No-Cook Fruit Slice -

No-Cook Fruit Slice

Ingredients

325 g (12 oz) shortcake biscuits
50 g (2 oz) ready-to-eat dried apricots, roughly chopped
25 g (1 oz) pistachio nuts, roughly chopped
25 g (1 oz) flaked almonds
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla essence
25 g (1 oz) glace cherries, chopped
25 g (1 oz) glacé ginger, chopped
200 g (7 oz) white chocolate
150 g (6 oz) unsalted butter
50 g (2 oz) plain chocolate

Details

Serves: 12

Method

1 Line a 20 cm (8 inch) round shallow cake tin with clingfilm.

2 Break the shortcake biscuits into small, bite-sized pieces and put into a large bowl. Add the apricots, pistachios and almonds and stir to mix with the biscuits.

3 Beat together the eggs and vanilla essence and stir into the biscuit mixture with the chopped glace cherries and ginger.

4 Melt 125 g (5 oz) of the white chocolate in a bowl set over a pan of simmering water. Melt the butter over a low heat and stir in the melted white chocolate. Stir into the biscuit mixture and mix well. Press the mixture into the lined cake tin. Chill for 4 hours, or until set and firm to the touch.

5 Melt the remaining white chocolate and the plain chocolate in separate bowls and then drizzle over the top of the chilled mixture. Chill for a further 30 minutes.

6 Ease out of the tin and mark into 12 sections.

VARIATION: If you can't eat uncooked eggs, substitute 115 ml (4 fl oz) orange juice.

PREPARATION TIME: 15 MINUTES, PLUS 4½ HOURS CHILLING TIME

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