Maltese Christmas Log
My Christmas Log is a lovely combination of crushed biscuits, mixed nuts, dried fruit, evaporated milk and covered in dark chocolate. It's an ideal treat to have on hand when visitor's come to visit, a delicious gift, enjoy it with some tea or coffee or serve it after your Christmas Dinner
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Ingredients - 2 Logs
- 250 Mixed 250g/8.8oz Cherries
- 100 Blanched 100g/3.5oz Almonds, roasted
- 100 Roasted 100g/3.5oz Hazelnuts
- 150 Pitted 150g/5.3oz Dates
- 450 Morning 450g/16oz Coffee (PlainTea Biscuits)
- 1 410g/14.5oz 1Tin Creamy Frisian Flag Evaporated Milk
- 2 Tbsp White Vermouth (see note)
- 2 Tsp Almond Essence
- 350 Icam 350g/12.3oz Dark Chocolate
Method
- In a large bowl, break the biscuits with your hands into small and larger pieces.
- Roughly chop the cherries, hazelnuts, dates, almonds and mix with biscuits.
Add the Vermouth, almond essence and evaporated milk. Mix together with your hands, and form into 2 separate logs on a sheet of baking paper.
- Roll the paper tightly, close the edges and refrigerate overnight, 24 hours.
- Chop the chocolate into tiny pieces and melt in the microwave or bain-marie and cover the logs. Leave 2 minutes for the chocolate to set a little, then lightly run a fork over the chocolate to make it look like a log.
- Keep refrigerated and covered, either with clean baking paper or a cake top cover.
- Enjoy!
Christmas Log -
Chocolate Coating -
Note
Vermouth is an aromatized, fortified wine infused with herbs and spices, with the addition of a distilled spirit, grape or brandy.