Jo Pratt's Chocolate Eggs
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Ingredients
Accompaniment
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Description
Don't just buy Easter eggs this year, make your own – along with truffle cake, hot choccy buns and a chocolate liqueur
Method
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Place the chocolate, golden syrup,cocoa powder and butter in a saucepan
,,and gently heat until melted. Stir in the orange zest and crushed digestives,then mix well.
Leave the mixture to cool for about 20-30 minutes, or until it is cool enough to shape, and then firmly mould into neat eggs using your hands. Sit in an egg box or egg cups, loosely lined with clingfilm and put in the fridge to set for about 30 minutes.
Individually wrap the eggs in tissue paper, tied with coloured ribbon, or you can decorate them with Smarties stuck on with some melted chocolate.
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