Chocolate Salami
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Author Notes: This easy, no bake chocolate confection came about after seeing several recipes for it. The original recipes from Artisan Patisserie for the Home Baker was too complicated. I simplified the recipe by eliminating the candied orange peel and added my own twist to it with orange zest, crystallized ginger and orange liqueur soaked cranberries. What I love about this Italian chocolate log is the playful way that it mimics a salami with it's marbleized fat. I will be making several of these logs for the holidays and freezing them. - lakelurelady
Makes one log
- 9 ounces Bittersweet Chocolate, chopped
- 3 tablespoons Unsalted Butter
- 1/3 cup Sugar
- 1/3 cup Whole almonds
- Zest of one orange
- 1/3 cup dried cranberries
- 1/4 cup water
- 2 tablespoons Orange liqueur
- 1 cup Butter cookie crumbs
- 1/4 cup Crystallized ginger slices, chopped
- 2 Egg yolks, beaten
- Soak dried cranberries in water and orange liqueur for 15 to 20 minutes. Drain.
- Melt chocolate and butter in the top of a double boiler over simmering water. When melted add the sugar, almonds, orange zest, drained cranberries, cookie crumbs and crystallized ginger. Stir and remove from heat. Cool for a few minutes. Add the beaten egg yolks and allow to come to room temperature.
- Form chocolate mixture into a log. Smooth the surface to be sure none of the filling is sticking out. Wrap the log in wax paper and refrigerate until firm. Slice and serve.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Holiday Confection
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6 months ago vaughan
what did you use for the butter cookie crumbs? thanks, looks great and i want to try it.
over 1 year ago jenniebgood
Lakelurelady - I tested this last weekend and thought it was delicious. I love the little flecks of butter cookie and boozy cranberries - it's a great recipe!
about 1 year ago lakelurelady
Thank you jenniebgood!
over 1 year ago documentngdinnr
This is too cute and sounds really tasty. Yum! Thanks for sharing this recipe.
over 1 year ago lakelurelady
I am trying to edit this recipe. It should include 1 cup of butter cookie crumbs in the ingredient list.
over 1 year ago lapadia
Hi! Once we enter a recipe in a contest and while it is in the test kitchen we are not able to edit, later, unless you are a finalist you should be able to edit. But I saw cookie crumbs in step2 and in the ingredients it was written in (kinda), so I pretty much knew that to do. :0 thanks!
over 1 year ago lapadia
This sounds great, thanks for sharing your recipe!
over 1 year ago lakelurelady
Thanks lapadia. There is one ingredient missing in the ingredient list. 1 cup of butter cookie crumbs. I have not been able to edit it because of all of the problems with the new format.
over 1 year ago lakelurelady
Thanks lapadia. There is one item missing from the ingredients list; 1 cup of butter cookie crumbs. The new format is not allowing me to edit the recipe.
over 1 year ago sdebrango
Suzanne is a trusted source on General Cooking.
Love this! So glad you didn't put candied fruit in it. This sounds so wonderful and easy!