Chocolate Bostock | Hailee Catalano Recipes | Cafe Hailee

Ingredients

• Honey syrup
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 tsp vanilla bean paste or extract
• Almond paste
• 4 Tbsp unsalted butter (softened)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg (room temperature)
• 1/2 cup almond flour (lightly packed)
• 1 Tbsp cognac (whiskey or rum (optional))
• 1/4 tsp kosher salt
• 1/8 tsp pure almond extract
• 4 thick slices brioche bread (day old and fresh both work!)
• 1-2 oz semisweet chocolate bar (roughly chopped (depending how chocolatey you want it))
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds
• Flake salt (for garnish)
• Powdered sugar (for garnish)