The chef’s advice: chocolate desserts for New Year’s Eve dinner

Chef Giu Giunti offers two easy and delicious recipes with chocolate for your New Year’s Eve dinner.

I am a lover of practicality and I confess that pastry making is not my specialty, however knowing how to make a good dessert does not require in-depth knowledge or skills. The recipes that I will teach you are excellent alternatives for your parties, as well as very easy and delicious.

Crispy basket of chocolate and red fruits

Ingredients

• phyllo dough
• Melted butter
• Milk chocolate 250g
• 1/2 small box of cream
• Red fruits

Preparation method

Let’s start with the filo pastry baskets. Use a cupcake pan to create the shape. Roll out the dough, brush a little butter over the entire surface and place another sheet of dough on top. Cut it into a square and place it on the baking tray so that it becomes a basket. Place in a preheated oven at 180°C until golden brown. This mixture comes together very quickly, keep an eye on it so it doesn’t burn. For the filling, melt the chocolate with the cream and mix until smooth. To assemble, just before serving, fill the baskets with the cooled ganache and place the red fruits on top. Serve immediately so that the mixture does not soften.

Chocolate cake with pistachios and caramel

Ingredients

• 400 g of fresh cream
• 400g semi-sweet chocolate
• Phyllo dough
• Butter for brushing
• 1/2 cup chopped pistachios

Syrup

• 1 cup of sugar
• 1/2 cup pistachio tea
• 200 ml of condensed milk

Preparation method

Start with the filo pastry, make 6 layers of pastry, brushing with melted butter, arrange the sheets in the baking dish. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C until golden. Book. Heat the fresh cream in a saucepan and pour in the chocolate. Mix until you obtain a homogeneous mixture and pour over the dough. Refrigerate until solid. When it is cold, decorate separately with chopped pistachios.

For the pistachio syrup, melt the sugar until it turns into caramel and add the pistachios, then the condensed milk. Mix and set aside. The spot should be more liquid. If it is hard, dilute it with milk.

Source: Terra

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