Chocolate mendiants


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
For 20 pieces, you will need:

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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 30 min.
Cooking: 35 min.
All in all: 1 hour 2 min.
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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 3 min.
Chocolate mendiants
Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C).

Chop 2 tablespoons candied grapefruit peel into small dice.

Separate 20 raisins (they often come stuck together).

Stage 2 - 15 min.
Chocolate mendiants
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.

Stage 3 - 4 min.
Chocolate mendiants
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.

Stage 4 - 10 min.
Chocolate mendiants
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.

Stage 5 - 10 min.
Chocolate mendiants
Melt 23 cup 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
Chocolate mendiants
Check that the chocolate is fully melted.

Stage 7
Chocolate mendiants
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
Chocolate mendiants
Pour a thin layer of chocolate into the moulds (now the bottle comes into its own).

Stage 9
Chocolate mendiants
Then arrange the fruit and nuts on top.

When everything is on, press down into the chocolate with your fingers.

Stage 10 - 20 min.
Chocolate mendiants
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.

Stage 11
Chocolate mendiants
Refrigerate for 2 hours to set the chocolate and make sure the fruit and nuts are stuck.

Stage 12
Chocolate mendiants
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.
Keeping: Several days in a sealed container.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe30 RDI=10 %230 RDI=20 %100 RDI=20 %1,220 RDI=60 %5,110 RDI: 60 %
Per 100 g10 RDI=5 %100 RDI=10 %40 RDI=7 %550 RDI=30 %2,320 RDI: 30 %
Per piece1 RDI=1 %10 RDI=1 %4 RDI=1 %60 RDI=3 %260 RDI: 3 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: Sulfites, Nuts, Milk
How much will it cost?
  • For 20 pieces : 2.70 €
  • Per piece : 0.15 €

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