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Barbecue strawberry skewers with chocolate sauce

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Barbecue strawberry skewers with chocolate sauce
Prepare
less than 30 mins
Cook
less than 10 mins
Serve
Serves 4

A fabulous way to finish your barbecue: griddled strawberry skewers, cooked very quickly so the fruit just begins to caramelise, served with a rich chocolate dip.

You will need 4 wooden barbecue skewers.

Ingredients

  • strawberries: 20 strawberries (about 250g/9oz), hulled and halved
  • caster sugar: 1 tsp caster sugar
  • black pepper: freshly ground black pepper

For the chocolate sauce

  • dark chocolate: 100²µ/3½´Ç³ú dark chocolate, finely chopped
  • double cream: 150ml/¼ pint double cream
  • passion fruit: 1 passion fruit, seeds only
  • allspice: ½ tsp ground allspice

Method

  1. Soak 4 wooden skewers in cold water for 1 hour.

  2. Thread the strawberries onto the skewers, sprinkle with the caster sugar and some freshly ground black pepper and set aside.

  3. To make the chocolate sauce, place the chopped chocolate in a heatproof bowl.

  4. Heat the cream, passion fruit and allspice in a saucepan and bring to a gentle simmer; as soon as tiny bubbles start to form at the edges, turn off the heat. Pour the cream over the chocolate, leave it to sit for 1 minute, then whisk until smooth.

  5. Place the strawberry skewers on the barbecue and watch them like a hawk – you want them to just catch and caramelise, so turn them after 30 seconds to a minute. Remove to a platter and serve with the chocolate sauce to dip.