Chocolate Salami

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 100 g dark chocolate
• 100 g milk chocolate
• 2 tablespoons single cream or 2 tablespoons light cream (about 18% milk fat)
• 50 g soft unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon finely grated unwaxed orange zest
• 50 g blanched slivered almonds
• 75 g favourite cookies
• icing sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 cut the chocolate into very small pieces and melt in a pan over very low heat with the cream and the butter.
• 2 meanwhile, put the almonds and cookies into a ziplock bag and crush them with a rolling pin or empty wine bottle.
• 3 stir the crumbled almonds and biscuits into the melted chocolate.
• 4 leave to cool, then chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
• 5 spoon into the centre of a large piece of clingfilm or wax paper.
• 6 shape into a sausage and chill for at least four hours.
• 7 just before serving, dust the sausage with icing sugar.
• 8 this gives it a"skin" look which won't last long but is fun.
• 9 keep chilled and slice as needed over a few days.