Shortbread with Chocolate Butter Cream
Thanks to this easy recipe, you can now enjoy a delicious chocolate butter cream without spending hours in the kitchen!
- Course Desserts & Sweets
- Prep. Time 20 mins
- Cooking Time 15 mins
- Refrigeration Time 30 mins
- Yields 8 servings
Preparation
What You Need
Chocolate Butter Cream:
Shortbread:
Instructions
Butter cream
Make a syrup by boiling water and sugar together until sugar dissolves. Allow to cool to room temperature.
Melt chocolate in a double boiler. Set aside.
In a mixing bowl, beat butter at high speed for at least 10 minutes. Pour syrup in a stream into butter and add warm, melted chocolate.
Shortbread
Preheat oven to 300 ˚F (150 ˚C).
Mix icing sugar, butter, ground almonds, and salt. Add egg and flour. Flavour with Amaretto. Roll out dough and cut into desired shapes. Place cookies on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes.
Presentation:
Place a little butter cream on each cooled shortbread cookie and refrigerate 30 minutes. You can also use a pastry bag with a fluted tip for an even more attractive presentation!
Serve at room temperature.
Tips
For an even chocolatier treat, dip shortbread in melted chocolate and allow to cool. Kids will love it!
Suggested wine: La Fortune Domaine de l'Île Ronde, a red fortified wine.
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