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     Title: Chocolate & Armagnac Slice
Categories: Alcohol, English, Dessert
     Yield: 1 Serving

          A little butter; for
          -greasing
     5 tb Armagnac
    75 g  Prunes; pre-soaked; stoned,
          -& chopped
   250 g  Caster cane sugar
     4    Eggs
   225 g  Unsalted butter
    75 g  Plain flour
    75 g  Cocoa powder
   225 g  Good-quality plain dark
          -chocolate
    75 g  Pecan nuts; chopped
    75 g  Dates; stoned & chopped

 Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F. Lightly gease an 8" flan case. Put
 prunes in a bowl, pour over the Armagnac and leave to soak. Beat
 together sugar & eggs making sure all the sugar dissolves completely.
 In a saucepan melt the butter and whisk in the sugar and egg mix.
 Sieve the flour and cocoa powder into a bowl. (Sieving serves two
 purposes. Lumps go and air is added.) Add it to the egg mix. Melt the
 chocolate in a bowl over a pan of warm water. Stir that into the egg
 mix, together with the pecans, dates and soaked prunes.

 Pour the mix into the flan case and bake for 30 to 40 minutes. Leave
 to cool and slice into wedge shapes. Delicious with fresh cream.

 Recipe by Gary Rhodes, Northumberland

 Posted by: Ron Curtis

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