Chocolate Artichoke

Name: Chocolate Artichoke
Prep time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: Makes 1 artichoke
Ingredients: 500 g (1 lb) plain chocolate; 2 tablespoons sunflower or groundnut oil; 50 g (2 oz) icing sugar, sifted; a globe artichoke; 25 g (1 oz) cocoa powder, sifted; 4-5 drops of oil of peppermint (available at chemists); 25 g (1 oz) caster sugar; 25 g (1 oz) butter; a 6.5 cm (2½-inch) square piece of cake; 2 tablespoons water

Preparation info

Makes
1
artichoke

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 15

Appears in

The Chocolate Lover's Cookbook

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1987

About

A chocolate artichoke is certain to provide a talking point and is an amusing finale for a special dinner. The leaves can be pulled off and eaten as after-dinner mints. It looks very difficult to make but is surprisingly easy and fun to do.

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb) plain chocolate
2 tablespoons sunflower</

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Melt the chocolate in the top of a double saucepan. Stir in the sunflower or groundnut oil and the peppermint oil. Do not use cake covering as it is unsuitable. Allow the chocolate to drop to blood temperature before dipping. Peel the leaves off the artichoke, discarding any dirty or damaged ones, and dip the outside of the leaves in the chocolate. Shake any