Chocolate Amaretto Valentine’s Marquise

Ingredients:

2 cups heavy cream
1/4 cup almonds, toasted and finley chopped
8 Amaretti cookies, finely crushed
1 pound bittersweet chocolate, chopped
5 tbsp Amaretto liqueur
5 tbsp corn syrup
Cocoa powder

Preparing:

Combine the crushed Amaretti cookies and the chopped almonds.
Sprinkle onto a greased mould with baking parchment oil.

Simmer the chocolate, Amaretto and corn syrup, until the chocolate is melted.
Remove from heat, and set aside for 8 minutes.

Whip the cream, and fold into the chocolate mixture.
Pour into the mould, cover with plastic wrap and chill overnight.
Unmould and dust it with cocoa powder.

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Christmas Mascarpone Creams

Ingredients:

115 g amaretti cookies, crushed
1 cup mascarpone cheese
1/4 cup superfine sugar
4 eggs, separated
4 tbsp amaretto

Preparing:

Place the amaretti crumbs in a bowl.
Add amaretto and set aside to soak.

Beat egg yolks with sugar until pale and thick.
Fold the mascarpone and soaked cookie crumbs.

Whisk the egg whites in a separate bowl until ftiff.
Fold gently into the cheese mixture and divided between 4 serving dishes.
Chill for 2 hours and sprinkle with slivered almonds.

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