Name: Chocolate-dipped lychees
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 500 gram can pitted lychees, drained; 4 piece sweet, preserved ginger, finely chopped; 200 gram dark chocolate, coarsely chopped; rose petals, to serve (optional)

Chocolate-dipped lychees

Serves 8

Prep

20M

Cook

Total

25M

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Ingredients

1 500 gram can pitted lychees, drained

4 piece sweet, preserved ginger, finely chopped

200 gram dark chocolate, coarsely chopped

rose petals, to serve (optional)

Method

1.Line a baking tray with baking paper. Pat lychees dry with paper towel. Push a little ginger into centre of each lychee.

2.Place chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water 5 minutes, stirring until chocolate melts. Remove bowl from heat and, working quickly, dip lychees into chocolate, one at a time. Place onto prepared tray and chill for 1 hour.

3.Place each lychee on a rose petal, if using, and serve.

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