Strawberry petits fours

Name: Strawberry petits fours
Yield: Makes 15
Cuisine: French recipes
Ingredients: 100g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), broken up; 1 tsp Cointreau or a similar liqueur (don’t use any more than this); 15 ripe strawberries, stalks on

Published: 30 Jun 05
Updated: 18 Mar 24

Test kitchen approved

End your meal or dinner party with a flourish – these lovely fruit-and-choc mouthfuls go perfectly with a coffee.

Makes 15
Takes 25 minutes to make, plus 15 minutes cooling

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Ingredients

100g dark chocolate (70% cocoa solids), broken up
1 tsp Cointreau or a similar liqueur (don’t use any more than this)
15 ripe strawberries, stalks on

Method

Line a baking sheet with some baking paper.
Put the chocolate and Cointreau or other liqueur into a bowl and melt in the microwave on a low-ish power for short bursts – it’s easy to overwork dark chocolate. You can melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water. Either way, don’t stir!
As soon as the chocolate has melted, start to dip the strawberries. The trick to a posh-looking petit four is to have no bald patches and no drips, so carefully dip and rotate the fruit. Once it’s been coated two-thirds of the way up (you want to see some red), pull it out of the chocolate and let it drip. Hold it upside-down for a few seconds before transferring it to the tray with the baking paper. Repeat with the rest and leave to set in a cool place – not the fridge.

Recipe from July 2005 Issue

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving

(Per petit four)

Calories: 38kcals
Fat: 1.9g (1.1g saturated)
Protein: 0.4g
Carbohydrates: 5g (5g sugars)
Salt: trace

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