Chocolate doesn’t have to be a guilty pleasure! Exclusive to Rescu, these scrumptious chocolate kisses from Australian food pioneer Carolyn Hartz are the perfect long weekend baking treat. Free from gluten and sugar, now you can have your cake and eat it too – without ditching your healthy diet.
Chocolate Kisses
Makes 15
Biscuits
Butter or oil to grease
Pinch of cinnamon
30g cacao or good quality cocoa, sifted
80g Perfect Sweet® xylitol
150g raw almonds, ground
2 X-large eggs, whites only
Pinch of salt
Chocolate Ganache
50ml whipping cream
20g Perfect Sweet® xylitol
125g Dark Bitter Chocolate (recipe on website)
or good quality sugar free dark chocolate, chopped
Method
Preheat oven to 150˚C/130˚C fan-forced. Brush a baking tray with butter or oil to grease. Line with baking paper.
Mix cinnamon, cacao or cocoa, xylitol and ground almonds in a bowl.
Place egg whites and salt in a clean bowl and whisk with an electric beater until soft peaks form.
Then fold in the cinnamon mixture.
Roll into 30 walnut size balls. Place on the baking tray and flatten with the back of a spoon.
Bake for 15 minutes or until set. Cool.
Chocolate Ganache
Gently heat the cream and xylitol in a small saucepan (do not boil!). Remove from the heat. Add the chocolate and stir until smooth.
Let the ganache cool slightly for a thicker filling.
Once cooled, sandwich biscuits together with the Chocolate Ganache.
Filling Variation
Chocolate Butter Cream
125g unsalted butter, softened
40g Perfect Sweet® xylitol
10g arrowroot
10g cacao or good quality cocoa
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Using an electric beater, beat the butter until pale and creamy. Add the xylitol, arrowroot and cacao and beat until fluffy. Add the vanilla extract and beat on medium speed until combined.
Once cooled, sandwich biscuits together with the Chocolate Butter Cream.
Variation
Single Kisses
Omit the ganache and top single biscuits with nuts or seeds of choice before baking.
Bake as per recipe. Cool on tray.
For more sugar free recipes or to order Carolyn’s latest cookbook visit sweetlife.com.au
