Hazelnut and milk chocolate fragments are buried in a layer of chocolate shortcrust, under a stratum of soft dates and a crumble crust. Holy Triassic, Batman!
the finely grated zest of one or two oranges
100ml orange juice
375g stoned and chopped dates
250g plain flour
3/4 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp cocoa
125g light soft brown sugar
125g unsalted butter, softened
75g roasted, skinned and chopped hazelnuts
100g milk chocolate, chopped into small pieces
Pour the orange zest and juice into a saucepan with the dates and 100ml water, bring to the boil, simmer and give it a good stir until the mixture thickens then leave to cool. Spoon the flour, baking powder, cocoa and sugar into a bowl and work in the butter with your fingers until it just starts to form a rough crumble. Stir in the hazelnuts and chocolate. Press two-thirds of the mixture into the base of a buttered 18cm square tin then spread the date mixture over this. Slightly dampen the remaining crumble with a few teaspoons of water so that you get bigger and moister crumble pieces then spread this over the top. Bake at 180°C/160°C fan/350°F/gas 4 for about 40 minutes.
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