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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Annalisa Barbieri

Notes on chocolate: in praise of ice-cream balls and chunky nut bars

‘Big pieces of caramelised almonds’: Lumi’s The Nuts.
‘Big pieces of caramelised almonds’: Lumi’s The Nuts Photograph: PR IMAGE

Thinking of my garden swing seat and hot days ahead (I’m hopeful), let me tell you about Little Moons. These are funny little ice-cream balls in varying flavours, in a chewy rice flour (mochi) dough. I love mochi balls; one of my favourite desserts is chocolate mochi, which you can sometimes get in Japanese restaurants. I love the gelatinous texture.

But these are ice-creams and easier to find. There are lots of flavours, but two chocolate ones, one just Belgian Chocolate, one Belgian Chocolate and Hazelnuts (the moniker Belgian chocolate makes me laugh since cocoa is only grown near the equator and certainly not in Belgium). You can find them in supermarkets, £5 for six. Let them chambré for five minutes before eating.

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