Always a great standby to have on hand at festive or holiday times. Toasting the nuts is essential for achieving a good flavour. Serve thinly sliced as it is very rich.

Ingredients

• ½ cup hazelnuts
• ¾ cup brazil nuts
• ¾ cup blanched almonds
• 250 grams dark chocolate, chopped
• ½ x 397 gram can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 tablespoon brandy

Method

1. Line a small 18x 8-cm slice tin with foil.
2. Place hazelnuts, brazil nuts and almonds on a baking tray and bake for 10 minutes until lightly roasted. Allow to cool.
3. Place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl and sit over a saucepan of simmering water until melted. Remove from heat and stir in the nuts, condensed milk and brandy.
4. Spread the mixture into the prepared tin and refrigerate. When set, remove from tin, peel away the tin foil and cut into wafer-thin slices.

Cooks Tips

- Use a good quality chocolate for this recipe. Avoid compound cooking chocolate. Energy chocolate is a good basic chocolate that is available from the supermarket.