Softened butter thoroughly mash to the consistency of cream, add 100g icing sugar, mix thoroughly.

Pour in the cognac and also stir until smooth. The original recipe called for rum, but the rum was not, in the course went the brandy, and it sounded very good there. I think that Bailey will be there to the place, next time I will check it out.

Divide the resulting cream into two equal parts, to one add chopped nuts. About the nuts: the original had 60g of almonds and 40g of pistachios, but since we have pistachio strained, I allowed myself to change the recipe and today we have only almonds, and the first time I did with almonds and hazelnuts – was also tasty. Nuts is to roast and chop not very finely. Cream mix with nuts, the weight put on the foil and rolled into a loaf (I love for such purposes to use the Mat for sushi)...

...that's about it. And send it in the fridge for 1 hour.

Meanwhile, the remaining half of the cream mix egg yolks, cocoa powder and remaining 100g of caster sugar. It turns out that a fairly thick viscous mass.

Spread chocolate on the foil in the shape of a rectangle, which will be wrapped peanut butter cups – then turn on the eye: the height of the rectangle should be equal to the length of the loaf, the width – it (baton) of the circle. In the center put a frozen nut loaf and using the foil carefully wrap it in a chocolate shell. Good abenaim that the chocolate is evenly coated walnut stuffing, shape, wrap it in this phase, you will help us again Mat rolls, foil ends are fastened and for 3-4 hours we ship our sausage in the fridge to harden.

Here is the log turned out. That roll was round, it can be a couple of times in the process of hardening to roll as a rolling pin. But I was distracted by the kids, so this time the loaf came out a little flattened, but the taste is not affected. Before serving, remove the foil, roll, cut into pieces.

PS I Admit that the photo is not the best pieces, but this roll was prepared on a gift to our friend who fell in love with it at first bite, so to cut it further I decided not to. This is a very delicious dessert!

P. P. S. meanwhile, behind me My gold... assistants...