Chocolate Dessert Shots
 
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Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • 200ml of dark coffee (dilute 1 tsp of sugar and 1 tsp of instant coffee granules in 200ml of boiling water)
  • 2 pots of double cream (approx 250ml each)
  • 100g of milk chocolate (or dark if you prefer)
  • 2 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1 pack of spongefingers
  • chocolate Maltesers OR a chocolate/fruit of your choice to garnish (optional)
Method
  1. Start by making a sweetened dark coffee solution; dissolve 1 tsp of sugar and 1 tsp of instant coffee granules in 200ml of boiling water. Leave to cool to one side.
  2. In a clean microwaveable bowl place 100g of milk chocolate, if you are using a bar of chocolate, cut the chocolate up into smaller pieces to make it easier to melt.
  3. Pour one pot of double cream over the chocolate and heat in the microwave in short 30 second bursts.
  4. Use a spatula or spoon to mix in between, until the two ingredients are fully combined (bottom right photo).
  5. Cool the mixture and then chill - I usually place the bowl in the freezer for 15 - 20 minutes to speed this up. The mixture will be whisked after chilling, if the entire mixture is NOT CHILLED properly it will NOT WHIP.
  6. In the meantime prepare the remaining ingredients.
  7. In another clean bowl pour the remaining pot of double cream, add 2 tbsp of sugar and whisk using a handheld mixer.
  8. Whip the cream until you have soft peaks - be careful not to over whip, it is better to under whip the cream than over whip.
  9. Prepare a disposable piping bag by snipping off the tip and place a Wilton 1M piping nozzle inside.
  10. Fill the piping bag with the whipped cream, twist the top of the bag tightly and leave to one side till needed.
  11. Once the chocolate mixture is completely chilled, whisk using your handheld mixer....
  12. until the mixture resembles custard of a pouring consistency (top left photo). This can take up to 7 - 8 minutes to whip, if the mixture is still warm it will not whip or thicken, place it back in the freezer to chill some more if you find it doesn't start to thicken and try again until you reach the desired consistency.
  13. Next take one sponge finger and cut into 3 equal pieces.
  14. Place two pieces into each shot glass, try laying them upright or flat if you find making them fit difficult. I found for these glasses laying them flat worked best, whereas on my previous attempt placing them upright worked better as the glasses were taller and narrower. Play around and see what works best for the glasses you are using.
  15. Repeat the process for all of the glasses.
  16. Next take the cooled coffee solution and pour 1 tbsp over the sponge fingers in each of the shot glasses (top right photo). Repeat for all 12 glasses, discard any remaining coffee solution.
  17. Then using a spoon or ladle, pour over the whipped chocolate mixture (bottom left photo). Clean up any spills to the side of the glasses immediately as you go.
  18. Tap the glasses to help bring up any air bubbles to the surface (bottom right photo), burst any air bubbles which have difficulty rising using a toothpick.
  19. Repeat the process for all the glasses and use up as much of the chocolate mixture as possible, ensuring you leave a small gap at the top of the shot glasses for piping the remaining whipped cream.
  20. Once you have filled the glasses with the chocolate mixture, begin to pipe the whipped cream on top.
  21. Start in the centre of each shot glass, and pipe a swirl....
  22. bring the cream around the inner rim of the glass and pipe upwards, finish with an ice cream style swirl on the top.
  23. Repeat piping cream on all 12 glasses.
  24. Finally, garnish the top of your cream swirls with one chocolate (or fruit) of your choice, I have used Maltesers. Chill the dessert shots until it's time to serve.
  25. These can be made a day in advance and kept refrigerated.
  26. Watch the delight on everyone's faces as they enjoy bite after bite of this dessert, just make sure you grab a glass for yourself, they'll be gone in a shot!
Recipe by www.afeliaskitchen.com at https://www.afeliaskitchen.com/chocolate-dessert-shots/