Chocolate thins with toasted nuts


Chocolate thins with toasted nuts
A very thin disc of chocolate, topped with toasted nuts and candied grapefruit peel.
264 K 4.1/5 (38 reviews)
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Last modified on: February 21th 2011
For 20 pieces, you will need:

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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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Stage 1 - 5 min.
Chocolate thins with toasted nuts
If your pistachios still have skins, put them in boiling water for 5 minutes.

Stage 2 - 10 min.
Chocolate thins with toasted nuts
Drain them, then remove skins while still wet and hot (it's easier).

Stage 3 - 5 min.
Chocolate thins with toasted nuts
On a baking sheet, put 50 g whole almonds, 50 g pistachios and 50 g walnut kernels, put in the oven at 150°C or 302°F for 5 minutes until lightly toasted.

Stage 4 - 10 min.
Chocolate thins with toasted nuts
Remove from the oven, allow to cool and chop roughly.

Stage 5 - 5 min.
Chocolate thins with toasted nuts
Cut 6 candieds grapefruit peel into very small dice and mix with nuts.

Stage 6 - 5 min.
Chocolate thins with toasted nuts
Melt 125 g dark chocolate in a bain-marie.


Stage 8 - 2 min.
Chocolate thins with toasted nuts
Start a chocolate disc: with a maryse spread out a 1 or 2 mm layer of chocolate.

Stage 9 - 2 min.
Chocolate thins with toasted nuts
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.
Chocolate thins with toasted nuts
Continue like this with all the chocolate. You can vary shapes and sizes.

Put in the fridge for at least one hour.

Stage 11 - 1 hour
Chocolate thins with toasted nuts
Afetr this time, unstick discs from paper.

Stage 12 - 5 min.
Chocolate thins with toasted nuts
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 recipe30 RDI=10 %70 RDI=7 %120 RDI=20 %1,620 RDI=80 %6,800 RDI: 80 %
Per 100 g10 RDI=4 %30 RDI=2 %50 RDI=7 %600 RDI=30 %2,530 RDI: 30 %
Per piece1 RDI=1 %3 RDI=0 %6 RDI=1 %80 RDI=4 %340 RDI: 4 %
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: Milk, Nuts
How much will it cost?
  • For 20 pieces : 3.15 €
  • Per piece : 0.20 €

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