Divine Ginger - Chocolate Dessert

Who said the best things in life have to be complicated?

This uber easy yet classy dessert is just that - simple and delicious. This is a dense, dark, goey kind of dessert with a kick of ginger. It is not a very sweet dessert and just the kind that I like to have.  I had friends over and got rave reviews for this dessert so at least I know that I'm not just going on about this dessert without a solid reason :)I have simplified this version from my Mom's famous Ginger Chocolate pie so that not only can it be made in 4 ingredients only, it is so easy, you'll be laughing all through the process. What's more, you can tell your friends that you slaved for hours for this delectable treat and they would never know your secret!

Ingredients:
2 packets Ginger Biscuits (you will need about 16 - 18
500 gm Chocolate (I use dark chocolate, but it is upto you)
200 gm Cream
3 heaped tablespoons instant coffee powder
2 cups hot water (okay this is the fifth ingredient, but I don't consider it really an ingredient!!)
Optional - garnish with almonds or grated chocolate

Method:

• Chop up the chocolate and put in a microwave safe bowl with the cream
• Heat for 30 seconds, take out and stir carefully
• Repeat this process till you get on thick, goey, shiney, gorgeous chocolate paste with no lumps. It should look like this - 

• Let this cool a bit so that it is at almost room temperature
• Take small bowl, mix the two cups hot water with the coffee powder so that you get a really strong coffee. Feel free to make espressos if you have the machine or opportunity to do so. 2 espressos in 1 1/2 cups hot water
• Dip half the Ginger cookies in the coffee and place at the bottom of a medium sized bowl
• Put half of the dark chocolate over this
• Repeat the process, putting the ginger biscuits dipped in coffee on top of this and topping with the chocolate
• Put in a refrigerator to set for an hour and then you can take it out and leave it as is. 

I would preferably have this on it's own because I love the intensity of the chocolate, however most people prefer to have this with Vanilla Ice Cream