Chocolate Salami

Prep time: 15 min

Cook time: 10 min

Ingredients

• Marie Biscuits - 200 gms (OR biscotti/shortbread/any biscuit of your choice)
• Butter - 6 tbsps
• Dark Chocolate - 1 1/3 cups, chopped
• Powdered sugar - 1/2 cup
• Toasted nuts of your choice (chopped) OR Rum soaked dried fruits and nuts - 1 cup (I used rum soaked dried fruits and nuts)
• Orange zest - 1 tsp (optional)

Method

1. In bowl, break the biscuits into small pieces. Do not powder them. Add the rum soaked dried fruits and nuts OR chopped nuts of your choice and mix with the broken biscuits. Set aside.
2. Place the butter in a stainless steel or heat proof bowl and place this bowl over a pot of simmering water (double boiler). Allow the butter to melt. Add the chopped dark chocolate and allow the chocolate to melt. Stir to mix well. Once the chocolate melts, add the powdered sugar and mix well. Turn off flame and allow this mixture to cool a bit.
3. Add the chopped biscuits and nuts mixture to the butter-chocolate mixture and mix well. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and place in fridge for 15 mt to 20 mts till it lightly hardens but moldable.
4. On the work surface, place a layer of cling film/plastic wrap. Place the chocolate biscuit mixture in the center and shape into a log. With the help of the cling film to shape the mixture into a log.
5. Tightly wrap the log similar to a 'salami' (italian sausage) shape. Twist the ends and tie the ends in a knot. Place in the fridge for at least 3 to 4 hours or overnight.
6. Once it is set, remove from fridge. Allow to sit at room temperature for 10-15 mts. Unwrap the cling film and dust with powdered sugar. (I did not follow this step).
7. Cut into 1/2" slices and serve.