mardi 31 mai 2011

LE SUPER SUPERMARKET!

Past weekend, Sweat Shop was giving workshops and presented its brand-new kits amidst peers at in the heart of the Marais at
Le Supermarket - we had a blast!

Knitted Colors

Our swiss friend and conceptual artist Tobias Spichtig knitted theses fabulous geometrical figures, to be seen in his current expo 'THE BLUE, THE RED, THE YELLOW, THE WHITE, THE BROWN AND TEH GREEN', at A.C.Kupper_Modern in Zurich.
Makes us want to wrap up the entire Sweat Shop furniture! Great!

lundi 2 mai 2011

Christina's Sweet Weekend Surprise

Our dear friend, girlfriend& best sister surprised us with a visit this weekend. But not only her visit was unexpected - this one's worth trying at home, our new Sweat Shop favorite!
CHOCOLATE-CAROTTE BROWNIES

preperation time: 30min, baking time: 30 min

what you need:
-4 eggs
-120g sugar
-3tbsp cream
- 1 lemon
- 200g chopped carottes
-1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
-1/4 tsp cardamom powder
-1/4 ground cloves
-200g ground almonds
-100g dark chocolate
-50g flour
-1/2 tsp baking soda

1. preheat your oven at 180c
2. seperate eggs, add a bit of salt to the egg whites and whisk until stiff
3. mix egg yolks, sugar and cream until fluffy.
4. add carottes, spices, almonds, chocolate (break into chunks before) and a bit of lemon peel
5. mix flour and baking soda and siff it to the dough, fold the egg whites.
6. pour batter into a prepared cake tin
7. bake in the center of the oven for 25-30 min
8 let it cool and decorate with chocolate powder, carottes or fresh mint!

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