Serves 6 people
Ingredients
- 150g / 5oz plain chocolate, chopped into small pieces
- 50g / 2oz/ ¼ cup unsalted butter
- 115g /4oz ginger nut biscuits
- 4 pieces of preserved stem ginger
- 30ml/ 2 tbsp stem ginger syrup
- 45ml/ 3 tbsp desiccated coconut
To DECORATE
- 25g/ 1oz milk chocolate, chopped into small pieces
- pieces of crystallized ginger
Procedure
- Grease a 15 cm/6 in flan ring and place it on a sheet of non-stick baking paper. Melt the plain chocolate with the butter in a heatproof bowl over barely simmering water. Remove from the heat and set aside.
- Crush the biscuits into small pieces. Tip them into a bowl.
- Chop the stem ginger fairly finely and mix with the crushed ginger nut biscuits.
- Stir the biscuit mixture, ginger syrup and coconut into the melted chocolate and butter, mixing well until evenly combined.
- Tip the mixture into the prepared flan ring and press down firmly and evenly. Chill in the fridge until set.
- Remove the flan ring and slide the cake on to a plate. Melt the milk chocolate, drizzle it over the top and decorate with the pieces of crystallized ginger.
Recipe source: The Chocolate Bible
Recipe Code: 20170023
Image source:http://www.taste.com.au