Shokaladnaya kolbasa

This is how to prepare Grandma's a/k/a Babi's traditional chocolate log.

I will give you two versions.  One is the traditional that Babi used to make every Christmas.  The second one is a little variation I learned later on.

Traditional method --

1  10 oz. dark chocolate chips
1/2 can of sweet condensed milk
1/2 cup raisins (I like to soak them in hot water for about 15 minutes prior to using them). 
1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts 
1/2 cup Maria cookies (found in your cookie section or the Spanish section of the supermarket), 

Melt the chocolate, since I don't have a double broiler I put a medium saucepan in a large pot 1/2 fill with water.

Once the chocolate has melted add the sweet condensed milk, while the medium pan still in the hot water.  To that add the raisins, just make sure that they are well drained. Once it is all mixed we'll take the medium pan from the hot water.

Let it cool down for a couple of minutes and then add the walnuts and cookies, mixing it all really well.

Lay a piece of parchement paper on your working space, put about half the chocolate mixture unto the  paper along the width of the paper. Start pressing, smoothing the chocolate into a log and roll the paper.

Put in the freezer, when ready to serve, slice it . Makes about 2 logs.


Modern version --

1 10 oz. dark chocolate chips
1/2 can of sweet condensed milk
1/2 cup raisins (I like to soak them in hot water for about 15 minutes prior to using them). 
1 cup little colored marshmallows

Melt the chocolate. Once the chocolate has melted add the sweet condensed milk, while the medium pan still in the hot water.  To that add the raisins. Once it is all mixed we'll take the medium pan from the hot water.

Let it cool down for a couple of minutes and then add the marshmallows, making sure it's all mixed well.

Lay a piece of parchement paper on your working space, put about half the chocolate mixture unto the  paper along the width of the paper. Start pressing, smoothing the chocolate into a log and roll the paper.

Put in the freezer, when ready to serve, slice it .

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