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Chocolate Salami with Cookies
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Chocolate Salami with Cookies

A cold chocolate log with cookie pieces that looks like salami when sliced, one of the first desserts kids make at home. Nice with coffee, and easy to make without an oven.

⏱ 55 min🍽 12 servings 🌍 Israeli👩‍🍳 Afoona

👨‍🍳 Method

  1. 1
    Break the biscuits into hazelnut pieces without crushing them to crumbs, and coarsely chop the nuts.
    Zip-top bagRolling pin
  2. 2
    Melt the butter and chocolate in a bowl set over a pot of boiling water, without the bowl touching the water, and stir for 5 minutes, until smooth.
    Double boiler (bain-marie)
  3. 3
    Remove from the heat and stir in the cocoa, sugar, cream, rum and vanilla. Let cool for 10 minutes, until the mixture thickens slightly.
  4. 4
    Fold in the biscuits and nuts until every piece is coated.
    Silicone spatula
  5. 5
    Put the mixture on a sheet of parchment paper, shape it into a log 25 cm long, wrap tightly in the paper and twist the ends.
    Parchment paper
  6. 6
    Chill the log 4 hours, until firm.
    Refrigerator
  7. 7
    Remove the paper, roll the log in the powdered sugar and slice with a hot knife into slices 1 cm thick.
    KnifeCutting board
322calories
3 gprotein
29 gcarbs
21 gfat
● protein 4%● carbs 36%● fat 60%

Per serving (65 g), of 12 servings

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🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
  • Double boiler (bain-marie) · Also works: Microwave (In short bursts; can burn) · Small saucepan (Very low heat; can burn)
  • Rolling pin · Also works: Glass (for drinking/serving) (Bottle/glass, less even rolling) · Pasta machine (For pasta dough)
  • 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)
  • Silicone spatula · Also works: Wooden spoon (Scrapes less well) · Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (None)

🧻 Consumables: Parchment paper · Zip-top bag

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