5 dark illustrated Recipes

strong black coffee, room temperature, instant espresso powder or 3 tbsp instant coffee, dark rum, divided (optional), egg yolks, sugar, table salt, mascarpone cheese, heavy cream (cold ), ladyfingers (42 to 60, depending on size), cocoa , preferably dutch-processed, semisweet chocolate (optional) or 1/4 cup bittersweet chocolate, grated (optional)

flour (plus more for rolling out dough), sugar, salt, unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes and chilled, ice water, unsalted butter, ground lamb (or beef - 90 percent lean is best), onion, minced, garlic cloves (minced or pressed ), minced fresh thyme leave, salt and pepper, dried mustard, ground nutmeg, flour, dark beer (like newcastle brown ale), heavy cream, worcestershire sauce, egg, beaten

ruby red port wine, cherry preserves, dark brown sugar, ground black pepper, ham drippings , from baked ham

heavy cream, unsalted butter, high quality semisweet chocolate or 6 oz bittersweet chocolate, chopped, cognac