Speculaas with Chocolate

Ingredients

• 150 g butter
• 125 g Brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• a pinch ground cloves
• a pinch ground cardamom
• 1 tsp lemon zest
• 60 g ground almonds (peeled)
• 300 g flour (+ 1 tbsp for working)
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 150 g almond slivers
• 150 g dark chocolate couverture

Instructions

1. 1.

   Beat the butter, sugar and egg until fluffy for about 10 minutes. Add the spices, lemon zest and ground almonds and mix well. Combine the flour and baking powder and knead into the dough. Wrap the dough in cling film and refrigerate for about 1 hour.

2. 2.

   Roll out the dough on a floured surface to about 4 mm thickness. Place the floured pattern onto the dough and press with a rolling pin. Cut out shapes and place directly on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Sprinkle almond slivers on top and bake in a preheated oven at 200 °C (180 °C fan, gas: level 3) for 10–12 minutes.

3. 3.

   Remove and cool on a wire rack. Roughly chop the chocolate, melt it over a hot but not boiling water bath, transfer to a freezer bag, cut off a small corner and decorate the speculaas with it. Let the speculaas with chocolate dry.