To Make The Year In Chocolate: 4 Recipes For Great Desserts For The New Year

Chocolate and New Year's have been going hand in hand for many, many years. Remember, back in our childhood, the main gift was a bag of chocolates or a figure of Santa Claus made of chocolate.

Chocolate and New Year's have been going hand in hand for many, many years. Remember, back in our childhood, the main gift was a bag of chocolates or a figure of Santa Claus made of chocolate. It caused sincere delight and joy!

Now, when the choice of ready-made chocolate products is so rich, you can surprise your friends only with a homemade dessert. We share chocolate recipes.

Prunes in chocolate

 

Preparing a "sweet couple" of prunes and dark chocolate is very simple. Dessert will definitely be in demand!

Ingredients:

Prunes - 200 gr. Peanuts - 2-3 tbsp. l. Bitter chocolate - 100 gr.

Fry the peanuts until golden brown, cool and peel. Pour prunes for 1-2 minutes with boiling water. Then fold back on a sieve to glass excess liquid. Stuff each dried fruit with a nut.

 

Melt the chocolate in a water bath or in the microwave. Roll each berry with a nut in liquid chocolate.

Line a wooden board or tray with parchment paper and place the "chocolates" on it. Place in refrigerator for 1 hour to set. Ready!

For a variety of flavors, make dark, milk, and white chocolates.

Cookies with white chocolate

 

It’s impossible to resist fresh homemade cookies, be sure to cook them for the holiday!

Ingredients:

White chocolate - 100 gr. (50 - in the dough, 50 - for the layer) Butter - 100 gr. Powdered sugar - 60 gr. Egg yolks - 2 pcs. Wheat flour - 210 pcs. Sprinkle confectionery - for decoration

Cookie butter must be cold. Break half of the white chocolate into pieces and place in a blender bowl, chop. Then add here the sifted flour, pieces of cold butter and powdered sugar. Grind everything into crumbs. Transfer the mass to a convenient container, add two yolks and knead the dough.

 

Roll the finished dough into a ball, wrap with cling film and refrigerate for 30-40 minutes. Roll out the chilled dough to a thickness of about 0.5 cm, cut out round or other shaped cookies of different diameters. Bake for 6-7 minutes at 180 degrees.

In a water bath, melt the second part of the chocolate and fasten the cookies together from largest to smallest. Garnish with confectionery sprinkles, m&m's, or whatever you like.

Wine chocolate cake

 

If only adults are at your New Year's table, then feel free to cook a wine cake. Incredibly tasty and flavorful!

Ingredients:

Chicken eggs - 2 pcs. Sugar - 1-1 1/2 cups Flour - 2 cups Cocoa - 1/2 cup Soda - 1 1/2 tsp Vegetable oil - 1/3 cup Red wine - 1 cup Water (boiling water) - 1 cup Cream - 1/2 cup Chocolate - 100 gr. Salt - 1 pinch

Whisk eggs with sugar. Pour in vegetable oil and mix again. Separately, mix flour, cocoa, soda and salt. Sift. Combine dry and liquid parts. Gradually pour in the wine and stir. When the dough becomes homogeneous, pour in a glass of boiling water and mix again.

Grease a baking dish with butter and pour in the dough. The baking time depends on the size of the chosen form. It can take 35 to 50 minutes at 190 degrees. Check the readiness of the dough with a toothpick. Cool the finished cake completely.

Then melt the chocolate in the cream and cover the cake with glaze. Garnish as desired and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving. 

Chocolate almond cakes

 

And we will complete our delicious collection with fragrant cakes.

Ingredients:

Bitter chocolate - 200 gr. Butter - 200 gr. Sugar - 200 gr. Chicken eggs - 3 pcs. Almond flour - 200 gr. Baking powder - 1 tsp Fatty cream - 200 ml. (for decoration) Peeled almonds - 40 gr. (for decoration) Cream thickener - 1 pack.

Cool the cream. Place butter and chocolate in a small saucepan and melt over low heat. Then mix the mass and cool slightly.

In a suitable container, beat the eggs with sugar until fluffy white mass. Combine almond flour with baking powder. Gradually fold the flour into the egg mixture with a spatula. Then add melted chocolate with cream. Mix until a homogeneous dough is obtained.

 

Cover a rectangular or square shape with parchment, pour in the dough and smooth it out. Bake no more than 40 minutes at a temperature of 160 degrees.

While the crust is baking, prepare the almonds for garnish. Pour boiling water over the almonds for a couple of minutes, then drain and the skin of the nut will be easily peeled. Put the peeled kernels in cold water, rinse. If desired, put on a baking sheet and hold in the oven for 5-6 minutes at a temperature of 60 degrees. Such kernels can be stored in glass containers for quite a long time.

Cool the finished cake. Whip the cold cream with the thickener until fluffy. Add powdered sugar to taste and beat until a smooth cream is obtained.

Cut the cake into squares, garnish with whipped cream and almonds. Amazingly delicious!

Let the whole year be in chocolate! With coming!