Chocolate Pistachio Covered Strawberry
 
 
Ingredients
  • Fresh strawberries- 1 box
  • Semi-sweet chocolate chips - 1½ cups
  • Coarsely ground pistachios- 1 cup
Instructions
  1. Coarsely grind the pistachios and keep aside in a bowl.
Melting chocolate in a double boiler:
  1. Fill bottom of a double boiler with water and place on low heat.
  2. Place the chocolate chips on the top of the double boiler over hot water ( not boiling water) and let the chocolate melt.
  3. Do not cover the pot.
  4. Stir constantly until the chocolate melts and is smooth.
  5. Remove the top of the boiler from the hot water.
If you don't have double boiler:
  1. Fill the half of the saucepan with water and place on low heat.
  2. Put the chocolate chips on a glass bowl and place the bowl on the hot water in the saucepan.
  3. Stir constantly and let the chocolate melt.
  4. Carefully remove from the glass bowl from the saucepan, it will be hot.
Dipping the strawberries:
  1. Take one of the strawberries, first dip it in the melted chocolate.
  2. Then dip it in the pistachios.
  3. Place the chocolate pistachio covered strawberries on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper to harden.
  4. Repeat the same with other strawberries.
  5. It will take around 20-30 minutes for the chocolate to harden.
Notes
If you don't like pistachios you could avoid this, dip just in the chocolates.
You could do this with other fruits or nuts like cherries, apples, cashew nuts, walnuts etc
Recipe by Cooking with Thas - Wholesome Homemade Recipes at https://thasneen.com/cooking/chocolate-pistachio-covered-strawberry/