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Chocolate Salami

Ingredients

• 12 oz. chocolate, melted (I used Hershey’s Special Dark)

• 1 stick (8 ounces) butter

• 1/2 cup crumpled amaretti cookies (or graham crackers or “digestive” biscuits)

• 1/2 cup pistachios

• 1/2 cup hazelnuts, roughly chopped (or other nuts you prefer

• 1/4 cup dried cherries

• 1 T. Cherry Marnier (or any liqueur you like)

• powdered sugar for exterior

• twine (optional)

Instructions

1. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler.

2. When it is nearly melted, add the butter in pieces and melt it.

3. Chop the amaretti cookies and nuts (I left the pistachios whole) and put in a bowl with the cherries.

4. Pour the melted chocolate over the nuts and cookies and add the liqueur.

5. Place the bowl in the refrigerator for about 15-20 minutes until it firms up, but keep checking because you don’t want it so firm that it’s too hard to roll.

6. Dish out the chocolate onto a piece of plastic or waxed paper.

7. Roll into a log and place it back in the refrigerator until very firm, maybe an hour or so.

8. When it’s firm, sprinkle powdered sugar all over.

9. Tie up with butcher’s string if desired, and slice to serve.