For 50 pieces, you will need:
- 1
1 cup caster sugar - 2
1 cup butter - 3
4 eggs - 4
3 1⁄3 cups flour - 5
1 cup dark chocolate - 6
1 cup cream - 7
2 pinches salt
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52 min. | 4 hours | 20 min. | 5 hours 12 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
In a food processor bowl, mix: 1 cup caster sugar, 1 cup butter, 4 eggs, 3 1⁄3 cups flour and a pinch of salt.
Knead on slow speed until the dough is smooth (around 3 or 4 minutes).
Knead on slow speed until the dough is smooth (around 3 or 4 minutes).
Stage 2 - 2 hours
Shape the dough into a flat cake and wrap in plastic film. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.
Stage 3 - 7 min.
After this resting time, roll out the dough and prick all over with a fork or pastry pricker (pique-vite).
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Preheat the oven to 200°C (390°F).
Cut out circles with a cutter for round biscuits. For rectangular ones, cut strips, then cut these across into rectangles.
Stage 5 - 5 min.
Transfer the biscuits to a baking sheet. A metal spatula or slice is handy for this.
Stage 6 - 20 min.
Cook until the biscuits are a light golden brown.
Stage 7 - 20 min.
Prepare a chocolate ganache with 1 cup dark chocolate and 1 cup cream, let cool until it is quite thick and "pasty" (rather like Nutella chocolate spread).
You can speed this up by standing the base of the pan in cold water and stirring from time to time.
You can speed this up by standing the base of the pan in cold water and stirring from time to time.
Stage 8 - 5 min.
Transfer the ganache into a forcing bag .
Pipe a generous strip of chocolate along the rectangular biscuits.
Pipe a generous strip of chocolate along the rectangular biscuits.
Stage 9 - 5 min.
Then cover with a second biscuit and press lightly so that it is level and sticks.
Ideally the chocolate should show on each side without spilling out. Scrape off any excess with a knife.
Ideally the chocolate should show on each side without spilling out. Scrape off any excess with a knife.
Stage 10
For round biscuits, pipe a circle.
Stage 11
And as before, place a second biscuit on top and press down lightly.
Stage 12 - 2 hours
Assemble all the biscuits like this then refrigerate for a few hours to set the ganache completely.
Your "BN style" biscuits are ready.
Your "BN style" biscuits are ready.
Remarks
You can add extra filling if you prefer: 2 strips for the rectangular biscuits or 2 circles for the round ones.
The biscuits used here are rather dry by choice, but use your imagination and try this with richer biscuits (shortbread style) or with a stronger flavour (almonds, oats, etc.).
The biscuits used here are rather dry by choice, but use your imagination and try this with richer biscuits (shortbread style) or with a stronger flavour (almonds, oats, etc.).
Keeping
1 or 2 days in a closed metal box.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 5,971 Kcal or 24,999 Kj | 81 gr | 705 gr | 314 gr |
| 299 % | 31 % | 66 % | 48 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 398 Kcal or 1,666 Kj | 5 gr | 47 gr | 21 gr |
| 20 % | 2 % | 4 % | 3 % |
| Per piece | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 119 Kcal or 498 Kj | 2 gr | 14 gr | 6 gr |
| 6 % | 1 % | 1 % | 1 % |
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Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Prune Far, Little lemon biscuits, Nanou's apple and almond cake, Fillet of beef in a rosemary crust, Gâteau Basque , ... All |
 | Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Caramelised apple custards, Butter cream, Pistachio powder or paste, Crème brulée, Breton sablé biscuit dough, ... All |
 | Dark chocolate: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Bounty-style tart for Alison, Chocolate thins with toasted nuts, Half-cooked chocolate cake with raspberry coulis, Nanou's chocolate cake, Flaky brownie brioche, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, Chocolate mug cake, Spinach and hard-boiled egg gratin, Surprise eggs, Traditional nutty choc-chip cookies, ... All |
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