Recipe of the week: Apricot and chocolate bar

If you are like most of us in JOE and have a sweet tooth, then this is just what you want. A chocolate bar, low on ProPoints and a bit of fruit as well.

Apricot and chocolate bar

The basics:

• Serves 8
• 4 ProPoints values per serving
• 31 ProPoints values per recipe
• Takes 20 minutes and 1 hour chilling
• Vegetarian

What you need:

• 150g (5 ½ oz) plain chocolate (at least 70% cocoa solids)
• 60g (2oz) ready to eat dried apricots, chopped roughly
• 2 low fat digestive biscuits, broken into small pieces
• 2 egg whites
• 15g (1/2 oz) white chocolate

Swirls of white chocolate with melted plain chocolate, crushed biscuits and chopped apricots are chilled into a tasty bar.

What to do:

1. Line a 20cm (8 inch) square baking dish with baking parchment.
2. Put the plain chocolate in a heatproof bowl, and place over a pan of gently simmering water- do not let the bottom of the bowl touch the water or the steam come into contact with the chocolate. Stir the chocolate once or twice until melted then remove from the heat and leave to cool slightly.
3. Stir the apricots and digestive biscuits into the chocolate.
4. In a clean, grease-free bowl, whisk the egg whites until they form stiff peaks. Gradually fold the egg whites into the chocolate mixture until combined then tip the mixture into the prepared dish, spreading it out into an even layer, about 1 cm (1/2 inch)thick and about 20cm (8 inches)x 13cm (5 inches). It won’t fill the entire dish but that’s ok.
5. Melt the white chocolate the same way as the plain chocolate, stirring occasionally. Drizzle the melted white chocolate on top. Chill in the fridge for about 1 hour or until set.
6. Once set, cut the chocolate bar into eight piece and store in a lidded container in the fridge until ready to eat.

Serving suggestion:

Vegetarian - You might like to replace the apricots with the same quantity of goji berries for the same ProPoints values per serving.

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