Chocolate shortbread nests
Ingredients
for 30 pieces
| 250 g | white flour |
| 1 | organic lemon, use only ½ of grated zest |
| 2 tbsp | cocoa powder |
| 1 pinch | salt |
| 175 g | butter, cold, cut into pieces |
| 1 | egg white |
| 75 g | icing sugar |
| ¼ tsp | vanilla paste |
| 150 g | red currant jelly, stirred until smooth |
| 30 | Betty Bossi Silver Chocolate Pearls |
How it's done
Shortbreads
Mix the flour, lemon zest, cocoa powder and salt in a bowl. Add the butter and rub together using your hands to form an even, crumbly mixture. Beat the egg white, icing sugar and vanilla paste well, add and quickly combine to form a soft dough. Shape into a roll approx. 4 cm in diameter, cover and chill for approx. 1 hr.
Nests
Divide the dough into approx. 30 portions, shape into balls, place on two baking trays lined with baking paper. Use the handle of a ladle to press a hollow into the balls.
Bake
Bake each tray for approx. 15 mins. in the centre of an oven preheated to 200°C. Remove from the oven, allow to cool a little, then leave to cool completely on a rack.
Fill the nests
Spoon 1 tsp of jelly into each nest, top with 1 chocolate silver pearl, cover and chill for approx. 30 mins.
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