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maltatoday SUNDAY 24 DECEMBER 2017 THIS WEEK 35 Malted chocolate cookies with white chocolate and almonds Ingredients • 50g butter • 200g dark chocolate • 1 tin condensed milk • 25g ground almonds • 2 tbsp Ovaltine • 200g self-raising flour • 100g white chocolate • 100g almond slivers • 150g white chocolate • Green and red sugar pearls Method 1. Melt the chocolate and the butter and mix until smooth and shiny. 2. Add the condensed milk and mix well. 3. Add the ground almonds and the Ovaltine and mix well. 4. Leave to harden a little in the fridge for 30 mins until stiff but still pliable. 5. Pre-heat the oven to 180C. 6. Cut the white chocolate into chips and add to the dough along with the almond slivers. 7. Roll into balls, flatten and place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper. 8. Bake for 12 mins. The cookies will still seem soft but will continue to harden whilst they cool. 9. Allow to cool for 10 mins on the baking tray, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. 10. Melt the remaining white chocolate in a small bowl. 11. Dip half of the cookie into the white choco- late and add sugar pearls. Allow the choco- late to set and store in an airtight container for up to two weeks. These cookies are great even without the white chocolate and sugar pearl garnish. The red and green give them a bit more of a festive twist. Made from a strict selection of grapes – exclusively of the Primitivo variety – grown on a terrain of reddish ochre earth mixed with slabs of limestone that have been crushed (according to the unique technique known as spietramento), and following 12 months' maturation in 65-hectolitre casks of precious Slavonian oak as well as appropriate bottle-ageing, this cru maintains the rigour of its indigenous cultivar whilst opening itself up to international taste. Indeed, the name Sasseo ("stony") chosen for this Primitivo is intended to recall the uniqueness, sunniness and strength of the terroir that one finds in the glass. Bouquet: This wine offers the nose full and intense aromas with hints of plums, jams of red fruits and sweet accents of spices. Palate: A wine of a good body, it has a mouth-filling flavour that is warm and soft and expresses a highly mature fruitiness, supported by a pleasant complex of sweet tannins. Food Affinities: Bean and chicory soup, red meats roasted over the coals and roast lamb. Exclusively imported by Charles Grech & Co. Ltd, Valley Road, Birkirkara T: 2144 4400 Sasseo Masseria Altemura, Sasseo Primitivo, Salento IGT , Italy