HOMEGROWN & HOMEMADE
recipes
This month FRAN STEVENS, aka The Food Wife, shows you how to prepare a few delicious summery homemade treats for you and your friends! These are super easy to make. Make and eat them fresh (within a day or two). Use them as a garnish on a dessert or as the dessert if you are hosting a dinner party or bring a box of them if you’re the guest. Ingredients Approx. 100g chocolate (white, milk or dark) per 300g strawberries Method Carefully wash the strawberries and dry them (gently!) using a clean tea towel.
CHOCOLATE-DIPPED STRAWBERRIES ✃
I’ve been thinking about homemade edible gifts, full marks if they are homegrown too! The strawberry plants on my allotment are in flower and I’m eagerly anticipating the arrival of the berries (I’m also anticipating the slugs will get to some
of them before I do too). So at the moment I’m relying on punnets of shop bought strawberries but it won’t be long before I can harvest my own or indeed you can visit a PYO.
Melt your chosen chocolate (if making these gluten-free and/or dairy-free use an appropriate chocolate) either in a heat proof bowl over a pan of simmering water (don’t let the bowl come in contact with the water) or in a bowl in the microwave in 30 second bursts, stirring after each time. Line a tray with baking paper, and then use the stalk to hold each strawberry as you dip it in the molten chocolate. Use a spoon to help cover then gently shake off any excess and carefully place on the paper. Leave a gap between each one so they don’t stick together. Allow to set in the fridge and store in the fridge until ready to eat! THEWESTWILTSMAGAZINE 33
