BAKED CHOCOLATE PATE

Ingredients

• 150 g 70% dark chocolate, chopped and melted

• 225 g butter, plus extra for greasing

• 500 g castor sugar

• 1 Tbsp rose water

• 5 free-range egg, beaten

Cooking Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 120C and grease and line the bottom of a 22cm loaf tin.

2. Melt the chocolate and butter in a glass bowl over boiling water then set it aside.

3. Beat the eggs and 80g of the caster sugar until the mixture triples in volume.

4. Heat the remaining sugar with 6T of water until the sugar has dissoved. Boil for 1 minute, then pour the syrup into the chocolate mixture and allow to cool slightly.

5. Beat the chocolate mixture into the egg mixture, add the rose-water and pour into the loaf tin.

6. Place the loaf tin into a larger pan and add enough hot water to the latter to cover 3/4 of the side of the loaf tin.

7. Bake for 50 minutes, remove from the oven and cool in the water.

8. Turn out onto a platter to serve.

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