Recipe - Chocolate Hedgehogs

4 Golden delicious apples
4 tablespoon Butter; melted
2 tablespoon Sugar
2 cup Heavy cream
1 pound Chocolate; coarsely chopped
One half cup Toasted almonds; cut or sliced up
One fourth cup Chocolate syrup; for garnish

1.Core and peel the apples.

2.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

3.Cut a One fourth inch slice from the top and bottom of the peeled apples. Halve
the apples horizontally and place them on a nonstick sheet tray. Sprinkle
with the melted butter and the remaining sugar. Bake in a 350 degree F oven
for 20 minutes or until tender. Remove and let cool. Once cool, use your
fingers to reshape the apple halves into rounds.

4.While the apples are cooling, prepare the chocolate whipped cream. Heat
the cream slowly over low heat. Add the chocolate and stir until melted.
Refrigerate overnight. Using a wellchilled mixing bowl and a mixer, beat
the cream on low until it forms soft peaks, approximately 15 to 30 seconds.
Fill a pastry bag with the whipped cream.

5.Place 2 apple halves on top of each other and shape into an oval. Pipe
the cream over the apples to cover completely. (You can also use a small
spatula to spread the whipped cream if you do not have a pastry bag.) Place
the toasted almonds upright, like spikes, in the whipped cream. Dot the
plate with chocolate syrup for garnish and serve.

Copyright credit: 1993 by Daniel Boulud © 1997 Lifetime Entertainment
Services. All rights reserved

Recipe by: www.Lifetimetv.com

Posted to MCRecipe Digest by Barb at PK abprice@wf.net on Apr 30, 1998