These golden brown and buttery melted chocolate sandwiches filled with crunchy hazelnuts and fruity jams are too good not to make (and not to eat).
PREPARATION TIME: 20 mins
COOKING TIME: 5 mins
SERVES: 2
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup blanched hazelnuts
- 2 ounces 70% to 75% cacao dark chocolate baking bars, coarsely chopped (about 1/2 cup)
- 1/3 cup orange marmalade
- 1/4 cup fig jam
- 1/4 cup salted butter, softened
- 4 (1/2-inch-thick) slices challah (or thick bread)
- Flaky sea salt
METHOD
- Heat a large pan/skillet over medium. Add hazelnuts; cook, stirring often, until light golden and fragrant, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat; let cool 5 minutes. Crush or coarsely chop. Stir together hazelnuts, chocolate, marmalade, and fig jam in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- Spread butter evenly on 1 side of each thick bread/challah slice. Place 2 slices, buttered side down, on a clean work surface; spread hazelnut mixture evenly on the 2 slices. Top with remaining 2 slices, buttered side facing up.
- Heat a large pan/skillet over low. Add sandwiches; cover and cook until golden on bottoms, about 3 minutes. Press with a spatula to flatten slightly, and flip sandwiches. Cover and cook until browned on other sides, about 3 minutes, reducing heat as needed if bread is browned before chocolate melts completely. Transfer sandwiches to a cutting board, and cut in half. Sprinkle with salt to taste, and serve.
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Source: Chandra Ram - Food & Wine - www.foodandwine.com
