My first professional chef job was as a line cook at Keren, which at the time was the top restaurant in Israel. Honestly, it was the best start a chef could ask for. Many years have passed since then. But this recipe for chocolate fingers will stay with me forever. Editor’s Note: I asked Einat about making this parve and she said it loses the simplicity, but if someone tries it with homemade nutella and coconut milk, please let us know.
My Homemade Kit Kat
Servings
24 Servings
Ingredients
- 14 ounces 72% cacao chocolate broken into tiny pieces
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup Nutella
- 2 cups crushed cornflakes about 3 cups whole*
- 1 3/4 cups heavy cream
Instructions
- Fill a medium saucepan three-quarters full with water and bring to a simmer. Combine 1 ounce of the chocolate with the butter in a large bowl. Place the bowl over the saucepan and slowly melt the chocolate and butter together, stirring occasionally with a rubber spatula. Remove from the heat, reserving the pan of hot water, and stir in the Nutella. Cool completely, then mix in the crushed cornflakes. Spread this mixture evenly in a 9-by-13-inch baking pan and reserve in the refrigerator until the coating is ready.
- Bring the saucepan of hot water back to a simmer. Combine the remaining 13 ounces chocolate and the heavy cream in a large bowl and place it over the saucepan. Stir the mixture occasionally with a rubber spatula to combine the melting chocolate with the heavy cream. Remove from the heat and slowly pour the ganache over the crispy Nutella mixture. Place the baking pan in the refrigerator until the chocolate is completely set and firm. Cut into finger-sized rectangles and watch them disappear in minutes.
- *Kellogg’s Cornflakes are not gluten free, but Nature’s Path and others offer gluten free cornflakes. If you would like to make this gluten free make sure the cornflakes you choose say gluten free.
- CREDIT: “Excerpted from Balaboosta by Einat Admony (Artisan Books).Copyright © 2013. Photographs by Quentin Bacon.”
I know this post is old, but I still must share that I wrote to Nature’s Path last fall, asking about the status of gluten contamination in their products. I have celiac and kept getting contaminated. Since I don’t eat out, the contamination was most likely from a packaged food or flour that I was bringing in to my home. Nature’s Path, which also makes Envirokidz, replied that they DO use shared equipment. I also called Arrowhead Mills, which said they also use shared equipment for their flour mixes and single flour packages. These are trusted brands that can even say “GFCO certified” under the “GF” for gluten free, and yet, they are contaminated with gluten from shared equipment, my body tells me. I also asked Whole Foods about packages of foods that should normally be gluten-free, but aren’t labeled as GF. Headquarters told the store to tell me NOT TO TRUST any of their foods unless it says “Gluten Free” on the package. Friends, beware! Call the manufacturers to find out if they are using shared equipment. At this point, I have to Boycott Nature’s Path and Arrowhead Mills, for health reasons. I only trust the segregated line of Bob’s Red Mill, Pamela’s mixes, Rudi’s products, and only the things at Trader Joe’s that do not say, “Made on Shared Equipment”. My body has thanked me.
I knew Einet’s name from somewhere, or so I thought! Balaboosta, my favorite cookbook. Alas, I have never made it to the restaurant. Thank you Einet, et al!
Annette
you are right that regular Kellogg Cornflakes are not gluten free, but there are some gluten free options for corn flakes, like Nature’s Path. Since everything else in the recipe was gluten free I didn’t want people to miss out on making this with the right brand of corn flakes, but I will make a note in the recipe so people who might be cooking for others will know.
Corn flakes are not Gluten Free and this was recipe was listed under Gluten Free.
Thanks Ariella, I will look out for it.
There is a chocolate hazelnut butter I have found in most kosher supermarkets here in the NY area which is pareve. It is by the company “justins” and it has an OU. It is a drop less sweet than nutella but very flavorful ( i think it might even be better than nutella) and would probably be a quick and tasty substitute
Yum! I love crispy candy bars, and a homemade version with high quality chocolate would be wonderful.