Strawberry Bonbons

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 pint strawberry, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 pint vanilla ice cream, softened
• 25 plain vanilla cookies, such as nilla wafers
• 1 lb dark chocolate, chopped
• 1/2 cup pistachios, chopped

Recipe

• 1 in a medium saucepan, simmer the strawberries and sugar over medium heat.
• 2 cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and syrupy, about 20 minutes; let cool.
• 3 transfer the ice cream to a large bowl; fold in 1/2 cup strawberry sauce (reserve the remaining sauce for another use).
• 4 cover and freeze until firm, about 1 hour.
• 5 place the cookies flat side down on a parchment-paper-lined baking sheet.
• 6 top each cookie with 1 small scoop of ice cream.
• 7 freeze until firm, about 30 minutes.
• 8 in a double boiler, melt three-quarters of the chocolate.
• 9 remove from the heat and stir in the remaining chocolate until melted.
• 10 dunk each bonbon into the chocolate to coat; return to the prepared baking sheet.
• 11 immediately sprinkle with the pistachios.
• 12 freeze until firm, about 30 minutes.