Basically, I made some delicious double chocolate chip cookies that were going stale. A microwave could rejuvenate them, but I don't have one. But I did have some leftover cream.
Eventually, my friends and I decided on a perfect name for this new dessert creation. But it is perfect only if you have a certain sense of humor. Don't get me wrong, the dessert is perfect either way, but the name may be an acquired taste.
May I present to you,
Freedom Tart
Built on the broken backs of stale dark chocolate cookies, with whipped cream, strawberries, and blueberries on top, it is the perfect metaphor for America.
You start with dark chocolate chip cookies that will be the foundation of your dessert. (Nestle's "double chocolate dream" cookies work here if you can find their recipe on the back of the bag). But, after a few days, they are looking a little worse for wear. The dessert really doesn't work without them, but you can cut some strawberries and add them to freshly whipped cream (whip 1 pint of heavy cream with 2 Tbsp sugar until stiff peaks form) and spread this over the broken chocolate cookies. (Once the cookies let you down, you must break them.) Top with blueberries for an extra dose of patriotism. You should not be able to even see the chocolate cookies, which again are the foundation of this dessert. It makes it easier if you don't see them - you can then pretend that they and their concerns don't matter.
"Mommy, why are the cookies broken?"
"Well honey, if they weren't broken, how would the rest of the tart stand up? Plus they are just naturally broken like that."
If you want to be technical, this is an unbaked tart; instead of a pie crust, the crust is provided by the broken cookie bits - without their consent of course - and the whipped cream, strawberries, and blueberries are the filling.
In much the same way as America was built on the exploitation of black slave labor, allowing it to become an economic power in the early stages after its creation, the Freedom Tart relies on the existence of an easily exploitable source of stale delicious chocolate cookies. Strawberries and whipped cream are mere fluff without this solid chocolate base.
I hope that you can enjoy this recipe. Joking aside, if you find yourself in the position of having too many double chocolate chip cookies, the Freedom Tart is an easy way to whiten - er, lighten up the stale dessert into a fresh new American treat.
[A picture could not be provided because we ate it too fast. It was damn good and tasted like Freedom.]
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