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🍽️ Vegan Chestnut Chocolate Crescents

70 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Put the chestnuts and ground almonds into a mixer or use a hand blender.
  2. 2. Blend the ingredients until you have a very fine and smooth paste.
  3. 3. Take a large bowl and mix the flour, powdered sugar, vanilla sugar, and salt together.
  4. 4. Add the chestnut paste and the margarine to the flour mixture in the bowl.
  5. 5. Knead everything by hand or with a machine until you have a smooth and pliable dough.
  6. 6. Lightly dust a work surface with flour.
  7. 7. Divide the dough and shape it into long rolls about 2 cm thick.
  8. 8. Cover the dough rolls and place them in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
  9. 9. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
  10. 10. If you are using fan-assisted heat, set the oven to 160 degrees Celsius.
  11. 11. Take the chilled dough rolls out of the refrigerator.
  12. 12. Cut each roll into about 25 equal slices.
  13. 13. Shape each individual slice into a roll about 8 to 10 cm long.
  14. 14. Bend the roll into a crescent shape.
  15. 15. Make sure that the ends of the crescents are slightly thinner than the middle.
  16. 16. Line two baking sheets with baking paper.
  17. 17. Carefully place the crescents onto the baking sheets.
  18. 18. Leave some space between the individual crescents.
  19. 19. Bake the crescents for about 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven.
  20. 20. Remove the crescents as soon as they are lightly golden brown.
  21. 21. Let the crescents cool down completely on a rack or plate.
  22. 22. Chop the dark chocolate into small pieces.
  23. 23. Put the chocolate pieces and the oil into a metal bowl.
  24. 24. Place the metal bowl over a pot with hot, but not boiling, water.
  25. 25. Melt the chocolate while stirring occasionally.
  26. 26. Dip the ends of the cooled crescents into the melted chocolate.
  27. 27. Place the dipped crescents on fresh baking paper.
  28. 28. Let the chocolate dry in the air.
  29. 29. Decorate the crescents as you like with chopped nuts, orange zest, or powdered sugar.
  30. 30. Enjoy your meal and have fun savoring them!

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