Chocolate thins with toasted nuts
A very thin disc of chocolate, topped with toasted nuts and candied grapefruit peel.
271 K 4.1/5 (38 reviews)
2 hours 25 min.
Easy
40 pieces
5 IngredientsLast modified on: February 21th 2011
For 40 pieces, you will need:
- 1
250 g dark chocolate - 2
100 g pistachios - 3
100 g whole almonds - 4
100 g walnut kernels - 5
12 candieds grapefruit peel - Total weight: 540 grams
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 1 hour 7 min.
Resting: 1 hour
Cooking: 15 min.
All in all: 2 hours 25 min.
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
If your pistachios still have skins, put them in boiling water for 5 minutes.
Stage 2 - 10 min.
Drain them, then remove skins while still wet and hot (it's easier).
Stage 3 - 5 min.
On a baking sheet, put 100 g whole almonds, 100 g pistachios and 100 g walnut kernels, put in the oven at 150°C or 302°F for 5 minutes until lightly toasted.
Stage 4 - 10 min.
Remove from the oven, allow to cool and chop roughly.
Stage 5 - 5 min.
Cut 12 candieds grapefruit peel into very small dice and mix with nuts.
Stage 6 - 5 min.
Melt 250 g dark chocolate in a bain-marie.
Stage 7 - 3 min.
Stage 8 - 2 min.
Start a chocolate disc: with a maryse spread out a 1 or 2 mm layer of chocolate.
Stage 9 - 2 min.
Quickly put on it a layer of nuts. Press in with the back of a spoon or your fingers, to be sure that nuts are embedded in the chocolate.
Stage 10 - 30 min.
Continue like this with all the chocolate. You can vary shapes and sizes.
Put in the fridge for at least one hour.
Put in the fridge for at least one hour.
Stage 11 - 1 hour
Afetr this time, unstick discs from paper.
Stage 12 - 5 min.
Serve with ice-cream for example, or to finish a meal with coffee or tea.
Remarks
You can alter this recipe by changing nuts or dried fruits and/or replacing dark chocolate with white.
Keeping: Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 60 RDI=20 % | 140 RDI=10 % | 240 RDI=40 % | 3,250 RDI=160 % | 13,610 RDI: 160 % |
| Per 100 g | 10 RDI=4 % | 30 RDI=2 % | 50 RDI=7 % | 600 RDI=30 % | 2,530 RDI: 30 % |
| Per piece | 1 RDI=1 % | 3 RDI=0 % | 6 RDI=1 % | 80 RDI=4 % | 340 RDI: 4 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 40 pieces : £5.40
- Per piece : £0.15
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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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Dark chocolate
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Walnut kernels
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Pistachios
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Whole almonds
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