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Sweet Grazing Wreath Recipe

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Sweet grazing wreath is a festive and visually stunning dessert centerpiece featuring a chocolate salami made from crushed biscuits and pretzels mixed with melted dark chocolate and golden syrup. This wreath is decorated with colorful white chocolate jazzies, chocolate coins, fresh figs, bay leaves, and charming confectionery like pink sugar mice and chocolate cigarellos, perfect for holiday celebrations or special occasions.

Ingredients

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Chocolate Salami:

  • 100g biscuits (speculoos and digestives)
  • 50g pretzels
  • 200g dark chocolate, roughly chopped
  • 50g unsalted butter
  • 2 tbsp golden syrup
  • Small pinch of salt
  • 2 tbsp icing sugar

Jazzies Decoration:

  • 100g white chocolate
  • 1 tsp hundreds and thousands (sprinkles)

Additional Decorations:

  • Chocolate coins (ruby chocolate used)
  • Pink or gold lustre (optional)
  • Large figs, quartered
  • Bay leaves
  • Finger wafers
  • Pink sugar mice
  • Chocolate cigarellos

Instructions

  1. Prepare biscuit and pretzel crumbs: Put the biscuits and pretzels in a food processor and blitz to coarse crumbs or place them in a sealed bag and crush using a rolling pin to get chunky crumbs.
  2. Melt chocolate mixture: In a heatproof bowl, combine dark chocolate, unsalted butter, golden syrup, and a small pinch of salt. Melt the mixture in the microwave in 20-second bursts, stirring in between, until smooth; alternatively, melt over a pan of simmering water, ensuring the bowl doesn’t touch the water.
  3. Combine crumbs with chocolate: Stir the biscuit and pretzel crumbs into the melted chocolate mixture thoroughly to evenly coat all pieces.
  4. Shape chocolate salami: Spread the mixture onto a sheet of baking parchment and roll into a log approximately 6cm in diameter, using the parchment to help shape it. Twist the ends of the parchment to secure the log and tuck the ends underneath.
  5. Chill the chocolate salami: Chill the log for at least 3 hours or overnight in the refrigerator until it is set and firm.
  6. Slice and dust: Remove the chilled log from the parchment and dust with icing sugar, removing any excess with a pastry brush. Dip a sharp knife into boiling water, wipe dry, and then slice the salami into 2cm-thick pieces for serving.
  7. Make jazzies: Melt the white chocolate as described for dark chocolate. Line a large baking sheet with baking parchment, spoon small, round blobs of melted white chocolate (around 40) onto it, sprinkle with hundreds and thousands, then chill for at least 30 minutes until set.
  8. Prepare chocolate coins: Unwrap the chocolate coins. If desired, use a small paintbrush to coat them with pink or gold lustre for a decorative shimmer; otherwise, leave plain.
  9. Assemble the wreath: On a round serving platter, arrange the chocolate salami slices, white chocolate jazzies, chocolate coins, quartered figs, bay leaves, finger wafers, pink sugar mice, and chocolate cigarellos into a circular wreath shape for an impressive presentation.

Notes

  • The mixture needs to chill well to firm up for clean slicing, so plan accordingly.
  • If you don’t have a food processor, crushing biscuits and pretzels inside a sealed bag with a rolling pin works well.
  • Golden syrup adds sweetness and chewiness but can be substituted with honey or corn syrup if needed.
  • Use a sharp knife warmed between slices to achieve neat, clean cuts of the chocolate salami.
  • The wreath decorations are flexible — feel free to substitute or add seasonal fruits and sweets according to preference.

Keywords: chocolate salami, grazing wreath, festive dessert, no-bake dessert, chocolate biscuit log, holiday dessert

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