makes
48
prep
15 minutes
difficulty
Easy
makes
48
serves
preparation
15
minutes
difficulty
Easy
level
Ingredients
- 150 g (5 oz) dark chocolate, chopped
- ½ cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- 45 ml golden corn syrup
- ½ cup (125 ml) orange juice
- 2 tsp (10 ml) vanilla extract
- ½ tsp (1.5 g) ground cinnamon
- 2½ cups chocolate biscuit (cookie) crumbs
- 1¾ cups pretzel pieces (see N0te)
- ½ cup dried cranberries or currants
- icing sugar, for rolling, optional
Makes about 4 dozen slices.
Chilling time: 3 hours.
Instructions
1. Melt chocolate in a large metal bowl place over a pot of barely simmering water, stirring gently until smooth. Remove the bowl from the heat and stir in the sugar and corn syrup, then whisk in the orange juice, vanilla and cinnamon. Add the cookie crumbs and mix until blended, then mix in the pretzel pieces and dried cranberries or currants
2. Lay out a sheet of plastic wrap and spoon a third of mix onto wrap. Roll up in the shape of a cylinder about 20 cm (8 in) long and 5 cm (2 in) across. Repeat twice more. Chill for 3 hours.
3. To serve, unwrap dough and slice into coins 6mm (¼-in) thick. If using icing sugar (it makes this look even more like salami, dust some icing sugar into a slice tray. Roll the unwrapped roll of dough in the icing sugar and dust off the excess before slicing).
Notes
• For the pretzel pieces, this recipe uses the small hard snack pretzels, not fresh baked pretzels. You can use your hands to roughly crush the pretzels.
• The sliced bites will keep up to 2 weeks in an airtight container in the fridge.
Cook's Notes
Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.
