Chocolate Mint Slice

This chocolate peppermint slice is easy to make and creates a wonderful sweet treat for an afternoon or morning tea. The 3 layers of this slice work really well together. The chocolate base provides a nice crunch, to complement the creamy peppermint filling which is then topped with a nice thick chocolate layer on top. It’s not super rich and is the type of sweet treat where one slice is never enough.

Ingredients:
Base
• 2/3 cup Brown Sugar firmly packed
• 1/3 cup Plain Flour
• 1/3 cup Self-Raising Flour
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 75 g Unsalted Butter melted & cooled
• 1 Egg whisked
Peppermint Filling
• 175 g Unsalted Butter chopped, softened
• 3/4 cup Icing Sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp Gelatine
• 1/3 cup Boiling Water
• 1 tsp Peppermint Essence
• Green Food Colouring
Chocolate Topping
• 200 g dark chocolate chopped, use premium chocolate
• 2 tsp Vegetable Oil

Instructions:
Base
1. Preheat oven to 180°C (fan forced)
2. Grease and line with baking paper an 18cm x 26cm rectangle baking pan.
3. Sift both plain and self-raising flour into a bowl.
4. Add sugar and cocoa powder and stir to combine. Use a wooden spoon. Make a well in the centre.
5. Add butter and eggs and stir to combine.
6. Spoon mixture evenly over base of baking pan and smooth surface with a spoon. The mixture is quite sticky and may take a while to try and spread evenly and smooth out.
7. Cook in oven for about 15 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cool in pan.
Peppermint Filling
1. Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar in a bowl until light & fluffy.
2. In a small jug add gelatine and boiling water. Mix until gelatine is fully dissolved.
3. With mixer beating the butter mixture, gradually add the gelatine and continue beating until thick and creamy.
4. Add in peppermint essence and beat through mixture.
5. Add a few drops of food colouring and beat through mixture. Add drops until the desired colour is achieved.
6. Pour peppermint filling into baking pan over the base and spread evenly.
7. Place in refrigerator to set (about 30 minutes)
Chocolate Topping
1. In a heatproof bowl stir chocolate and oil over a saucepan with simmering water.
2. Continue stirring until chocolate has melted and mixture is smooth
3. Remove from heat and let stand for 5 minutes to cool slightly
4. Pour over peppermint mixture in baking pan and smooth over surface with spoon.
5. Place in refrigerator to set.
6. Once set, lift out of pan and slice into squares for serving. Store in refrigerator.

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Chocolate Mint Slice

bon appetit