It will probably be difficult to surprise you with a recipe for dried apricots in chocolate. This confection has been familiar to us since childhood. Largely because we inherited it from the old confectionery factory of the industrialist Alexei Abrikosov: a chocolate magnate of the twentieth century. But the fact that this is the favourite candy of Americans will definitely surprise you. If you google chocolate-dipped apricots, most of the recipes you find will be American. And this is not surprising, because American California is the world leader in the production of our beloved dried apricots. Let’s make this sweet, especially since it’s so easy.
It will probably be difficult to surprise you with a recipe for dried apricots in chocolate. This confection has been familiar to us since childhood. Largely because we inherited it from the old confectionery factory of the industrialist Alexei Abrikosov: a chocolate magnate of the twentieth century. But the fact that this is the favourite candy of Americans will definitely surprise you. If you google chocolate-dipped apricots, most of the recipes you find will be American. And this is not surprising, because American California is the world leader in the production of our beloved dried apricots. Let’s make this sweet, especially since it’s so easy.- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 5 minutes
- Makes: 32
- Difficulty: easy
- Course: dessert
- Cookware: bain-marie, cooking thermometer, silicone mat, disposable gloves
- Cuisine: European
Ingredients
- 32 dried apricots
- 32 toasted almonds
- 100 g white chocolate
Cooking method
Step 1
Boil water. Put dried apricots in a bowl, pour boiling water over. After 1 minute, drain the water, put the dried apricots on a kitchen paper and let them dry. Put almonds in dried apricots.
Step 2
Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie to 45-50°C, stirring constantly so that it heats up evenly. Remove from heat. Put on disposable gloves. Dip dried apricots in melted chocolate and place on a silicone mat. Leave to set. Store the chocolate-dipped apricots in a closed container in the refrigerator up to 15 days.
My tips and tricks:
Do you know how to break a bar of chocolate quickly? Sometimes the ingenious solution turns out to be extremely simple 🙂 If your chocolate is in a cardboard box, take it out, but do not remove the foil. If it is in paper or plastic packaging, do not unpack it. Simply roll the chocolate bar over a convex surface, e.g. a rolling pin or even the edge of a tabletop. You need to roll the bar 2 times: up and down, so that the chocolate is divided not only into strips, but also into separate cells.
- 32 dried apricots
- 32 toasted almonds
- 100 g white chocolate
- Boil water. Put dried apricots in a bowl, pour boiling water over. After 1 minute, drain the water, put the dried apricots on a kitchen paper and let them dry. Put almonds in dried apricots.
- Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie to 45-50°C, stirring constantly so that it heats up evenly. Remove from heat. Put on disposable gloves. Dip dried apricots in melted chocolate and place on a silicone mat. Leave to set. Store the chocolate-dipped apricots in a closed container in the refrigerator up to 15 days.