Chocolate Sausage (saucisson Au Chocolat)

Name: Chocolate Sausage (saucisson Au Chocolat)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 16 serving(s)
Ingredients: 4 ounces manjari de valrhona chocolate or 4 ounces other quality bittersweet chocolate; 3 tablespoons unsalted butter; 1/4 cup chopped almonds (50 g); 1/3 cup chopped dried fruit (apricots, cranberries, etc. 100 g); 1 tablespoon Grand Marnier or 1 tablespoon Cointreau liqueur (or orange flavoring); grated zest orange (peel); 1 -2 tablespoon sifted icing sugar

Submitted by Jodi B.

""Anne Desjardins, chef at L'Eau a la Bouche (Mouthwatering) in Ste. Adele, made this sausage-like cookie to serve at Kendall College, a professional chefs' school in Evanston, Ill. The nut-studded chocolate is rolled into a sausage shape and dredged in icing sugar. Sliced up, it's a delectable treat with coffee or sweet wine." Julian Armstrong, Montreal Gazette"

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Ready In:: 32mins
Ingredients:: 7
Serves:: 16

ingredients

4 ounces manjari de valrhona chocolate or 4 ounces other quality bittersweet chocolate
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
¹⁄₄ cup chopped almonds (50 g)
¹⁄₃ cup chopped dried fruit (apricots, cranberries, etc. 100 g)
1 1 tablespoon Grand Marnier or 1 tablespoon Cointreau liqueur (or orange flavoring)
grated zest orange (peel)
1 -2 tablespoon sifted icing sugar

directions

In a double boiler, melt chocolate and butter together.
Roast almonds until lightly browned in 350 degree F (180 C) oven.
Soak nuts and dried fruit in liqueur, then add grated orange peel.
Stir nut mixture into melted chocolate mixture and transfer to a clean, flat surface.
Using your hands, roll chocolate mixture into a long sausage shape, then wrap tightly in plastic wrap and chill.
Just before serving, remove plastic and roll sausage in sugar to give it the look of a meat sausage.
Slice into 16 cookie-like slices and serve at once.

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Jodi B.

Montreal, Quebec

I am born & bred in Montreal & love this city. One of the most muti-cultural cities in North America, the mixture of French & English heritage make Montreal a great place to live & visit, especially during summer.

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