Chocolate Cranberry Chunks

Total Time: 22 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups cranberries, picked over
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 24 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups almonds, coarsely chopped
• 2/3 cup dark raisin

Recipe

• 1 line a 9-inch square pan with foil to cover all the sides, then press the foil until smooth & set aside.
• 2 in a heavy saucepan over medium-high heat, cook the cranberries with the sugar, stirring gently & constantly for 6 minutes, then remove from the heat.
• 3 in a heavy saucepan bring the heavy cream almost to a boil over medium heat, then place the saucepan in a large skillet of simmering water & add the chopped chocolate.
• 4 stir this mixture over the simmering water until the chocolate is melted & smooth, then remove from the heat & stir in the cranberries, nuts & raisins.
• 5 pour the chocolate mixture into the foil-lined pan & cool completely on a wire rack, before chilling briefly in the refrigerator until firm but not hard!
• 6 invert the pan over a sheet of wax paper, & use the foil to remove the block of chocolate from the pan, before gently lifting off the foil.
• 7 cut the mixture into 1 1/2-inch squares & serve at a cool room temperature.