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Chocolate covered strawberries.
Ingredient:
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6 ounces of semisweet chocolate, chopped.
1 pound of strawberries with stems, washed and dried very well.
Preparation:
1. Melt the chocolate. You can do this with a microwave if you want to. Stir the chocolate as it is being heated until it is smooth.
2. Remove the chocolate from the heat source. 3. Line a sheet pan with parchment or waxed paper.
4. Hold the strawberry by the stem, dip the fruit into the chocolate, lift and twist slightly, letting any excess chocolate fall back into the bowl.
5. Set the strawberries on the parchment paper. Repeat with the rest of the strawberries.
6. Set the strawberries aside until the chocolate sets, which will take around 30 minutes. You can chill them by putting them in the refrigerator.
Want to add an extra twist to these chocolate covered strawberries? Try dipping a fork into some melted white chocolate
and letting the white chocolate drizzle over the already chocolate covered strawberries. You can drizzle dark chocolate on strawberries that have been dipped in white chocolate as well.
Once you've gotten the hang of making chocolate covered strawberries, you can do endless variations with dark, milk, and white chocolate. Have fun with it! No matter what the designs are that you come up with, it's still chocolate and strawberries
and it tastes delicious!
But that's not all! You can also dip cherries, pretzels, bananas, starfruits, pineapple, melon, etc. in chocolate. The fun is endless! Once you have dipped a piece of fruit in chocolate, you can put it in the fridge to allow the chocolate to cool. And if you want, you can even put the chocolate covered fruit pieces in the freezer too! Just don't leave them in there for too long, or you'll have a hard time eating them.
If you're a bit daring, you could have chocolate covered strawberries available to your guests as well as chocolate martinis.
Is that too much chocolate for your guests? What about tea martinis?
Are you getting married sometime soon? Or are you helping plan a wedding? Attending a friend's?Here is a wedding favor that will make everyone smile in appreciation... Chocolate covered strawberries! They can be dipped in such a way as to make a tuxedo and a wedding dress design. They look just like the groom and the bride and it's so cute!
Choco-nut Frozen banana.
Ingredients:
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1 cup (8 ounces) of semisweet chocolate chips.
1 tablespoon of vegetable oil.
1 cup of chopped peanuts.
4 firm ripe bananas, peeled and cut diagonally in half.
8 wooden craft sticks.
Preparation:
1. Line a baking sheet with waxed paper.
2. Melt 1/2 cup of chips following package instructions. Stir in 1 1/2 teaspoons of the oil. Scrape into a shallow plate with a rim.
3. Spread 1/2 the nuts on a piece of waxed paper.
4. Insert a craft stick into cut end of 4 banana halves. Roll bananas in melted chocolate (use a spoon to help), then roll in chopped nuts. Place on prepared sheet.
5. Repeat with the remaining ingredients. Freeze for at least 1 hour before serving or before placing in an airtight container and freezing them up to 1 month.
Chocolate fruit curd recipe.
Ingredients:
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1/2 pineapple.
2 tablespoon of cocoa powder.
1 bowl of black grapes.
10 almonds.
10 cashewnuts.
1/2 cup Sugar.
1/2 kilogram of curd.
2 apples.
1 Orange.
Preparation:
1. Squeeze out the water from the curd by wrapping the curd in a piece of cloth and hanging it for 45 minutes.
2. Add the cocoa powder and the sugar and beat these two ingredients well.
3. Peel off the apples and oranges; and grate it.
4. Mix the grated fruits into the curd paste; refrigerate it.
5. Garnish it with almonds and cashew nuts.
6. Serve.
