# Chocolate Salami
This is a very easy recipe that can be done without major tools and does not need cooking time. On top of that it is very easy to remember the exact measures of ingredients needed.
# Ingredients
1 egg
100g chocolate / cocoa powder - choose according to preference of sweetness
100g sugar - i prefer using sugar powder but the original recipe uses normal plain sugar
100g butter at room temperature
200g Maria biscuits
# Tools
A bowl/bag
A big mixing bowl
A tool/spatula you feel confortable using to mix all the ingredients. If you don't want to feel your arm's muscles too much the next day you can use en electric mixer
Aluminium foil
# Method
Start by roughly smashing the biscuits in a proper bowl/bag.
The biscuits should be smashed into little pieces but not so little they turn into flour/powder consistency.
In a big bowl mix the butter with the sugar, the egg and finally the chocolate/cocoa.
Add the smashed biscuits into the mix in the big bowl and mix it all together.
At this point you will wrap the mix with aluminium foil:
- Cut the aluminium foil into a rectangle shape
- Put the mix throughout the center of the rectangle-shaped aluminium foil - remember the final shape will resemble a salami/cylinder
- Wrap, press and shape the mix by bringing the top and bottom of the aluminium foil together
- Close the end bits of the salami by smushing the spare aluminium foil
Leave the chocolate salami in the fridge for 1h before it is served.
# Tips
It is important to leave the chocolate salami for a while in cold temperature but the exact time is not really important. Needs to be enough time so it can turn into a harder consistency as this will prevent it from falling apart when slicing. Inside tip: if i am on a rush i leave it for whatever little time i have in the freezer.
Do not remove the aluminium foil before slicing or you will probably be thinking "what the hell is this?"! The proper way to do it is slicing the chocolate salami when you take it out from the cold and serve/present the slices as they are. When someone chooses to eat 1 slice, that is when the aluminium foil should be removed before eating the slice.
# Author
Joana Ramalho