You know February has arrived in Kuwait when everything around you is dressed up in the four colours of the Kuwaiti flag and food is no exception. We celebrate the liberation and national days in February which makes it the festive month in Kuwait’s calendar and many local businesses produce special merchandise with a patriotic feel to celebrate the occasion. Last week I had the pleasure of receiving a big cooking pot and a jar from The Gathering, both of which are decorated in the flag colours and are special February editions.
Guessing what’s inside the jar was easy, the glass is see through and you can tell something round and colourful was waiting for you to open the lid. The pot, which was piping hot and smelled like melted sugar and chocolate, was a mystery that I kept for later as I reached for the jar first.
I prepared myself a flask of tea as I dealt with the goodies I was given. Opening up the jar I found what looked like little truffles decorated to look like tiny Kuwait, sugary, Kuwaiti flags.
The National day truffles were extremely cute! Too cute in a sense, I felt reluctant biting into one because I didn’t want to mess the decoration up! I did however devour a few up and I’m sorry to say they won’t last much if you are sitting in a camp by the fire with loved ones drinking chai faham.
Now back to the mystery of the pot, what kind of desserts arrives in a big cooking aluminium pot?
Lifting the lid I closed my eyes for a moment, the aroma of chocolate and cake was overwhelming! This is extremely dangerous, a pot full of molten chocolate cake! An entire pot-full, hot off whatever it was cooked in -or on-, and you can use a spoon or a ladle to dig into and enjoy the endless folds of fluffy chocolate cake.
The molten cake pot I got was Kinder chocolate flavoured and seemed bottomless! By the time you reach the bottom -oh yes, you can eventually- you will find a pool of liquid chocolate and kinder chocolate lurking and I have a tip for you: grab yourselves flakey croissants and tear them up, using them to mop the liquid chocolate remaining. I never said this is a diet blog and it is the festive season y3ni, o the weather is bloody cold!
There are no pictures for the mining in the molten cake pot process, not everything can include a camera especially when your fingers are sticky with croissant flakes and smears of chocolate. The size of the cake makes it the perfect thing to take to a family gathering and the idea behind the pot is that you can use it to heat the cake when you arrive to camp or chalet by placing it directly on the dowwa coals! Don’t forget to take some berries, bananas, cookies and croissants to dip in the chocolate when the cake is all eaten away!
Thank you The Gathering for the lovely goodies! They look good and taste even better! Kil 3am o entaw o el Kuwait bkhair <3
The Gathering molten cake pot, national day truffles, and many other treats are available in Al-Zahraa Co-op and in Yarmouk Co-op. Plus, you can also order from them by calling +(965)- 67667721 or following them on Twitter (@_Gathering_) or instagram (@_Gathering_).
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