I've blogged this slice previously, without a photo. And it's so damn yummy I had to make it again and am hoping a photo will inspire you to try it! It's dead easy and quick. Awesome with an espresso!
No Nutella this time (I didn't have any) and it's still as good. Here's the recipe again, I've mucked around a little with proportions and ingredients. I think this one is better:
FABULOUSLY EASY DELICIOUS CHOCOLATE SLICE WHICH IS KINDA LIKE A HEDGEHOG
3 oz copha, melted
1 x 250g pkt milk coffee biscuits, crushed
1/2 cup cocoa
1 tsp vanilla
1 tin condensed milk
1 cup shredded coconut, more for the top
Method:
Crush the biscuits to a fine consistency in a food processor. If you don't have one you could bash them in a bag with a rolling pin till finely crushed. Might take longer but would be quite cathartic.
Melt copha in microwave. In a big bowl mix the crushed bikkies, the copha, vanilla, condensed milk and coconut. Mix well and press into slice tin (make sure slice tin is well greased and floured and lined with baking paper, this is a sticky slice until set.) Use wet hands to press down into tin.
Cover with shredded coconut.
Set in fridge for about half an hour, turn out and cut into bars. YUMMO.
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P.S. A note on "Australian-ness"
It's been brought to my attention that some of my recipes have ingredients only available in Australia. Hmm. Good point!
Here are some note on the ingredients in this one that you might not recognise if you don't hail from Down Under!
** "English" version **
(a)
COPHA: Solidified coconut oil that stays solid at room temperature. It's white
and comes in blocks, but turns clear when melted. Palmin is the German brand
name of the same stuff we have in Oz. An alternative is 2 parts shortening or
lard with one part creamed coconut.
COPHA: Solidified coconut oil that stays solid at room temperature. It's white
and comes in blocks, but turns clear when melted. Palmin is the German brand
name of the same stuff we have in Oz. An alternative is 2 parts shortening or
lard with one part creamed coconut.
(b)
BISCUITS: Any of these will work perfectly, whatever you can find: Milk coffee,
Arrowroot biscuits, Morning coffee, basically a plain sweet biscuit. In fact, a
Digestive would work well too, they're just a bit softer so would alter the
texture
(c)
COCOA: as in the powdered chocolate stuff. You gotta be able to get that at Tesco.
(d)
VANILLA: I should have specified, Vanilla extract. You can use vanilla essence
if that's all you've got.
(e)
CONDENSED MILK, as in Nestle sweetened condensed milk… hopefully you can get
this? It also makes fabulous caramel – we'll get to that another time.
(f)
SHREDDED COCONUT: you can use desiccated if that's all you can find, shredded
just has more texture.
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