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CHOCOLATE AND BERRIES WITH SALT, SPICE AND AVOCADO PUDDING
Chocolate and berries with salt, spice and avocado pudding
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Make chocolate decorations

Gently melt dark chocolate over a low heat or in a double boiler. Spoon the melted chocolate into a piping bag with a small nozzle. Pipe a circle onto lightly greased baking paper and fill it in with chocolate scrolls.

Refrigerate to set before removing carefully from the baking paper. Use to give a flourish to festive desserts or as tempting Christmas ornaments.



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Recipe by: Dario D'Angeli
Serves: 6
Category: A little effort / Gourmet
Prep time: 30 minutes, plus setting time
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
450 g good-quality dark chocolate
2 T butter
2 T sugar
3/4 cup cream
1 cup fresh mixed berries
2 t chopped mint
1 t smoked salt, for sprinkling
1 t ground chilli, for sprinkling
For the avocado pudding, blend:
1 ripe avocado
2 t lemon juice
3 Peppadews
2 T olive oil
Cooking instructions:

In a saucepan over a low heat, melt the chocolate and butter. In a separate saucepan, bring the sugar and cream to a boil, then add to the melted chocolate.

Transfer to a medium-sized roasting tray or rectangular plastic container and allow to set.

Mix the berries and chopped mint together and arrange on a platter.

Run a hot spoon along the length of the set chocolate to form a large curled “rose”. Arrange this on the platter.

Spoon the avocado pudding into a piping bag or nozzled plastic bottle and squeeze onto the serving plate.

Finish with a sprinkle of smoked salt and ground chilli.

Cook's note: This recipe was created by Dario D'Angeli of Cube Tasting Kitchen, Shop 5, Parktown North Heights, 17 4th Ave, Johannesburg.

Wine: Uva Mira Red Blend 2008


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