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Curly Cooks: La Tresse au Chocolat

Since we're all stuck inside for lockdown, many people are currently baking to pass the time, including me! So, Curly Cooks is a series on the various items that I'm making while on lockdown, most of which will carry personal stories. Today's recipe is another pastry from my days in France: La Tresse au Chocolat (or Chocolate Twist).

Curly Cooks: La Tresse au Chocolat



Full disclosure, I didn't eat this a lot in France - if I had a choice between chocolate or almond filling I'd always go for almond. But, it is a French classic and a friend of mine requested that I try it, so, here we are! It's basically what it sounds like: pastry, chocolate, twisted together.

You only need two ingredients: premade puff pastry and chocolate spread (of your choice, I used plain but I'd recommend Nutella or whatever brand you like best). 
First things first, roll out the puff pastry to a large-ish rectangle shape:

Then, cover it in your chocolate spread, as close to the edges as you feel necessary and as thickly spread as you'd like:

Roll it up into a long log shape:

And then cut it in half, lengthways, like so:

Finally, making sure the top is attached, twist the two strips of pastry together to form the braid and make sure that it is stuck together nicely at the bottom:

Put it on a prepared baking tray into a preheated 180C oven for 20-30 minutes, until it's crispy and cooked through.


Cut yourself a slice and enjoy with a coffee and pretend you're in Paris or Toulouse and not rainy England.
Prep time: 10 minutes            Cook time: 25 minutes            Serves: 6

Ingredients
250g premade puff pastry
3tbsp chocolate spread
Steps
1. Preheat the oven to 180C and prepare a baking sheet.
2. Roll out the puff pastry nice and thin into a large rectangular shape.
3. Put your chocolate spread onto the pastry and spread it out so it covers most of the surface.
4. Roll the pastry up and then cut it down the middle (vertically) so you have two long strips.
5. Twist the two lengths together, with the chocolate inside facing upwards as much as possible.
6. Once twisted, put in the oven for around 25 minutes, until the top is golden and the chocolate is bubbling.
7. Let it to cool, cut a slice and enjoy.


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