line a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or foil. Combine sugar with 2 Tbsp. water in a small saucepan. Stir over medium-low heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to a boil and cook, occasionally swirling pan and brushing down sides with a wet pastry brush, until caramel is dark amber, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Immediately add butter; whisk until melted. Add almonds; stir until well coated. Transfer to baking sheet, spreading out to separate nuts. Let cool. Break up any large clumps of nuts. Set aside 1/4 of nuts.
• Stir chocolate in a medium bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water until melted. Remove from heat, add nuts from baking sheet, and stir quickly to combine. Spread chocolate-nut mixture on same baking sheet, keeping nuts in a single layer. Top with the reserved nuts; sprinkle with salt. Chill until chocolate is set, about 3 hours.
• Break bark into pieces and store between layers of parchment or waxed paper. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 week ahead. Keep chilled.

Enjoy it!