Strawberries with chocolate: recipe and toppings to decorate them

Combining chocolate and strawberries is a sure hit, a classic that never fails, especially on Valentine's Day if you want to present a most romantic breakfast or desserts, or on any spring day when you want to treat yourself. The contrast between the freshness and juiciness of strawberries, and the character and smoothness of chocolate in any of its varieties, makes decorated chocolate strawberries something addictive.

You have many ways to prepare chocolate strawberries: you can play both with the type of chocolate and with the decorations and toppings with which you will decorate them.

From dipping them into the melted chocolate bath in a fondue to savoring them when they're hidden under a thick black coating, there are as many ways to prepare them as your imagination desires. And to awaken your inspiration, today I bring you some ideas and decorations to celebrate this day in the sexiest and most delicious way.

Ingredients

1. Wash the strawberries under running water and let them drain well in a colander .
2. When the water has drained, dry them carefully with a bit of kitchen paper or a cloth, to completely remove the water.

Ideas to decorate strawberries with chocolate:

1) Strawberries with dark or white chocolate, with grated coconut

1. Melt the dark chocolate (or white chocolate) in a saucepan over a water bath, stirring until completely melted.
2. Bathe the strawberries one by one, dipping them into the chocolate with the help of a fork or pierced with a fine toothpick.
3. Shake to remove excess chocolate from each strawberry and, as you bathe them, arrange them on a smooth silicone mat .
4. Without letting the chocolate cool, sprinkle the grated coconut over them like a rain . This way, with the chocolate still hot, the coconut will stick to the chocolate.
5. When the chocolate has hardened, remove the strawberries from the mat and arrange them on a ceramic plate or tray . Ready to serve!

2) Strawberries with dark, milk or white chocolate, with nuts

1. All types of chocolate go well with nuts. So decide what chocolate you want to dip your strawberries in and melt it in a double boiler or microwave, and dip the strawberries in it. Shake off the excess and leave them on a silicone mat.
2. Before the chocolate cools, sprinkle the chopped nuts on top. Nuts such as chopped almonds, hazelnuts, pistachios, walnuts (ideal with dark chocolate) or macadamia nuts (delicious in white chocolate) are fabulous.
3. When serving, sprinkle a little salt flakes on top, it will be the final contrasting touch to some delicious strawberries.

3) Dark Chocolate and Salt Strawberries

1. Dip the strawberries in melted dark chocolate, and leave them on a mat to cool.
2. Sprinkle salt flakes on top of the chocolate, so it sticks. Don't overdo it, but you should be able to appreciate the salt.

4) Strawberries with white and pink chocolate

1. Melt the white chocolate in a bain-marie, stirring from time to time with a spatula until it has completely melted.
2. Bathe the strawberries one by one, dipping them into the chocolate with the help of a fork or pierced with a fine toothpick and carefully shake off the excess chocolate from each one. Arrange them on a silicone mat and let the chocolate harden, cool.
3. Meanwhile, melt a few drops or pieces of ruby ​​chocolate (pink chocolate) in a bain-marie. When it's done, let it lose temperature, warm up a bit (it shouldn't be hot).
4. Put the pink chocolate in a piping bag. Cut the tip of the sleeve, so that the chocolate comes out in a fine thread.
5. When the white chocolate has hardened, pipe threads of pink chocolate over the strawberries and leave until hard. You can also do it with a spoon, dropping the pink chocolate in the form of a thread on the strawberries.

If you want to alternate colors, do it the other way around, dipping the strawberries in ruby ​​chocolate and drawing threads of white chocolate. Strawberries dipped in chocolate (whatever you want) are also very beautiful, and with thick threads of the same chocolate.

7) Strawberries you and me

1. Melt the chocolate of your choice in a bain-marie, stirring from time to time with a spatula until it has completely melted.
2. Bathe the strawberries one by one, dipping them into the chocolate with the help of a fork or pierced with a fine toothpick, shaking off the excess chocolate from each one.
3. Place one strawberry on the smooth silicone mat and place the next one next to it, so that they are touching. In this way, when the chocolate cools they will be united.
4. Another option would be to bathe each strawberry in a different chocolate and form pairs by combining the different colors of each chocolate.
5. Present them on a ceramic heart plate , the most romantic!

8) Strawberries with Chocolate and Granulated Sugar

1. Dip the strawberries in melted dark chocolate and allow to cool.
2. If you don't have pearl sugar, apply two drops of water in a glass, and fill with 2 tablespoons of sugar. Mix, so that it picks up moisture.
3. When the chocolate is still hot, but has lost some heat, sprinkle on top the pearl sugar , or granulated sugar that you have prepared.