Celebration Strawberries

Ingredients

Basic Simple Tea Syrup

• 1 ¼ cups water
• 2 Tablespoons Wedding Imperial Tea
• 1 cup sugar

Directions:

1. . Boil the water and pour over the tea
2. . Set aside for 10 minutes
3. . Strain –pressing the tea leaves against the strainer to extract the most flavor (you should end up with 1 cup ‘tea’)
4. . Return the strained tea to the saucepan and add the sugar
5. . Simmer gently for about 5 minutes
6. . Remove from heat and allow to cool
7. . Store in the refrigerator. Will keep for 2 weeks

The Strawberries

• 1 qt fresh strawberries, wiped clean but NOT washed
• 8 oz semi sweet chocolate morsels
• ½ teaspoon coconut oil
• 1 Tablespoon extra dark chocolate finely chopped
• *Simple tea syrup using Wedding Imperial Tea

Directions:

1. . Using a food infuser inject each strawberry with the* Wedding Imperial Simple Syrup
2. . Set on a kitchen paper lined plate and chill while preparing the chocolate coating
3. . The kitchen paper will absorb the extra syrup which has oozed from fruit which would ‘discourage’ the chocolate from setting!
4. . Melt the chocolate morsels together with the coconut oil in the microwave on High for 1 minute
5. . Allow to stand for 30 seconds then add the extra dark chocolate and stir until smooth
6. . Dip each infused strawberry in the chocolate and set on a parchment paper lined plate to set
7. . Chill until ready to eat. Good idea to serve in small paper cases

This recipe was developed for the Cultured Cup by Kyra Effren

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