Chocolate Caramel Diamonds

Name: Chocolate Caramel Diamonds
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 42
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 142 grams fine-quality bittersweet chocolate (not unsweetened); 3 larges eggs; 59 milliliters all-purpose flour; 79 milliliters heavy cream; 59 milliliters sugar; 118 milliliters stick unsalted butter; 59 milliliters unsweetened cocoa powder

Chocolate Caramel Diamonds might be just the hor d'oeuvre you are searching for. This recipe serves 42. One portion of this dish contains around 1g of protein, 5g of fat, and a total of 58 calories. Head to the store and pick up fine-quality bittersweet chocolate, butter, heavy cream, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter a 9-inch square baking pan and line bottom with wax paper.

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Butter

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Baking Pan

Wax Paper

Oven

Chop chocolate into small pieces. In a double boiler or a metal bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water melt chocolate and butter, stirring until smooth.

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Chocolate

Butter

Water

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Bowl

Remove top of double boiler or bowl from heat and whisk sugar into chocolate mixture.

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Chocolate

Sugar

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Whisk

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Whisk in eggs 1 at a time until combined well. Sift flour and cocoa powder over chocolate mixture and whisk until just combined.

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Cocoa Powder

Chocolate

All Purpose Flour

Egg

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Whisk

Pour batter into baking pan and bake in middle of oven until a tester comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Cool cake completely in pan on a rack and invert onto a baking sheet lined with wax paper.

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Baking Sheet

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Chop chocolate. In a dry heavy saucepan cook sugar over moderate heat, without stirring, until it begins to melt. Continue to cook sugar, stirring with a fork, until a deep-golden caramel.

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Chocolate

Caramel

Sugar

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Remove pan from heat and add cream (mixture will bubble up and steam). Simmer mixture, stirring, until caramel is dissolved.

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Caramel

Cream

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Remove pan from heat and add chocolate, stirring until mixture is smooth.

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Chocolate

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Pour ganache over top of cake and smooth with a spatula. Chill cake, uncovered, at least 30 minutes and, covered, up to 3 days.

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Lightly grease a baking sheet.

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In a dry small heavy saucepan cook sugar over moderately low heat, stirring slowly with a fork (to help sugar melt evenly), until a pale-golden caramel. Continue to cook caramel, without stirring, gently swirling pan, until golden.

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Caramel

Sugar

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Sauce Pan

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Remove pan from heat and pour caramel onto baking sheet. Cool caramel completely.

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Caramel

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