Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries
An indulgent delight to kick-start the summer!
Equipment
- PansX2
- BowlsX2
- Baking parchment sheet
- Cooling rake
- Serving dishesX4
Ingredients
- 500 g fresh strawberries organic
- 1½ bar dark chocolate organic/Fairtrade
- 1 bar white chocolate
- 170 ml double cream or whipped cream tube
- 2 scoops ice cream optional
- 1 tbsp decoration/each chocolate sprinkles, freeze-dried berries, chopped almond flakes, shredded coconut, ground hazelnuts etc.
Instructions
- Cut a sheet of parchment paper and place it on the table under the cooling rack.
- Whip the double cream and place it in the fridge.
- Fill two pans about a quarter with water and bring to boil. Reduce the heat.
- Break each chocolate into pieces, and place in two ceramic bowls, one for each colour chocolate.
- Place the bowls on the pans making sure their bottom does not touch the boiling water. The chocolate will melt gradually from the steam, or bain-marie as the method is called.
- Stir occasionally for 4-5 minutes and turn the heat off when the chocolate is completely melted.
- Using oven gloves, remove the bowls from the pans and place them on trivets close to your working area.
- Hold the strawberries from the stem and dip in either colour melted chocolate. Allow the excess chocolate to drip, then place on the cooling rack. Repeat until half of the fruit quantity is used.
- Before the chocolate on the strawberries hardens, dip a part of the covered fruit in your chosen decoration or sprinkle the opposite colour chocolate using a teaspoon.
- Optionally, combine the colours, stir a little and dip the strawberry in the mixed chocolate; you will obtain a beautiful visual effect!
- Cover all strawberries in melted chocolate and decorate as you please, then place the rack in the fridge for complete cooling (about half an hour to an hour).
- Create shapes by dripping the leftover chocolate on the folded parchment and cool them as well.
- Assemble the finished dish starting with the whipped cream swirl-piped at the bottom of the dish. If you decide to use ice cream, place two different flavours scoops in the serving dish.
- Add an assortment of chocolate-dipped strawberries on top and serve chilled, preferably with a glass of bubbly wine.
