One of the first desserts I learned to make as a child, without the help of adults, was chocolate salami. It was very easy to cook, and it was so delicious that it often did not have time to freeze in the refrigerator, because it was eaten by me and my friends as soon as it was possible to cut it somehow. Recipes in my childhood were like a real treasure, passed from one person to another. And the chocolate in the stores had only one colour – chocolate. Therefore, I borrowed the recipe for white chocolate salami from the chef Alexander Stefoglo, who taught a cooking lesson for children at our school.
One of the first desserts I learned to make as a child, without the help of adults, was chocolate salami. It was very easy to cook, and it was so delicious that it often did not have time to freeze in the refrigerator, because it was eaten by me and my friends as soon as it was possible to cut it somehow. Recipes in my childhood were like a real treasure, passed from one person to another. And the chocolate in the stores had only one colour – chocolate. Therefore, I borrowed the recipe for white chocolate salami from the chef Alexander Stefoglo, who taught a cooking lesson for children at our school.- Prep time: 10 minutes + 2 hours’ chilling
- Cook time: 10 minutes
- Makes: 4 salami
- Difficulty: easy
- Course: dessert
- Cookware: bain-marie pan, knife
- Cuisine: Odessa
Ingredients
- 500 g tea biscuits
- 80 g butter, room temperature
- 80 ml milk
- 2 tbsp icing sugar
For the dark salami:
- 100 g milk chocolate
- 100 g walnuts
- 4 tbsp cocoa
For the white salami:
- 100 g white chocolate
- 100 g candied fruits
Cooking method
Step 1
In a bowl, crush the biscuits into crumbs. Chop candied fruits or nuts, set aside.
Step 2
Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie pan. Heat milk over low heat to 40°C.
Step 3
If you are making white chocolate salami: Put chocolate, biscuits, candied fruits, milk, and icing sugar in a large bowl. Knead the chocolate mass thoroughly. Put the mixture on a cling film, shape the sausages and place in the freezer for 1 hour.
If you are making dark sausage: Put chocolate, biscuits, nuts, milk, and cocoa in a large bowl. Knead the chocolate mass thoroughly. Put the mass on a cling film, shape the sausages, roll in powdered sugar. Wrap the sausages in a cling film and put in the freezer for 1 hour.
Step 4
Take out the chocolate salami from the freezer, remove the cling film and cut into pieces. Serve with tea. Bon appétit!
My tips and tricks:
Chocolate salami is the easiest chocolate dessert in the world. How long do you think it will take you to crush so many tea biscuits into little pieces? If you follow my advice, then less than a minute. Take a large zipper bag, put the biscuits in there, place them on the table, evenly distribute the biscuits throughout the bag. Take a rolling pin, lightly pressing down, slide it over the bag several times to make large crumbs. Easy-peasy!
- 500 g tea biscuits
- 80 g butter, room temperature
- 80 ml milk
- 2 tbsp icing sugar
- For the dark salami:
- 100 g milk chocolate
- 100 g walnuts
- 4 tbsp cocoa
- For the white salami:
- 100 g white chocolate
- 100 g candied fruits
- Put biscuits in a bowl and crush into crumbs. Chop candied fruits or nuts, set aside.
- Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie pan. Heat milk over low heat to 40°C.
- If you are making white chocolate salami: Put chocolate, biscuits, candied fruits, milk, and icing sugar in a large bowl. Knead the chocolate mixture thoroughly. Put the mixture on a cling film, shape the sausages and place in the freezer for 1 hour.
- If you are making dark sausage: Put chocolate, biscuits, nuts, milk, and cocoa in a large bowl. Knead the chocolate mixture thoroughly. Put the mixture on a cling film, shape the sausages, roll in powdered sugar. Wrap the sausages in a cling film and put in the freezer for 1 hour.
- Take out the chocolate salami from the freezer, remove the cling film and cut into pieces. Serve with tea. Bon appétit!