Rose Levy Beranbaum

Babka: Chocolate Almond Schmear Filling

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Rose Levy Beranbaum

Published 2014

  • About

For people who enjoy a chocolate babka, this is my favorite chocolate schmear filling, which I created for the kugelhopf in The Bread Bible.

Ingredients

VOLUME WEIGHT
bittersweet chocolate, 55% to 62% cacao

Method

Melt the Chocolate

In a small microwavable bowl, stirring with a silicone spatula every 15 seconds (or in the top of a double boiler set over hot, not simmering, water, stirring often—do not let the bottom of the container touch the water), heat the chocolate until almost completely melted.

Remove the chocolate from the heat source and stir until fu