HOMAGE HEDGEHOG SLICE

Ingredients......250gm plain sweet biscuits, 3/4 cup of granulated nuts, 125gm of butter/ marg, 125gm castor sugar, 2 tbs of cocoa, 2 tbs of desiccated coconut, 1 tsp of vanilla extract, 1 egg, lightly beaten, 200gm of good quality dark chocolate. Crush the biscuits, leaving some lumps. Place in a bowl with the granulated nuts. Combine buter/ marg, sugar cocoa, coconut and vanilla extract in a medium saucepan over a medium low heat, stir until the butter/ marg has melted. Remove from the heat and cool slightly. Now add the bicuit and nut mixture along with the beaten egg. Melt the chocolate and stir thoroughly into the biscuit mixture. Turn out into a lined slice tray (I used 24cm x 24cm pan). Refrigerate until set and then slice. Store in the refrigerator.