Chocolate Snow Pillows

Ingredients

Yield:

40 cookies

• Ingredients

  • 345g of 55% Chocolate
  • 60g Butter
  • 100g Bread Flour
  • 1g Baking Powder
  • 110 Ground Almonds
  • 3 Eggs
  • 100g Sugar
  • 30g Triple Sec Liqueur
  • 1pc Orange Zests
  • Caster sugar
  • Icing sugar

Preparation

Difficulty:

Easy

Total Time:

3 Hours

 

1. Process

   1. Melt chocolate and butter over double boiler. Set aside.
   2. Combine the bread flour, baking powder, and ground almonds. Set aside.
   3. With an electric mixer, whip the eggs and sugar until thick. Add the liqueur and zests from one orange.
   4. Stir in the chocolate mixture, followed by the dry ingredients.
   5. Put dough into a container and refrigerate until dough in chilled and set.
   6. With a small ice cream scooper or melon baller, make little balls of the dough.
   7. Toss the balls of dough in caster sugar to coat. Then roll the dough in icing sugar.
   8. Place dough on baking tray lined with parchment paper leaving a little space between dough.
   9. With your hand, press the dough down slightly, about halfway.
   10. Bake in 165°C oven for 15-18 minutes.
   11. Cool cookies completely before storing in a sealed container.