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Port Royale chocolate fudge
Ingredients
3 packets of round wine biscuts
300g butter
can condensed milk
2 cup coconut
2 Tbsp cocoa
zest of one orange
Icing
2 cups chocolate
100ml cream
Method
Melt butter and add condensed milk. Blend biscuits and cocoa in food processor until crumbly and add to butter mixture.
Mix coconut and orange zest.
Line a sandwich tin with baking paper and press fudge mixture into it.
Icing
Bring cream to the boil and remove from heat. Add broken-up chocolate. Stir until chocolate has melted. Pour over fudge and sprinkle with coconut.
Requested by Melanie Mackenzie.
Provided by Port Royale Cafe, Port Chalmers.
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