5/15/2011

ChOcolate alfajor

On friday I went to buy some tips I needed, and ended up buying a cOuple of magazines too, sorry I couldnt help it mom :3


But one of the magazines had the most cool recipe for chocolate alfajores, wich is a South American recipe, and a very yummi one. So heres the magazine and the recipe...:D









Cookies:

  • 450g of AP flour
  • 200 of powdered Sugar
  • 300g Butter or Margarine
  • 2 eggs
  • Salt
  • 1 tspVanilla Flavor 
  • 1/2 a tso almond flovor
  • Baking powder 1tsp
  • Baking soda 1/2 tsp
  •  30g Cocoa
  • 2 tbsp of glucose
Procedure:
Cream the butter with the sugar and glucose until light and fluffy. Add egs one by one.
Make a well with all dry ingredients.
Add the flavorings
Crum the mixture of butter with the dry ingredients
Only integrate, as a pie dough.
Chill dough for at least an hour. 
roll ou and cu in circles

Bake a 300F for 18 to 20 min.
Let it cool.

Assembly
Dulce de Leche 
Ganache :
·                     1/2 c heavy cream
·                     8 oz  semi-sweet chocolate chunks
·                     2 T light corn syrup
·                     2 t of kahlúa

Drop in one cookie some dulce de leche and seal. Pour he chocolate ganache an let it cool (I did it overnight)
You can decorate with some candy melts.