The Great Gatsby - Lana Del Rey's "Young and Beautiful".

The Great Gatsby and the Great Music.

Tarta de Chiffon de Chocolate.

Receta de Postres, PaRragan.

Ingredientes para preparar la receta

Para la base de nueces:

• 4 cucharadas de azúcar granulado
• 225 grs. de nueces del Brasil
• 4 cucharaditas de mantequilla derretida

Para el relleno:

• 2 cucharaditas de gelatina en polvo
• 225 ml de leche
• 120 grs. de azúcar de granulado fino
• 225 grs. de chocolate negro troceado
• 1 cucharadita de esencia de vainilla
• 150 ml de nata extragrasa
• 2 cucharadas de nueces del Brasil picadas, para decorar
• 2 huevos, las yemas separadas de las claras

Como se prepara la receta

1) Primero en el robot de cocina, picar las nueces bien finas. Añadir el azúcar y la mantequilla y triturar un poco más.

Pasar la mezcla a un molde para tarta de 23 cm de diámetro y presionarla contra la base y los lados. Cocinar en el horno precalentado a 200 ºC, 8 o 10 minutos o hasta que esté un poco dorada. Dejarla enfriar.

2) Vierta la leche en un cuenco refractario y espolvorear la gelatina por encima. Esperar 2 minutos y a continuación encajarlo en un cazo con agua hirviendo a fuego lento.

3) Añadir la mitad del azúcar, las yemas de huevo y el chocolate. Remover sin parar a fuego lento 4 o 5 minutos, hasta que la gelatina se disuelva y el chocolate se funda. Apartar del fuego y batir hasta que esté suave. Agregar la esencia de vainilla, tapar y dejar en el frigorífico de 45 a 60 minutos, hasta que empiece a cuajar.

3) Montar la nata, reservar 3 cucharadas y mezclar el resto con la crema anterior. En un cuenco bien limpio, montar las claras a punto de nieve. Añadir el resto del azúcar e incorporarlas a la crema de chocolate.Verter el relleno en la base de la tarta y dejar enfriar 3 horas en el frigorífico. Antes de servirla, adornar la tarta con el resto de la nata montada y las nueces picadas.

Story of the Month: Christian Louboutin.

Christian Louboutin.

At least once in your life you have heard about the fabulous Christian Louboutin's shoes! Those trademark glossy red soles are stamp of fashion nowadays, from razor-sharp stilettos to lace-up boots!

Well here you have the story about this designer.

Christian Louboutin is a french shoe designer. He grew up in Paris and he was expelled from school three times and ran away from home at the age of 12.

His formal training started at the Académie d'Art Roederer (drawing and decoratice arts). Louboutin claims his fascination with shoes began in 1976 when he visited the Musée National des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie (Paris). The first sign he saw before becoming a shoe designer was from Africa, forbidding women wearing sharp stilettos from entering a building for fear of damage to the extensive wood flooring. Also he lived in France, Egypt and a year in India searching for inspiration for his designs.

Some years after Louboutin met Roger Vivier*, Louboutin became an apprentice in Vivier's atelier,  going on to serve as freelance designer designed women's shoes for Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent and Maud Frizon. 

In the late 1980's, he turned away from fashion and becaime a landscape gardener and to contribute to Vogue. Then in 1991 he sets up his company.

* Roger Vivier: he claims to have invented the stiletto or spiked-heel shoe.

Fast Facts about Louboutin:

1. Christian Louboutin has a weakness for books and colorful ties. In Financial Times' How to Spend it magazine, Christian Louboutin said: 

"If I go shopping, it might be to buy two or three more ties, which I never wear, or shirts from Charvet on Place Vendome. Here they have the most magnificent coloured ties: it's like looking at a lovely garden. I have tons of them at home and I am perfectly happy not to wear them."

2. After completing his work with shoe designer Roger Vivier in 1989, Louboutin returned with his own collection of footwear. He declares: 

"I wanted to defy that, " Louboutin said. "I wanted to create something that broke rules and made women feel confident and empowered."

- Elizabeth Bolf.