Friday, July 30, 2010

Chocolate Dipped Strawberries – Your Favorite Dessert

Have you tasted chocolate dipped strawberries? Of course, it is really tempting when you look at this dessert and is equally delicious to taste. Its unique blend of sweet and tart has made this dessert a favorite of all. This surprisingly simple dish serves as a good dessert and is great for use in cakes and pastries.
As we all know, fruits are top providers of vitamins and minerals. And especially, strawberries are an excellent source of vitamin C, manganese, and fiber. It also contains some portions of potassium. Thus, dipping lush red strawberries in chocolate has become one of the best ways of making healthy and scrumptious dessert. Being an excellent source of Vitamin C, minerals and fiber, chocolate dipped strawberries has numerous health benefits. Its dietary fiber aids you in regulation of digestion. It helps in balancing out the requirement of minerals by the body, thereby ensuring good performance of all basic functions. Vitamin C is not only an antioxidant, but also aids in immune system function of your body.
Making chocolate dipped strawberries is quite easy. For making this dessert, you need to have 30 fresh, large strawberries with the green stalks, 250 grams of bitter-sweet chocolate chips, half cup cream and finally, one tablespoon brandy or any other brand liquor. Always pick up fresh strawberries as they are very sweet and are available in dashing dark red color. First of all, wash the strawberries and allow them to dry. If you are using strawberries that are refrigerated, then bring them to the room temperature and then dip into the hot chocolate. The next step is to melt the chocolate chips. You can melt it by keeping it in your microwave for just one minute and then blend it with brandy or the liquor you intended to use.
By holding the stem or leaves of the strawberries, gently dip it in the chocolate and swirl to partially cover. Now, take off the strawberries from the hot chocolate and shake it before removing. Repeat the above steps for remaining strawberries. Generally, chocolate dipped strawberries have to be consumed within a day. Always remember it to serve at the room temperature so that you can enjoy the best blend.
To make chocolate sauce, you can either use milk chocolate or dark chocolate. Although milk chocolate contains sufficient portions of copper and phosphorous, it is likely to be very high in saturated fat. Hence, it is always advisable to consume in moderation. The dark chocolate is used to prepare the healthiest chocolate dipped strawberries, as the saturated fat present in dark chocolate is comparatively less than the milk chocolate's. Moreover, dark chocolate is a good source of manganese, magnesium, and iron. It helps you in reducing your blood pressure.
Generally, chocolate dipped strawberries taste great with two types of wine - champagne and red wine. Also, this appealing dessert goes no less good with Pinot Noir wine.

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