Chocolate Sausage (saucisson Au Chocolat)

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 4 ounces manjari de valrhona chocolate or 4 ounces other quality bittersweet chocolate
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup chopped almonds (50 g)
• 1/3 cup chopped dried fruit (apricots, cranberries, etc. 100 g)
• 1 tablespoon sortilege orange liqueur or 1 tablespoon grand marnier or 1 tablespoon cointreau liqueur (or orange flavoring)
• grated zest orange (peel)
• 1 -2 tablespoon sifted icing sugar

Recipe

• 1 in a double boiler, melt chocolate and butter together.
• 2 roast almonds until lightly browned in 350 degree f (180 c) oven.
• 3 soak nuts and dried fruit in liqueur, then add grated orange peel.
• 4 stir nut mixture into melted chocolate mixture and transfer to a clean, flat surface.
• 5 using your hands, roll chocolate mixture into a long sausage shape, then wrap tightly in plastic wrap and chill.
• 6 just before serving, remove plastic and roll sausage in sugar to give it the look of a meat sausage.
• 7 slice into 16 cookie-like slices and serve at once.