Chocolate " Bomb"

Submitted by Lifeizbutadream

"Chocolate lovers this is a recipe for you. This can be prepared two ways. 1: in a bowl or 2: made into balls. Fantastic!"

 

• Ready In: 15mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 40

ingredients

• 1 (250 g) package biscuits
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 225 g semisweet chocolate
• 1 1⁄2 cups cocoa
• 1 1⁄2 cups icing sugar
• 3 tablespoons water
• 2 egg yolks
• 3 egg yolks
• 2 tablespoons rum ar cognac
• 1 cup toasted slivered almonds (optional)

directions

1. Melt the chocolate and butter in "bain-marie".
2. Beat eggs and the yolks with sugar until the mixture becomes white, add cocoa, water and rum.
3. After it gets cold, add the chocolate mixture into the eggs mixture and stir constantly.
4. Add the almonds and the biscuits in small pieces and stir well.
5. Pour the mixture into a bowl (in the shape of a hemisphere), after having it covered with a plastic membrane to prevent the mixture from soldering.
6. Keep "Bomb" in refrigerator.
7. Should you like the "Bomb" with chocolate syrup, which you prepare as follows.
8. Melt in "bain-marie" 150gr. of dark chocolate with 1/2 cup of cream and 2 tbsps of cognac. Make sure the "Bomb" is cold when pouring over it. Garnish with whipped cream.
9. Another way of serving is to place the mixture in the refrigerator to cool, then make small 1 inch round balls and place in baking cups to serve.