Crystallised ginger & chocolate shortbread
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- plus 2 hrs chilling, cooling and setting
- Easy
- Serves 20 - 24
Ingredients
- 200g salted butter, softened
- 90g caster sugar
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- 3 tbsp crystallised stem ginger, finely chopped, plus 2 tbsp to decorate
- 300g plain flour
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- 150g dark chocolate (at least 70% cocoa solids)
Method
- STEP 1
Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/ gas 5. Beat the butter, sugar and ground ginger together in a large bowl with an electric whisk until creamy. Add the stem ginger and mix to combine. Tip in the flour and cornflour, and mix until you have a thick dough. If needed, use slightly damp hands to bring it together.
- STEP 2
Roll out the dough between two sheets of baking parchment into a 22-24cm square that’s about 1cm thick. Slide onto a baking tray and chill for about 1 hr until firm.
- STEP 3
Remove the top sheet of baking parchment and cut the chilled dough into 20-24 rectangles (they should be about 10 x 2cm). Bake on the parchment on the baking tray for 15-20 mins until the edges are light brown. Leave to cool for 10 mins on the tray, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- STEP 4
Melt the chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water, ensuring the bowl doesn’t touch the water, or do this in the microwave in five-second bursts. Dip half of each biscuit into the chocolate and sprinkle with the extra chopped crystallised ginger. Leave to set for about 1 hr on a wire rack. Will keep in an airtight container for up to four days.
