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Chocolate-Mint Tiddlywinks

Name: Chocolate-Mint Tiddlywinks
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 20 servings
Ingredients: Equipment: 2 sheets of acetate, the thicker the better, each about 18 by 24 inches (you can get this at an art supply store, or 2 pieces of parchment paper, or 2 nonstick baking mats; and a pastry bag (optional); 20 fresh whole mint leaves, unblemished; 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, tempered if possible

COOK TIME : 5 minutesPREP TIME : 20 minutes

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You can't grow up in Chicago without becoming obsessed with Frango mints. They're a simple combination of chocolate and mint ganache -- a pastry term for chocolate and cream mixed together -- but I didn't know that when I was a kid begging to go to Marshall Field's to watch them being made. The chocolate seems to preserve the mint leaf; it will stay green and fresh for two or three days.

INGREDIENTS

Equipment: 2 sheets of acetate, the thicker the better, each about 18 by 24 inches (you can get this at an art supply store, or 2 pieces of parchment paper, or 2 nonstick baking mats; and a pastry bag (optional)
20 fresh whole mint leaves, unblemished
4 ounces semisweet chocolate, tempered if possible

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