Chocolate is unquestionably one of the most coveted ingredients by fans of sweet desserts. Therefore, this time, we want to teach you to prepare an original, rich and practice recipe to savor both dessert and snack. This elaboration consists of chocolate pepas, where we use chocolate in two formats, dust and bar, to season both the dough and the filling. It is an ideal preparation for chocolate lovers and for people who are not so expert in cooking, since it is an easy to follow recipe. Meaning yourself reading in recipes and learn how to make exquisite chocolate pepas. Lets cook!
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| Ingredients to make chocolate pepas: |
| 1 egg 170 grams of flour 0000 1 tablespoon of baking powder 1 pinch of salt 20 grams of bitter cocoa 50 grams of butter 50 grams of sugar (¼ cup) 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence 50 pastry chocolate |
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Ingredients to make chocolate pepas:
1. To start with the recipe for chocolate pepas, first cream ointment with sugar helping you with a spatula until both ingredients are fully integrated. On the other hand, the color must change to a whitish. Aromatizes this mixture with the essence of vanilla.
Trick: You can add other aromas such as orange or lemon zest, which perfectly combine with chocolate.
2. Add the egg at room temperature. If you reserve it by refrigerator, you can withdraw a few minutes before starting preparing your dulce de leche pepas. On the other hand, if you wish, you can also break it in a bowl and heat it in the microwave at minimum power for about 30 seconds. Take it with the help of a hand whipper.
3. Mix the dry ingredients of this preparation, that is, the flour with the baking powder, the bitter cocoa and the pinch of salt, this last ingredient will enhance the taste of chocolate. You can also use sweet cocoa, an ingredient that is used to make chocolate with milk, but the taste will not be so intense and you should use less sugar in the first step. Add them to the butter mixture, sifting them previously with the help of a sieve or fine strainer.
4. integrate with a spatula or cornet without kneading too much or your dough will be very tense. Nor should you use your hands too much, on the contrary, you will transmit heat to the butter and will be difficult to maneuver. Do not worry if this happens, you will only need to cool it for a few minutes covered.
5. When the dough is ready, take it to a clean and shape with it a roll of the diameter that you want your pepas. Next, short cookies 1 finger wide, provide the characteristic shape with the help of your fingers.
6. In the following photograph you can see the shape of the pepas. Then, arrange them in a previously greased roasting, cook in the preheated oven at 180 ºC for about 5 minutes.
TRUCK: There is also the possibility of making chocolate bathed pepas, you just have to incorporate the decks in melted chocolate.
7. Past 5 minutes of pre-coction of your chocolate pepas, retir them and highlight the little hole with the help of the tip of a kneading or packaging stick, as you can see in the image. Then cook them for about 3 more minutes.
8. While the pepas are cooked, prepare the chocolate to fill. To do this, you must melt it in the microwave at minimum power and stirring every 40 seconds. You can also do it in the water bath in a pot on boiling water, the pot should not be in contact with the water, you should only use steam as a heat means.
9. When your pepas are cooked and removed from the oven, arrange them on a rack to cool and it is more practical to fill them. Also, do it with the help of a spoon and correct if necessary. You will see that, you can return the chocolate to the center of the cookie or crush the tips that can be formed so that you are prolific.
Trick: If you wish, you can also make pepas with chocolate chips.
10. When chocolate has been tempered you can enjoy your pepas. To eat! Tell us in the comments your opinion and share with us a photograph of the final result.
