“This weird and perhaps not-so-attractive thing, is a delight and you’d be crazy not to make some quickly !”
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<br />Of course, this isn’t my invention, this is an Italian and Portuguese holiday sweet, often called “chocolate salami” … I simply re-adapted my chocolate and biscuit blocks (see recipe at www.icookstuff.com) for the holiday season to include a mixture of nuts, dried fruit and candied fruit as well as holiday spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and the ginger. The principle is simple, I replaced the 200 grams of biscuits with an equal mix of 50 grams each of biscuits and all those fruity, nutty and sweet extras. I also replaced the heavy cream and syrup with butter because lowering the amount of biscuits means that the extra creamy liquid will not be absorbed by them, so butter was a better and firmer alternative for this drier and more compact version. Anyways, for 200 grams of chocolate, you use an equal amount (200 grams) of any mix of nuts, candied fruit, dried fruit and biscuits you have handy and spices that remind you of the holiday season and of course, good quality dark chocolate. The rolling is much easier than you think, the icing sugar coating is easy too, the tying with butcher’s twine is a little more complicated but will make others say “WOW”. My only regret is that I didn’t double the recipe to make shorter versions as individual holiday gifts … But knowing me, I’ll make 8 more shorter sausages tonight ! Happy Holidays to all … :)

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