Berries in a Basket

Strawberries in a chocolate basket!

Cream, sugar, a couple of grates of nutmeg, and vanilla bean.  Whipped by hand to perfection:

A few tiny berries:

Chocolate basket: instructions here

Pipe in the whip and top with berries:

Garnished with apple mint.  Outrageously decadent.

How to make Chocolate Baskets

Start with chocolate chips in a double boiler - or a heat safe bowl over simmering water:

When it's melted, remove from the heat and add in a handful of room-temp chips.  This tempers the chocolate.  Otherwise it won't set - it'll be mushy at room temperature.

Stir until completely smooth and place into a piping (or ziptop) bag.  Using a small opening tip (or cut a small hole in the bag) drizzle the chocolate into an oiled container.  I used a fluted ramekin.

You can speed up the setting process by freezing it.  Then gently remove it from the container.