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Chocolate Yule Log with Chestnuts
A classic French Christmas dessert with rich chocolate flavor and delicate chestnut puree texture. Decorated with glaze imitating tree bark and festive ornaments.
- Total
- 40 min
- Standard serving
- 144.6 g
Ingredients
Total 7
Instructions
- 1
Step 1
Melt 150 g of chocolate together with 6 tablespoons of cognac, coffee and vanilla extract in a water bath. Do not stir until the chocolate is completely softened.
- 2
Step 2
Add 100 g of butter, remove the saucepan from the water bath and let the butter soften. Then mix the mixture.
- 3
Step 3
Place the chestnut puree in a mixer, beat with sugar, add melted chocolate and mix thoroughly.
- 4
Step 4
Spread the mixture into a baking pan lined with aluminum foil. Leave overnight in the refrigerator to harden.
- 5
Step 5
The next day, remove the mixture from the mold and shape it into a log with your hands. Trim the edges, creating bevels. Form branches from the trimmings and place them along the edges of the log. Place the log on a dish covered with foil and put it in the refrigerator.
- 6
Step 6
For the glaze, melt 150 g of chocolate with 2 teaspoons of cognac and 50 g of butter in a double boiler. Stir until it reaches a paste-like consistency. Cover the log with the glaze using a soft spatula. Use the tines of a fork to draw grooves that imitate tree bark.
- 7
Step 7
Decorate the yule log with flowers or small marzipan figurines.
- 8
Step 8
Before serving, place the log on a lace paper napkin and dust with powdered sugar through a sieve.
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