Recipe#4382

Title: Chocolate Salami

From: eastman@solstice.jpl.nasa.gov (Sherri Eastman) 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 Subject: Chocolate Salami 
 Date: 7 Apr 1994 17:44:23 -0400 
 Message-ID: <199404051529.IAA20165@solstice.jpl.nasa.gov> 

1/2 cup raisins (or half raisins and half dried cranberries or cherries)
 7 oz semi sweet chocolate
 3 Tablespoons butter
 6 Tablespoons sugar
 3 oz blanched almonds finely chopped
 7 oz petit beurre bisquits, sweet plain, crushed
 3 Tablespoons mixed candied orange peel and citron, chopped
 2 egg yolks
 Make simple syrup equal parts sugar and water.
 Peel rind of orange and lemon thin, let them boil in the simple
 syrup for 15 minutes, then put on rack in oven at 350 for few
 minutes to dry out.
 Soak the raisins in warm water until needed.
 Break up the chocolate and place in top of double boiler with
 butter and heat until melted, add sugar, almonds, bisquit crumbs,
 drained raisins and candied peel and mix well.
 Remove from from heat and stir in the egg yolks and let mixture
 cool almost completely.  While still a little warm, form mixture
 into a rough salami shape with hands, place on saran wrap, seal
 and refrigerate for several hours.  Slice thin and serve.
 Note:
 Mixture is crumbly.  Make 4 rough balls and then combine to make
 one large salami.  Form into rough shape, then place tightly in
 saran wrap, being careful to wrap completely, twist the ends and
 fold under and then roll the salami until it compacts and becomes
 firm.  Place in refrigerator  and chill until firm, couple of hours
 or overnight.