I’ve been wanting to make something else from the Momofuku Milk Bar cookbook for some time. (To date, I’ve only made the Confetti Cookies, and they were time-consuming but worth it.) Christina Tosi is the mad scientist of the baking world. All of the recipes in the book are like part baked good/part science experiment. They have crumbs and crumbles and liquid things all added to them. It’s recipes within recipes. I want to make them all. With patience and practice, maybe I’ll succeed.
Since I still have GOBS of carrots, I went with the carrot cake truffles. It’s homemade carrot cake scraps mixed with liquid cheesecake, rolled in melted white chocolate ganache, then coated in milk crumbles (which taste like a crumbly, condensed version of the milk at the end of a sweet bowl of cereal). Sounds incredible, right? RIGHT! It’s like a tiny, condensed carrot cake bursting with flavor.
The recipe can be found in the cookbook or online here. Jen and I went right by it, except needed to add a few tablespoons of heavy cream to the white chocolate to make a thick white chocolate ganache for the coating.
I live two blocks away from Momofuku’s Assam bar and the Milk Bar and I have to restrain myself daily from buying out the whole Milk Bar every time I walk by. Those truffles look incredible!
No way! You’re so lucky. I’m dying to try it out. My friend Jen wants to go to NYC for a weekend this spring, and she was making a list of places to visit the other night. I said, “I want to go to Momofuku Milk Bar, Magnolia Cupcakes, and Central Park.”
All excellent choices! If you’re looking for the best cupcake, though, I’d go to Butter Lane instead of Magnolia (the frosting is cloyingly sweet). It’s on 7th btw 1st and A, right next to Big Gay Ice Cream where you MUST get the Salty Pimp. Also on that block is Porchetta–traditional Roman street food: slow roasted and perfectly salty Niman Ranch pork on great bun. So moist and flavorful! And if you’re stomach can hold it, stop at Caracas for an arepa and Luke’s Lobster for a lobster roll (both on the same block, too).
Happy eating!
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