tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post4210342437835135238..comments2024-02-10T08:35:39.336-05:00Comments on Telling Secrets: Capezzoli de VenereElizabeth Kaetonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-6155600604030422992015-10-15T11:14:27.724-04:002015-10-15T11:14:27.724-04:00This recipe (and Ginas) doesnt work because boiled...This recipe (and Ginas) doesnt work because boiled or canned chestnuts have way to much water content to be used in chocolates or candies. Capezzoli di Venere are basically cream filled chocolates...if you want your choclates to look classy use a chocolate mold...make cream filling..can be rum flavored...pop them out of the mold and voila! You can put them in mini cupcake papers and in a decorative tin...so basically...if you want to make nipples of venus...you make cream filled chocolates and put a little dot at the top...thats why you cant find recipes for this online cuz itz just chocolates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-68412960970830463062013-12-30T08:44:35.364-05:002013-12-30T08:44:35.364-05:00Hey, girls, just a word of advice from Northern It...Hey, girls, just a word of advice from Northern Italy. Chocolate wasn't used to make sweetmeats in the 18th century, and Salieri does not mention it to Stanzerl in AMADEUS. To make capezzoli di (NOT "de")Venere get some boiled chestnuts (easy here, a problem over there), peel them, mix them with marzipan and the amount of brandy you need untile you get a dough that can be rolled into balls. Mix castor sugar, a drop of red syrup (cherry, raspberry, etc.) or of a liqueur called Alkermes, and very little water. Mix well until it becomes a pale pink cream. Prepare tiny brown balls mixing marzipan and cocoa powder (the nipples). Dip the bigger balls into the sugar icing and top with a "nipple".Let dry for a whole day, in or outside the fridge. That's how we make capezzoli di Venere ! GINAGinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-43621055309508049812013-12-25T23:27:00.482-05:002013-12-25T23:27:00.482-05:00I'm so sorry, Alexis. They worked for me. And,...I'm so sorry, Alexis. They worked for me. And, you're right. They are expensive to make. Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-67834886931080533472013-12-18T20:17:25.724-05:002013-12-18T20:17:25.724-05:00Do not make this recipe. It does not work. I just ...Do not make this recipe. It does not work. I just spent a lot of money and time getting the ingredients and following the directions to a tee. The filling does not solidify enough to dip. I put it in the fridge and freezer to get hard enough to roll into balls, which it did, but the filling just melts and runs and spreads in the white chocolate dipping, even when the white chocolate coating is cooled. The white chocolate dipping is not the right consistency for dipping so I tried to pour it over my truffle filling balls and that looked like an inedible mess. I bought premium brand ingredients and the whole recipe was a disaster. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12868676154542521331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-71389851791311662362013-02-25T21:26:23.775-05:002013-02-25T21:26:23.775-05:00I get them at my local grocery store. They come in...I get them at my local grocery store. They come in a small can. Not too expensive.<br /><br />If you take one and wrap a strip of bacon around it and fasten it with a tooth pick, baste it in your favorite BBQ sauce and bake it for 45-60 minutes, you will have a delicious hot appetizer. Yummy.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-44733822519078157472013-02-25T00:53:37.965-05:002013-02-25T00:53:37.965-05:00Where do you get canned chestnuts?
Where do you get canned chestnuts?<br />MarkBrunsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971990948866488080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-85623641803419645342013-02-24T11:26:50.180-05:002013-02-24T11:26:50.180-05:00I think I will stick with the notions of capezzoli...I think I will stick with the notions of capezzoli de Venere.<br /><br />The story of St Agata and the religious art associated with her martyrdom is quite gruesome. Do google image search on St Agatha. <br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Agatha<br /><br />Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-58859314863997480592013-02-21T10:31:12.672-05:002013-02-21T10:31:12.672-05:00There's something similar made for the feast o...There's something similar made for the feast of St Agatha: http://www.lovesicily.com/blog/minne-di-sant-agata-saint-agathas-breasts-recipeThe Religious Pícarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03620636294081499041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-58833553434463530852013-02-16T10:55:34.109-05:002013-02-16T10:55:34.109-05:00Tee hee. Thanks, Sextant.Tee hee. Thanks, Sextant.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-83217163885800429582013-02-15T23:52:20.579-05:002013-02-15T23:52:20.579-05:00" My kids have always called them "titti..." My kids have always called them "tittie cookies". I guess we're just a risque family. It may be a reaction to being a 'church family'."<br /><br />And this is why you have hooked me in as a reader. Pious I am not. Keep up the good work.Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-50924714604664247712013-02-15T20:38:23.231-05:002013-02-15T20:38:23.231-05:00Matthew - I know lots of people to whom I've g...Matthew - I know lots of people to whom I've given this recipe who have said the same thing. LOL.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-47848396531644759372013-02-15T20:37:32.389-05:002013-02-15T20:37:32.389-05:00Sextant - I hear you, but that's how I first h...Sextant - I hear you, but that's how I first heard them referred to and that's what stuck. One of my family favorites are those peanut butter cookies with the chocolate kiss in the middle. My kids have always called them "tittie cookies". I guess we're just a risque family. It may be a reaction to being a 'church family'. Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-51667879226686746682013-02-15T18:20:52.548-05:002013-02-15T18:20:52.548-05:00I will have to try these. You'll have to forg...I will have to try these. You'll have to forgive me if I just roll them in white chocolate and not use the remaining 1 oz and food coloring bit to make them look proper. Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16855171851801011788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-85087901106759110292013-02-15T09:28:30.117-05:002013-02-15T09:28:30.117-05:00Well it seems that both you and Salieri knew what ...Well it seems that both you and Salieri knew what you were talking about. <br /><br />If one finds the translation to be excessively risqué, or embarrassing, or perhaps unfitting of proper American family values, why provide a translation at all? Just use the Italian name rather than providing a false translation that better suits one's pretensions of modesty. <br /><br />Putenesca anyone? Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-71386251031357999672013-02-15T08:26:40.554-05:002013-02-15T08:26:40.554-05:00Most of my knowledge of Italian was gained from wa...Most of my knowledge of Italian was gained from watching The Sopranos. I'm just going by Salieri's translation. Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-69302122958205715132013-02-15T07:43:55.635-05:002013-02-15T07:43:55.635-05:00A Google search revealed a less inspired translati...A Google search revealed a less inspired translation being used more often than not:<br /><br />Chocolate Truffles of Venus<br /><br />Consulting my translator set for English / Italian<br /><br />chocolate = cioccolato<br /><br />truffles = tartufi<br /><br />nipples = capezzoli <br /><br />In any event the recipe sounds wonderful, and the real name? Quite heavenly. <br /><br /><br /><br />Sextanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02869179401767968180noreply@blogger.com