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Amaretto Zabaglione and mince pies

10 minutes

Amaretto Zabaglione and mince pies

Name: Chocolate fridge cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Desserts & Baking
Ingredients: butter, melted 250 g,icing sugar 500 g,cocoa powder 80 g,Woolworths white chocolate-chip biscuits, crushed into chunks 200 g

By Hannah Lewry

Serves 6

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cooking Time 10 minutes

Ingredients

For the zabaglione:

3 large free-range egg yolks
3 T caster sugar
1/4 cup Amaretto liqueur
Woolworths mince pies, for serving

Method

1. Whisk together the egg yolks and sugar in a large glass bowl until well combined.

2. Place over a saucepan of simmering water – don’t allow the bottom of the bowl to touch the water – and whisk until the mixture thickens and holds its shape in thick streaks or ribbons. Slowly add the Amaretto and whisk until thick.

Serve immediately with warm mince pies.

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Photographs: Myburgh Du Plessis
Production: Hannah Lewry
Food Assistant: Claire-Ellen Van Rooyen

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Amaretto Zabaglione and mince pies

Amaretto Zabaglione and mince pies

Ingredients

Method