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Sweet Cacao Nib Crackers
These crackers were created for my sixth chocolate dinner and grew out of my experimentation with almond flour. For weeks before the dinner, I just thought about the ingredients — how would I bind the almond flour so that it would stay in the shape of a cracker? What else did I need besides some salt and some eggs? How would I incorporate chocolate into this cracker – if it indeed formed into something that resembled a cracker? By the way, I may want to point out that I had already decided that this cracker was going to be served at the chocolate dinner alongside chocolate tapenade and honey drizzled goat cheese — it was going to happen. And, well…it did indeed happen! A single test the morning before the chocolate dinner turned into the actual crackers I was to serve as part of my Starter course. Whatever it was — luck or all the experimenting with almond flour for so many other savory and sweet treats the weeks previous — this cracker creation is one of my favorite creations to date.