Tempered chocolate covered strawberries

Name: Tempered chocolate covered strawberries
Prep time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: World Cuisine
Ingredients: • Milk, dark or white chocolate, 200 g; • Mycryo (Cocoa butter) 4 g (use 2 % per total mass of chocolate used, e.g. for 300 g of chocolate use 6 g of Mycryo); 150 g of strawberries, washed and dried

7 steps

Prep:1h

A very nice and simple but delicious recipe for making tempered chocolate covered strawberries. Serve by themselves or add as decorations to other bake!

Updated at: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 09:34:08 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories13.7 kcal (1%)

Total Fat0.7 g (1%)

Carbs1.4 g (1%)

Sugars1.1 g (1%)

Protein0.5 g (1%)

Sodium5.2 mg (0%)

Fiber0.2 g (1%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

15 servings

200gmilk

dark or white chocolate

4gMycryo

Cocoa butter, use 2 % per total mass of chocolate used for 300 g of chocolate use 6 g of Mycryo

150gstrawberries

washed and dried

Instructions

Step 1

Chop the chocolate into small pieces and melt over a water bath on a medium-low heat or melt in the microwave in bursts of 10-20 seconds

Step 2

Stir continuously until it hits melting temperature of around 45 °C

Step 3

When all the chocolate has melted take off the heat and leave to cool till around 35 °C

Step 4

Add the Mycryo (cocoa butter) and mix well

Step 5

Leave the chocolate to cool to cooling temperature (around 28 °C), then heat up to working temperature (around 31 °C). The chocolate should be tempered and ready to use straight away

Step 6

Test tempered chocolate by leaving some chocolate to set on a piece of baking paper for 2-5 minutes in the fridge. It should be shiny, come away easily without leaving marks, have minimum bloom and a clean finish.

Step 7

Pour chocolate into a container. Take your strawberries and coat in the chocolate, wiggle off any excess and leave to harden on a piece of baking paper. Once hardened eat or use as desired