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      Title: Chocolate & Armagnac Slice
 Categories: Alcohol, English, Dessert
      Yield: 1 Serving
 
           Butter;
           - a little for greasing
      5 tb Armagnac
     75 g  Prunes; pre-soaked, stoned,
           - chopped
    250 g  Caster cane sugar
      4    Eggs
    225 g  Unsalted butter
     75 g  Plain flour
     75 g  Cocoa powder
    225 g  Dark chocolate;
           - good quality
     75 g  Pecan nuts; chopped
     75 g  Dates; stoned & chopped
 
  Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F. Lightly grease an 8" flan case.
  Put prunes in a bowl, pour over the Armagnac and leave to soak.
  Beat together sugar & eggs making sure all the sugar dissolves
  completely. In a saucepan melt the butter and whisk in the sugar
  and egg mix. Sieve the flour and cocoa powder into a bowl. Sieving
  serves two purposes. Lumps go and air is added. Add it to the egg
  mix. Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of warm water. Stir
  that into the egg mix, together with the pecans, dates, and soaked
  prunes.
  
  Pour the mix into the flan case and bake for 30 to 40 minutes.
  Leave to cool and slice into wedge shapes. Delicious with fresh
  cream.
  
  Recipe by Gary Rhodes, Northumberland
  
  Posted by: Ron Curtis
 
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