Chocolate mendiants
Mendiants are made with a thin layer of chocolate, stuck with toasted nuts, dried and candied fruit.
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Last modified on: May 27th 2020
Keywords for this recipe:For 20 pieces, you will need:
- 1
30 g Candied grapefruit peel - 2
20 raisins - 3
20 whole almonds - 4
10 walnut kernels - 5
20 hazelnuts - 6
20 pistachios - 7
20 pine nuts - 8
100 g dark chocolate - Total weight: 220 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 27 min. | 35 min. | 1 hour 2 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 3 min.
Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C).
Chop 30 g Candied grapefruit peel into small dice.
Separate 20 raisins (they often come stuck together).
Chop 30 g Candied grapefruit peel into small dice.
Separate 20 raisins (they often come stuck together).
Stage 2 - 15 min.
Lay a sheet of cooking parchment on a baking sheet and spread out 20 whole almonds, 10 walnut kernels, and 20 hazelnuts.
Toast the nuts in the oven for 15 minutes.
Toast the nuts in the oven for 15 minutes.
Stage 3 - 4 min.
After this time, take the nuts out of the oven. Tip the almonds and walnuts off the baking sheet and (if necessary) rub the hazelnuts in tea towel to remove the skins.
Leave to cool.
Leave to cool.
Stage 4 - 10 min.
Reuse the same paper and baking sheet to toast 20 pistachios and 20 pine nuts in the oven for 10 minutes. Being smaller, they will not take as long.
Leave to cool.
Leave to cool.
Stage 5 - 10 min.
Melt 100 g dark chocolate over a bain-marie. The usual method is to put the chocolate in a bowl, but if you use a small bottle instead, this makes the next stage easier.
Stage 6
Check that the chocolate is fully melted.
Stage 7
For this recipe, I used a silicon mould with rectangular compartments, but you can use whatever you have to hand - the shape doesn't matter.
Stage 8
Pour a thin layer of chocolate into the moulds (now the bottle comes into its own).
Stage 9
Then arrange the fruit and nuts on top.
When everything is on, press down into the chocolate with your fingers.
When everything is on, press down into the chocolate with your fingers.
Stage 10 - 20 min.
My tip: work like a production line. Pour all the chocolate first, then add the all almonds, next the raisins, etc.
This way, all your mediants will look the same.
This way, all your mediants will look the same.
Stage 11
Refrigerate for 2 hours to set the chocolate and make sure the fruit and nuts are stuck.
Stage 12
Take your mendiants out of their moulds gently, and leave to come back to room temperature before handing round or tucking in yourself.
Remarks
The French name means "mendicants", after the 4 types of fruit and nuts traditionally used in the Provençal thirteen Christmas desserts to represent the 4 mendicant religious orders: raisins for the Augustines, hazelnuts for the Carmelites, figs for the Franciscans and almonds for the Dominicans.
You can vary the topping depending on the fruit and nuts you have to hand, but do try to keep a mix of toasted nuts + dried fruit + candied fruit.
You can vary the topping depending on the fruit and nuts you have to hand, but do try to keep a mix of toasted nuts + dried fruit + candied fruit.
Keeping
Several days in a sealed container.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,185 Kcal or 4,961 Kj | 25 gr | 65 gr | 96 gr |
| 59 % | 10 % | 6 % | 15 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 538 Kcal or 2,252 Kj | 11 gr | 29 gr | 44 gr |
| 27 % | 4 % | 3 % | 7 % |
| Per piece | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 59 Kcal or 247 Kj | 1 gr | 3 gr | 5 gr |
| 3 % | <1 % | <1 % | 1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 20 pieces : 2.69 €
- Per piece : 0.13 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Dark chocolate: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate rice pudding, Paris flan filling, Italian hot chocolate , Viennese Shortbread, Chocolate ganache, ... All |
 | Candied grapefruit peel: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate thins with toasted nuts, Chocolate cream with a crunch, irish coffee mousse, Brioche royale, Grapefruit moelleux, Calissons, ... All |
 | Hazelnuts: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Little chocolate and hazelnut fondants, Brioche royale, Granola, ... All |
 | Raisins: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Panettone, Indian rice pudding, Cramique, Pecan fruit rolls , Pains briochés aux raisins, ... All |
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