Learn everYthiNg simple anD eAsy

Ok, you guessed it right. The topic is about lynda.com a site that I came up recently and was amazed by the very first moment.

Let’s take things from the very beginning. I’ve been looking lately in a way to learn Macromedia Flash and it seemed that buying books or applying for seminars wasn’t the right choice. A friend of mine introduced me to Lynda (gave me demos) of how he learned working with Dreamweaver. A set of videos explaining step by step the procedure of creating a website from scratch till the end.

Taking a tour through lynda.com I came up with tutorials for the majority of known programs and I came up with Flash as well. The procedure is so easy to follow that even people without any computer related knowledge will be able to follow, comprehend and finally learn.

Give it a try, it worths every penny of it.

Chocolate Souffle - Valentine's Dessert

Well, Valentine's Day was once again here and now it's over. I'm not one of those guys who believe in or not to the substance of this holiday. I just find it a good excuse to dress up a little, pick up my girlfriend and have some fun instead of staying in and watching TV. A really good excuse actually.

This time I had the idea of turning my penthouse in a restaurant and invite X for dinner. Everything was prepared for the occasion: a table, only two chairs, white cloth, a candle, smooth music and (of course) the food.

I chose spaghetti with lobster in tomato sauce, parmesan soufflé and a chocolate one for the dessert.

Everything was prepared and tasted perfect. The parmesan soufflé was based on a recipe by deliciousdays while the chocolate soufflé was a mixture of recipes I find every now and then.

Here's the final recipe:

CHOCOLATE SOUFFLÉ
400ml cream
500gr chocolate in chunks (dark or/and milk chocolate)
4-6 eggs separated (according to size, 4 for big ones, duh!)
3 tab spoons of sugar
3 tab spoons of flour

Extra cream and chocolate for the chocolate sauce (about 100ml -200gr respectively)

Preparation:

1) Beat the eggs with the sugar and flour until stiff.

2) Heat the cream (not boil) and start adding the chunks of chocolate until melt and homogenised. Remove from stove.

3) Combine the two above mixtures.

4) Beat the egg whites with a little sugar until the meringue becomes really hard. Add it to the above mixture.

5) Butter a ramekin big enough so that the dough does not exceed the 3/4 of its height. Poor in the mixture and put it in the freezer.

6) Preheat oven at 180C in fan mode and put in the ramekin with the dough.

7) Bake until the dough rises so much until the surface starts cracking. Do not open the door until then.

8) Soufflé is ready when it starts smelling chocolate vividly (not burnt chocolate, just sweet lovely chocolate)

9) Prepare the sauce by heating cream and chocolate. Serve instantly!!!

Good luck!