Chocolate-dipped fruits

Name: Chocolate-dipped fruits
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 4-6
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon white vegetable shortening or cooking oil; 1 tablespoon white vegetable shortening or cooking oil; 2 clementines or mandarin oranges; 540 g (1 lb 1¼ oz) strawberries; 185 g (6 oz) bittersweet chocolate, chopped; 2 clementines or mandarin oranges

Preparation info

Serves
4-6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
45 min

Appears in

Chocolate

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1998

About

Surely this is the way fruit was intended to be...sweet and juicy, and smothered with rich dark chocolate. The combination of fruits you use is only limited by your imagination.

Ingredients

540 g (1 lb 1¼ oz) strawberries
2

Dessert
Gluten-free
Vegan
Chocolate

Method

Line a baking tray with greaseproof or baking paper. Clean the strawberries by brushing with a dry pastry brush, or rinsing them very quickly in cold water and drying well on a thick layer of paper towels. Discard any berries with soft spots. Peel the clementines or mandarin oranges and remove as much of the white pith as possible, then break the fruit into individual