Bon Appétit SEASON - FRUITS
RECIPE NAME:  CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRIES
RECIPE BY: BON APPETIT!
SERVING SIZE: 24
PREPARATION TIME: 1 hour
 INGREDIENTS:
8 oz semi-sweet block chocolate -
1 tablespoon butter -
3-4 tablespoons heavy whipping cream perhaps more
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract -
2 tablespoons confectioner's sugar -
24 - strawberries fresh
 
DIRECTIONS:
  • Over low heat, put chopped chunks of chocolate into a sauce pan and add the butter, stirring slowly.
  • Melt the two together, folding carefully.
  • In a bowl, dissolve the sugar into the cream.
  • If the sugar does not all dissolve, keep adding cream until it does.
  • Once liquid, add the vanilla and cream mixture and fold it in.
  • You may add more cream if the chocolate looks too thick and hard.
  • Lay some wax paper on a cookie sheet and spray it with a non-aerosol non stick spray.
  • You may butter the wax paper otherwise.
  • Take each washed strawberry by the green top and lightly turn it in the melted chocolate, coating each one in a layer of chocolate.
  • let the drips fall from it back into the sauce pan.
  • Continue to coat the strawberry until you think it looks good.
  • Place each strawberry on the wax paper and place the tray in your refrigerator for 20 to 30 minutes. Serve cold.
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