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Chestnut Melt
Chestnut Melt
  • For : 6 servings
  • Time : 13 hours
  • Difficulty : easy

For this recipe, you need :

  • 1 kg chestnuts
  • 130 g softened butter
  • 150 g sugar
  • 280 g dark chocolate
  • 5 candied chestnuts
  • vanilla extract
  • cognac

Technical Stages :

Chestnut Melt - 1
1

Prepare all ingredients:

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2

Cook the chestnuts 20 minutes in boiling salted water. When cooked, drain them and peel them.

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3

Pass them through the food mill.

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4

Blanch the softened butter along with caster sugar.

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5

Add the melted dark chocolate,...

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6

...chestnut purée,...

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7

... candied chestnuts broken in pieces,...

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8

...1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and 2 tablespoons of Cognac. Mix.

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9

Pour this preparation into a square mold that is lined with plastic wrap.

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10

Leave to harden in the fridge for 12 hours minimum.

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11

Unmold...

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12

...and decorate surface (cocoa, icing sugar...).

Thank you for following this recipe !

The essentials

To make this recipe, some of these items will be required:

Dark chocolate pastilles (50% cocoa)Dark chocolate pastilles (50% cocoa)   Lower price   29.80 Euro
Square cake pan 14 x 14 cmSquare cake pan 14 x 14 cm 11.10 Euro
Dark Chocolate "Mexique 66%"Dark Chocolate "Mexique 66%" 17.40 Euro
Chocolate gelChocolate gel 6.70 Euro
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