Mendiants - Beautiful Little Chocolates

Total Time: 19 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 4 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces best-quality dark chocolate
• 2 tablespoons green pistachio nuts
• 1/2 cup golden raisin
• 1/2 cup blanched almond
• 4 ounces candied orange peel (in strips)

Recipe

• 1 place a sheet of waxed paper on a marble slab or other smooth, cold surface. melt chocolate in a microwave oven or in a bowl over hot water. (to make life easier only melt 1/2 the chocolate first then the other half).
• 2 place a scant teaspoonful of melted chocolate on the sheet, and shape into a disk using the back of a spoon. make several at a time so that the chocolate does not become too cool.
• 3 place a pistachio, raisin, almond, and halved strip of orange peel on each disk, and leave to cool completely.
• 4 the mendiants are ready when they come off the waxed paper with ease.