Prune Nut Chocolate Fool

Name: Prune Nut Chocolate Fool
Prep time: 40 min
Total time: 4 h 40 min
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 325 ml (11 fl oz) milk; ¼ teaspoon cinnamon; white chocolate curls; 2 tablespoons cold water; 50 g (2 oz) walnuts, chopped; 3 eggs, separated; 2 tablespoons Armagnac or Cognac; 125 g (4 oz) plain chocolate, chopped; 125 ml (4 fl oz) whipping cream, whipped; a pinch of salt; 100 g (3½ oz) vanilla caster sugar; 250 g (8 oz) cooked pitted prunes, chopped; 1 tablespoon gelatine

Preparation info

Serves
8

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
5 hr

Appears in

The Chocolate Lover's Cookbook

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1987

About

Prunes and nuts go well with chocolate and together they make an unusual and delicious dessert.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons Armagnac or Cognac
250 g (8 oz) cooked p

Dessert
Gluten-free

Method

Mix the Armagnac or Cognac with the prunes, cover and leave overnight if possible or for as long as is available. Place the gelatine with the water in a cup and leave it until it becomes spongy, then set the cup in hot water to dissolve the gelatine. Bring the milk and cinnamon to the boil in a heavy saucepan. Whisk the egg yolks with half the sugar in a bowl. Pour the hot milk over the egg yol