A bar of dark chocolate ganache on a crisp cookie base, topped with a strip of white chocolate and bitter cacao nibs. A restaurant dessert made the evening before, with no baking at all.
⏱ 45 min🍽 8 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩🍳 Afoona🧩 3 parts
Line a loaf pan with parchment paper, so the paper sticks up over the edges.
Loaf panParchment paper
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Grind the biscuits into fine crumbs in a food processor.
Food processor
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Add the butter (melted) and mix well.
4
Press the mixture into the bottom of the lined pan and chill 15 minutes.
Refrigerator
For the Ganache
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Finely chop the chocolate and put it in a bowl.
KnifeCutting boardBowl
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Heat the cream until just about to boil and pour over the chocolate. Wait a minute without touching.
StoveSmall saucepan
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Stir gently from the center outward, until you get a smooth, glossy cream.
💡Stir gently from the center outward: vigorous stirring beats in air, and the ganache loses its shine.
To assemble
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Pour the ganache over the base, smooth the top and chill for at least 4 hours, until completely firm.
Refrigerator
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Make a white ganache the same way from the cream and the white chocolate. Pour it into a small lined pan in a 1 cm layer, sprinkle the cacao nibs over it and freeze for 1 hour.
Lift out the dark block by the paper and cut into bars 3 cm wide, with a knife dipped in hot water and wiped between cuts. Cut the white layer into long strips as well.
Knife
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Place each dark bar on a plate and lay a white strip diagonally on top, and dust the cocoa powder around it.
Plate
515calories
5 gprotein
43 gcarbs
36 gfat
● protein 4%● carbs 34%● fat 63%
Per serving (111 g), of 8 servings
For the Crumb Crust · For the Ganache · To assemble ·
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⚖ About the ingredients
Biscuits: measured in pieces: one ≈ 8 g · 440 kcal per 100 g · More about Biscuits →
Cocoa powder: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 1.8 g · 228 kcal per 100 g · More about Cocoa powder →
🔧 Tools needed (11) · 🍳 3 cooking vessels
Food processor· Also works: Knife (More time and handwork, less even texture) · Electric mini chopper (Small amounts)· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Blender (Needs more liquid)
Freezer· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Refrigerator (Takes much longer) · Ice bath (For quick chilling)
Refrigerator· Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
Stove· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Small saucepan· Also works: Pot (None) · Frying pan (A deep pan for sauces)
Baking pan· Also works: Glass / ovenproof baking dish (None) · Disposable pan (None)
Loaf pan· Also works: Round pan (Shorter baking time) · Disposable pan (None)
Cutting board· Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
Knife· Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
Bowl· Also works: Pot (None)
Plate· Also works: Serving platter (None)
🧻 Consumables: Parchment paper
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