How to Make Chocolate Concrete
Chocolate concrete, also called tiffin, amarone or cement, gets its name from its resemblance to a piece of sidewalk. This bar cookie dessert served in England and Scotland consists of melted chocolate with chunks of broken cookies and fruits in it. The result is a hardened dessert usually served with a pudding or sauce. Though not elegant in appearance, this dessert will please the palate of any chocolate-lover. The no-bake preparation method is preferable to other baked versions of chocolate concrete for its simplicity, requiring only a microwave oven. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 tbsp. sugar
- 1 oz. dark chocolate
- 1/2 tbsp. honey
- 1/2 tbsp. light corn syrup
- 3 tbsp. dried fruit, chopped
- 2 Microwave-safe bowls
- Whisk
- 8 oz. plain tea cookies, coarsely crumbled
- Buttered-coated spatula
- 6 oz. milk or sweet, dark chocolate
- 1 tbsp. vegetable shortening or oil
- Parchment paper
- Jelly roll pan or lipped baking sheet
- Pizza cutter
Instructions
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Combine the butter, sugar, 1 oz. of dark chocolate, honey, corn syrup and dried fruit in a microwave-safe bowl.
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Heat the mixture on medium power for three minutes, stopping to stir every minute.
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Whisk the mixture thoroughly until smooth.
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Stir the crumbled tea cookies into the chocolate concrete base.
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Line the jelly roll pan with a sheet of parchment paper.
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Pour the chocolate concrete mixture on top of the parchment.
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Flatten and smooth the concrete with a buttered spatula.
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Combine the 6 oz. of milk or sweet, dark chocolate with the vegetable shortening in a microwave-safe bowl.
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Heat the mixture on medium power in 30-second intervals, stirring after each, until the chocolate is melted smooth.
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Spread the chocolate sauce over the chocolate concrete in the pan.
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Cool the dessert until it hardens. Cut the concrete into small rectangles or triangles with a pizza cutter.
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Tips & Warnings
If you cannot find plain tea cookies, opt for any lightly sweetened cookie such as amaretti, biscotti or shortbread cookies.
