Fresh Fruit Kebabs with Ganache.

Fresh Fruit kebabs with Ganache (Chocolate sauce)

Equipment

·      Wooden chopping board and sharp knife (large or small)

·      Peeler

·      2 mixing bowls

·      Measuring cup/ spoons

·      Wooden spoon

·      Kebab sticks (4 per pair)

·      Small pot

Ingredients

·      Selection of seasonal fresh fruit (4 total)

·      Cream, 2 Tbspn (30 ml)

·      Dark Chocolate, ramekin

Method

1.    Select the fruit then wash and peel and slice/dice into medium size chunks.

2.    Carefully skewer on the kebab sticks in a regular pattern and place on a clean plate.

3.    Melt the chocolate in the double boiler (mixing bowl sitting inside the pot ½ full of boiling water).

4.    Pour the cream into the measuring cup and heat in the microwave for 15 seconds.

5.    Whisk the hot cream into the melted chocolate until silky smooth.

6.    Pour over the fruit kebabs.

Chocolate (Theobroma cacao)

Food product made from the fermented, dried, roasted and ground beans of the tropical cocoa tree, native to Mexico and South America. The Mayans and Aztecs used it in religious ceremonies and the beans were used as currency. It is now grown mostly in central Africa.

Chocolate comes in several forms, including powder (cocoa/cacao), liquid (cocoa butter) and solid (chocolate).

The type of chocolate depends on the amount of cocoa butter (oil from cocoa bean), milk powder, lecithin (sugar) and vanilla that are added. The higher the cocoa butter content, the smoother and richer the chocolate.

Good quality chocolate is dark and a little bitter. It is actually healthy for you.

Milk chocolate is generally not good quality and is full of sugar. It is not healthy.

Couverture has a high proportion of cocoa butter and is used for dipping, moulding and for making professional quality chocolates