Wednesday 26 June 2013

An easy peasy Wimbledon themed dessert

This week I've been watching alot of the tennis at Wimbledon so thought I'd incorporate the food associated with it in a recipe, strawberries! This recipe is chocolate dipped strawberries with shortbread, an easy recipe you can make with things in the cupboard.

Serves 4 
Ingredients
12 strawberries  
60g/2 oz dark chocolate

125g/4 1/4 oz plain flour
1/4 tsp salt
82g/3oz softened butter or margarine 
37g/1 1/4oz caster sugar

Method
1. Melt the chocolate until smooth in either the microwave or in a bowl over a pan of boiling water. Dip the end of the strawberries into the chocolate and refrigerate. 
2. To make the shortbread preheat the oven to 180oC and line a small baking tray with baking paper. Beat the butter and sugar together until soft and light, add the flour and salt then combine into a dough.
3. Put the dough into the tray and squeeze it down with your knuckles until it is about 5-10mm thick, then bake for 20mins until golden brown. Take out of the oven, sprinkle with caster sugar and leave to cool on a cooling rack or in the tray you've baked it in.
4. Cut the shortbread into four rectangular pieces and serve with the strawberries (and maybe a cheeky Pimms to carry on the Wimbledon theme). 




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