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French Mendiants

Cuisine of the world: French
Recipe type: Dessert
Cooking style: Gourmet
Dietary concerns: none
Level
Beginner
Number of people
4
Time of preparation
5 minutes
Time of cooking
3 minutes
 

Ingredients : - 300 g quality dark chocolate - 20 g butter - 12 walnuts, 12 hazelnuts, 12 blanched almonds - 24 golden raisins - Pyrex 12 cup bun tray

Preparation

Type of cooking: Hot plates | Microwave |

• Place the finely chopped chocolate with the butter in a Pyrex
bowl. Melt in a microwave oven for 2 minutes or in a bowl over
hot water. Stir well until both ingredients are melted and smooth.
• Grill the almonds, hazelnuts and the walnuts in a non stick
frying pan, for 3 minutes.
• Pour the chocolate into the compartments of the bun tray.
Place, 1 almond, 1 walnut, 1 hazelnut and 2 golden raisins
and press delicately on top of the chocolate.
• Refrigerate for 4 hours and remove from the bun tray as
soon as out of the fridge. Keep them in a cool place.
• You may also crush the dried fruits slightly before putting on top
of the chocolate. You can substitute the fruit and nuts for dried
apricots, figs, dried cranberries and candied ginger, pistachios,
cashews, pine nuts, Macadamia, Brazil nuts, etc according
to taste.

Serving suggestions

A wine or another drink

Medias

Comment!

By lauraz on 2008-10-31

mmmm!!!! Will definitley try this recipe!

By FANNY on 2008-11-13

240 minutes en cuisson.... Ils doivent être bien noir!!!!

Oui; tu as raison!! c'est 4h au réfrigérateur!! pas de cuisson...

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Recipe by:

sara

Member since
2008-07-18
3 recipes
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Ingredients

  • chocolate : 300 gram
  • butter: 20 gram
  • walnuts: 12 units
  • hazelnut: 12 units
  • blanched almonds: 12 units
  • Golden raisins: 24 units