Hedgehog wedge is an Australian dessert made of crushed biscuits and butter, cocoa powder or chocolate, and other ingredients. It is chilled and topped with glaze, coconut, sprinkles, or nuts. The recipe can use different types of cookies, and the mixture is combined with eggs and poured into a dish before being chilled.
A hedgehog wedge is a type of Australian dessert or snack that looks like a thick brownie but is actually made mostly of crushed biscuits or other crunchy dessert confections that are bound together by a mixture of butter, cocoa powder or chocolate and other ingredients. The mix is not baked in the oven but is a chilled cake variety that is chilled until ready to pop in. Most often, the top of the hedgehog slice is covered with glaze or sprinkled with grated coconut, sprinkles or nuts. In Australia and parts of New Zealand, porcupine wedge is regularly sold in bars, restaurants and other shops as a sweet treat.
One of the main components in a hedgehog slice is a type of cookie. Different recipes call for different types of cookies, and there is no single correct choice. In general, however, the biscuits used are pale in color in contrast to the rest of the slice and lightly flavored or unflavored. Vanilla, hazelnut, ginger, graham crackers and shortbread are all options that can be used to make a hedgehog wedge. Ultimately, however, the decision is up to the cook’s taste.
The first step in making a hedgehog slice is to put butter and sugar in a pan and slowly heat the mixture until all the sugar has dissolved and the liquid is smooth. You can use white sugar or brown sugar. Cocoa powder or chocolate chunks and other flavors, such as vanilla or coconut, are added to the mixture and blended until well incorporated. The whole mixture is then allowed to cool slightly.
Once it has cooled a bit, but while still somewhat warm, the eggs or yolks are added to the chocolate mixture. The mixture should be hot enough to heat the eggs, but not so hot that the eggs solidify instantly when added. The eggs can be tempered by first stirring in a small amount of the hot mixture before adding to the pan or, alternatively, the eggs can be beaten and heated slowly over a double boiler. In addition to keeping the eggs from curdling into solid pieces, this step heats them enough to remove any salmonella that may be present.
Once these ingredients are combined, the chocolate mixture is combined with the crushed cookies, poured into a baking sheet or other dish, and placed in the refrigerator until set. Toppings may include chocolate icing, tempered chocolate, sugar sprinkles, coconut, or powdered sugar. The completed hedgehog slice can be cut with a hot knife and served on a cake or stored in the refrigerator for later use.
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