Chocolate Concrete With Caramel Sauce Food

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• In a dry heavy saucepan cook the sugar over moderate heat, undisturbed, until it begins to melt, cook it, swirling the pan, until it is a deep golden caramel. Remove the pan from the heat, add the cream (the mixture, will bubble up, and simmer the mixture, stirring, until the caramel is dissolved. Add the chocolate and the salt and cook the sauce over low heat, whisking, until the chocolate is melted and the sauce is smooth. Whisk in the vanilla and serve the sauce warm or room temperature over ice cream.

CHOCOLATE CONCRETE WITH CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Put the flour, almonds, cocoa, caster sugar and a large pinch of salt into a food processor and whizz briefly. Add the butter and whizz until the mixture resembles damp sand.
• Generously butter the base and sides of a small (15 x 25cm) baking tin. Tip the mixture into the tin and press it down. Bake for 30 mins. Remove from the oven, sprinkle over some demerara sugar and cut into squares using a sharp knife while still it's soft.
• Meanwhile, heat the caramel and cream together in a pan. Serve the concrete warm with the caramel sauce. You can cool any leftovers and eat them cold - they will harden like shortbread.