STRAWBERRY BONBONS

STRAWBERRY BONBONS image

Categories Dessert

Yield 25 bonbons

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 pint strawberries,finely chopped
1 T sugar
1 pint vanilla ice cream, softened
25 nilla wafers
1 # dark chocolate, chopped
1/2 c pistachios, chopped

Steps:

In a saucepan, simmer strawberries and sugar, until soft and syrupy about 20 mins Let cool Transfer ice cream to mixing bowl, fold in 1/2 c strawberry mixture. Cover and freeze until firm, about 1 hour. Place cookies, flat side down on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Top each cookie with 1 small scoop of ice cream. Freeze until firm, about 30 mins In a double boiler, melt 3/4 of chocolate. Take off heat, stir in remaining chocolate until melted. Dunk each bonbon in chocolate to coat, return to prepared baking sheet. Immediately sprinkle with pistachios. Freeze until firm, about 30 minutes