Ingredients
- 1 punnet strawberries, quartered
- ½ cup caster sugar
- ½ cup sweet sherry
- 1 rockmelon, in balls
- 400g dark chocolate, chopped
- 50g unsalted butter
- 2 tsp Grand Marnier
- 250g mascarpone
- 75g pure icing sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- crostoli and malt soil, to serve
Instructions
1 Combine the strawberries, caster sugar and sweet sherry in a small saucepan and cook gently for 15 minutes, until the strawberries soften. Strain through a fine sieve, combine with the melon, then set aside for 15 minutes.
2 Place the chocolate, butter and 280ml hot water in a heatproof bowl and set over a saucepan of simmering water. Once melted, set over a bowl of iced water and whisk constantly until the mixture thickens.
3 Whip the mascarpone, icing sugar and vanilla in a bowl until thickened. Spoon mascarpone into bowl, top with mousse, then arrange the melon around. Garnish with crostoli and malt soil.