Chocolate Rocky Road

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 200 g dark chocolate, 70% cocoa solid
• 1/2 fresh red chili, deseeded and finely chopped
• 100 g mixed unsalted nuts, for example, almonds, hazelnuts, pistachios, pecans
• 1 tablespoon sunflower seeds or 1 tablespoon pumpkin seeds
• 100 g mixed dried fruit, for example, golden raisins, dried mango, cranberries, cherries

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 200 degrees c/ 400 degrees f/ gas 6.
• 2 put the chopped chilli pieces and the nuts and seeds on a tray and bake for about 5 minutes until toasted-remove from oven, cool slightly, then roughly chop.
• 3 smash up the chocolate and melt it in a heatproof bowl over simmering water. once the chocolate is smooth and melted take the bowl off the heat and leave to one side.
• 4 mix together the fruit and nuts in a bowl, and reserving a large handful, mix the remainder into the melted chocolate.
• 5 line a baking tray with parchment paper, and spoon in the chocolate mixture, smoothing it out with the back of a spoon. sprinkle with the reserved fruit and nuts, and leave to cool/ or place in fridge for 30 minutes.
• 6 once it has set, smash it up into bite sized chunks. this will keep for a week in airtight container.