Chocolate Coffee Caramel

Ingredients list for Chocolate Coffee Caramel

• 2 cups Dark chocolate chopped
• 2 tablespoons Instant coffee powder
• + 2 tablespoons Castor sugar (caster sugar) 1 cup
• + for greasing Butter 3 tablespoons
• 2 tablespoons Corn syrup
• ¼ cup Mixed nuts chopped
• ¼ teaspoon Salt
• ¾ cup Fresh cream

Method

1. Grease a barfi tray with some butter.
2. To make praline, heat castor sugar in a deep non-stick pan. Add corn syrup and one-fourth cup water, mix and cook till the mixture caramelizes.
3. Add three tablespoons butter and mixed nuts and mix well on high heat till well incorporated. Remove from heat, add salt and mix well.
4. Pour the praline into the greased tray, spread it evenly and set aside for thirty to forty minutes.
5. To make ganache, heat cream in a non-stick pan. Add coffee powder, mix and bring to a boil.
6. Remove from heat, add dark chocolate and mix till it melts. Cool down to room temperature.
7. Fill a piping bag fitted with a star nozzle with the ganache and refrigerate for fifteen to twenty minutes.
8. Break the praline into pieces. Reserve some for garnish and coarsely crush the remaining.
9. Put some crushed praline in each shot glass and pipe some ganache over it. Repeat the process to make layers and keep in the refrigerator to chill.
10. Garnish with the reserved praline pieces and serve chilled.