It's fig time! When we walked our neighbor's dog last week, we passed a huge fig tree with lots of ripe figs. My mother decided to pick a few and on our way home we invented these fresh fig bonbons. They are very easy to make and taste delicious. Be sure to use only very sweet and ripe figs. If you cannot find these, you can always make the bonbons with dried figs.
You'll need: appr. 15 ripe figs, 100 g (3.5 oz) dark chocolate (70%)
Extra: parchment paper
1. Break the chocolate in pieces and put them in a bowl that can be heated (or use a Bain-Marie pan, like we did). Put the bowl on a pan with boiling water in it. Make sure the water doesn't touch the bowl. Melt the chocolate slowly on a low temperature. Stir from time to time.
2. Pour the melted chocolate into a little glass. Preheat the glass by holding it briefly under warm runnning tap water, this prevents the chocolate of getting cold immediately.
3. While holding the figs by the stems, dip them into the melted chocolate. Set them on a board covered with parchment paper.
4. Put the figs in the fridge until they are set.
5. Wrap a piece of ribbon around the stems of the figs if you like, and put them in a little box. They'll make a nice present.
Enjoy your chocolate covered figs!!!
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