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Chestnut Melt

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

Ingredients for Chestnut Melt :

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

Technical stages for Chestnut Melt :

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Prepare all ingredients:

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

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Pass them through the food mill.

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Blanch the softened butter along with caster sugar.

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Add the melted dark chocolate,...

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...chestnut purée,...

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

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

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

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Leave to harden in the fridge for 12 hours minimum.

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Unmold...

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

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The essentials

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

InoxTerm 24h thermal food carrier - DenimInoxTerm 24h thermal food carrier - Denim 71.50 Euro
Vacuum food saver 1 litreVacuum food saver 1 litre 11.90 Euro
Dark Chocolate "Mexique 66%"Dark Chocolate "Mexique 66%" 16.60 Euro