Strawberries and sandcastles recipe

Strawberries and sandcastles recipe

It just wouldn’t be summer without a trip to the seaside. Add just a hint of the beach by serving these bite sized British strawberries, dipped in dark glossy chocolate flavoured with a touch of orange, over a bed of crushed biscuit crumbs. You can press the mixture into mini buckets or dariole tins for a fun take on a sandcastle instead!

Ingredients

To make the 'sand' biscuits
  • 225 g gluten free flour
  • 1 vanilla pod, slit lengthways, seeds scraped from pod
  • 55 g icing sugar
  • 110 g butter, diced
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 tsp water
  • 6 ice cream cones
  • 55 g butter
  • 7.9 oz gluten free flour
  • 1 vanilla pod, slit lengthways, seeds scraped from pod
  • 1.9 oz icing sugar
  • 3.9 oz butter, diced
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 tsp water
  • 6 ice cream cones
  • 1.9 oz butter
  • 7.9 oz gluten free flour
  • 1 vanilla pod, slit lengthways, seeds scraped from pod
  • 1.9 oz icing sugar
  • 3.9 oz butter, diced
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 tsp water
  • 6 ice cream cones
  • 1.9 oz butter
To make the chocolate strawberries
  • 200 g dark chocolate, broken into pieces
  • 2 medium oranges, zest only (finely grated)
  • 2 tsp light olive oil
  • 500 g strawberries, chilled
  • 7.1 oz dark chocolate, broken into pieces
  • 2 medium oranges, zest only (finely grated)
  • 2 tsp light olive oil
  • 17.6 oz strawberries, chilled
  • 7.1 oz dark chocolate, broken into pieces
  • 2 medium oranges, zest only (finely grated)
  • 2 tsp light olive oil
  • 17.6 oz strawberries, chilled

Details

  • Cuisine: British
  • Recipe Type: Dessert
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Preparation Time: 45 mins
  • Cooking Time: 0 mins
  • Serves: 6

Step-by-step

  1. To make the sand biscuit, preheat the oven to 180C/gas mark 4.
  2. Add the flour, vanilla seeds, icing sugar and a large pinch of fine salt to a bowl or food processor. Add the diced butter and rub in until fine crumbs. Add the egg and just enough water to mix to a soft dough.
  3. Roll the dough out between two sheets of non-stick baking paper, slide on to a baking sheet then bake for 20 minutes.
  4. For the strawberries, add the chocolate, orange rind and olive oil to a bowl set over a saucepan of gently simmering water, making sure that the water doesn’t touch the base of the bowl. Heat until just melted then stir until smooth.
  5. Strain the chocolate through a fine sieve into a bowl, if liked then dip the strawberries into the chocolate and put on to a tray lined with non-stick baking paper. Put in a cool place to set.
  6. Crush the biscuit and ice cream cones into fine crumbs. Melt the remaining 55g of butter in a small saucepan, mix in 225g/8oz of the crumbs then pack into 6 small buttered mini buckets or dariole moulds.
  7. Chill 10 minutes then loosen and turn out on to small plates. Scatter extra crumbs on to the plates then arrange the strawberries on top, adding little flags or plastic spoons if liked.

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