Chocolate fondant with gingerbread stars

Name: Chocolate fondant with gingerbread stars
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 85 g Flour; 1/4 TEASPOON Baking soda; 2 TEASPOONS ground ginger; 125 g fine cane sugar; 60 g Butter; 2 TABLESPOONS Caramel syrup; 1 Egg yolk (size M); 250 g Dark chocolate; 1 TEASPOON ground cinnamon; 5 Eggs (size M); 7-10 Tbsp Icing sugar; 7-10 Tbsp Flour; 7-10 Tbsp Grease

AUTHOR
Isreal Robertson

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

COOK TIME
50 mins

TOTAL TIME
50 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 8

85 g Flour
1/4 TEASPOON Baking soda
2 TEASPOONS ground ginger
125 g fine cane sugar
60 g Butter
2 TABLESPOONS Caramel syrup
1 Egg yolk (size M)
250 g Dark chocolate
1 TEASPOON ground cinnamon
5 Eggs (size M)
7-10 Tbsp Icing sugar
7-10 Tbsp Flour
7-10 Tbsp Grease

Directions

1
For the biscuits, mix flour, baking soda and 1 teaspoon ginger. Melt 25 g sugar, 25 g butter and syrup in a small pot. Add to the flour mixture with the egg yolk. Mix to a smooth dough with the dough hooks of the hand mixer.
2
Roll out the dough on a floured work surface approx. 4 mm thin and cut out approx. 16 stars (approx. 5 cm Ø). Bake in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: see manufacturer) for approx. 15 minutes until golden brown.
3
Let it cool down on a cake rack.
4
In the meantime, grease 8 ovenproof moulds (approx. 200 ml each). Finely grate 30 g chocolate. Sprinkle the moulds with the chocolate. Coarsely chop the remaining chocolate. Melt in a bowl over a warm water bath with the remaining butter, cinnamon and 1 tsp. ginger.
5
Remove the bowl from the water bath and let it cool down for about 5 minutes. Separate the eggs. Beat the egg whites with the whisks of the hand mixer until stiff, adding 100 g sugar. Stir the egg yolks individually into the chocolate mixture.
6
Carefully fold in the egg white and distribute into the prepared moulds. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: see manufacturer) for approx. 12 minutes. Dust with icing sugar and decorate with cookies.
7
Serve immediately.