Palha Italiana
In spite of what its name might suggest, Palha Italiana is a traditional Brazilian dessert. While many may try to cook the perfect Palha Italiana, the official yummiest version is the one prepared by my mother, Cristina. As a child, I would sneak into the kitchen as she was cutting this chocolate fudge into cubes and rolling it in powdered sugar. First, I would steal a piece when she was not looking. Then I would ask for a piece as if it were my first. Then, I would ask for another one, but this time without sugar, just to check if it tasted just as good (a mini lawyer-in-the-making always has a good argument up their sleeve). I hope this recipe may provide you and your family with memories just as sweet as these.
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minutesIngredients
3 cans 3 sweetened condensed milk
4 tbsp 4 powdered chocolate
1 tbsp 1 unsalted butter
3 packages 3 Leibniz butter cookies
Powdered sugar
Directions
- Manually grind the butter cookies by breaking them until the pieces measure roughly 1 cm. Store them in a bowl as they will be used later.
- Add sweetened condensed milk and butter into a pan at medium heat. Stir until the butter is dissolved.
- Then add the powdered chocolate gradually and keep stirring.
- When the mixture starts to boil, add the ground butter cookies.
- Keep stirring until the mixture reaches such a consistency that the bottom of the pan becomes visible as you stir.
- Add the mixture into a tray covered with a thin layer of butter and let it cool.
- It may be served either cut into cubes other rolled into tiny balls. Softly roll the cubes or balls into powdered sugar or chocolate powder.
Equipment
- Pan
- Mixing bowl
- Tray
Notes
- It may be served either cut into cubes or rolled into tiny balls. Softly roll the cubes or balls into powdered sugar or chocolate powder.