Chocolate Sausages
Everything’s better in chocolate — even sausages! This is a delightful dessert with an Italian heritage.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 c slivered almonds
- 1/2 c chopped walnuts
- Two plain biscotti, chopped
- 6 Tbsp. butter cut into small pieces
- 12 oz. semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 c. coffee
- 1 tsp orange zest
- 1/2 c confectioners sugar
Instructions:
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Place almonds, crushed biscotti and walnuts on a baking sheet. Bake until nuts are lightly browned. (6-8 minutes)
- Place butter and chocolate in a microwavable bowl. Heat for 1 minute on high. Stir until smooth. (Reheat at 20 second intervals if more time is needed).
- Stir coffee into chocolate mixture.
- Add nut mixture from baking sheet and orange zest.
- Place in refrigerator and chill until firm.
- Divide chocolate dough mixture in half. Roll each half into a log about 7 inches long. Roll each up tightly in plastic wrap. Refrigerate until firm.
- Remove chocolate sausage from plastic wrap and roll in confectioner’s sugar.
- Slice into 1/2 inch slices to serve.
