Tinginys

Despite its resemblance to the famous Italian chocolate salami, this simple, no-bake dessert known as the lazy man is considered a genuine Lithuanian delicacy. It is made using a mixture of crumbled cookies, cocoa, condensed milk, butter, and sugar, then moulded into the proper shape and let to set. According to a commonly believed anecdote, tinginys was accidentally developed but quickly became the nation's favorite.

Ingredients:

14.1 oz (400 grams) of simple cookies or digestive biscuits,a can of condensed milk,1 1/4 sticks of butter (about 150 g),5 tablespoons of cacao powder,any optional add-ins (chocolate chunks, raisins, nuts)

Instructions:

• Take all the cookies and crush them by hand into small pieces.
• Melt the butter. Add the cacao powder and the condensate milk to the melted butter and mix it well.
• Add the butter mixture to the bowl of crushed cookies and combine well.
• Optional: Add any mix-ins. Here we used nut raisin chocolate chunks.
• Now, pour the mixture in the cake pan and cover it with cling film. Alternatively, pour it on cling film and shape it in the desired shape. Here, we shaped one like a chocolate salami and the other as a loaf.
• Cool the shaped mixture in the fridge for at least 2 hours but ideally, overnight.
• Once cooled, slice it up and serve it with tea or coffee.