Chocolate Mascarpone Strawberries

Recipe Ingredients

12 cups	2844ml	Strawberries - stems attached (large)
1/4 cup	36g / 1.3oz	Mascarpone cheese
2 oz	56g	Cream cheese
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Sifted powdered sugar - plus
		More for garnish
1/4 cup	27g / 1oz	Cocoa powder - sifted
3 tablespoons	45ml	Milk
1 tablespoon	15ml	Grand Marnier - (optional)

Recipe Instructions

Wash the strawberries and pat dry with a paper towel. Cut each in half starting at the top stem end.

Combine the mascarpone and cream cheeses, the one-fourth cup sugar, cocoa, milk and Grand Marnier in a bowl. Whisk or use an electric hand mixer to thoroughly combine. (The filling can be made a day ahead and refrigerated, covered, in an airtight container.)

Fill a pastry bag with a star tip or snip off the end of a resealable plastic bag and pipe a star or dollop of the mixture in the center of the cut side of each strawberry. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve. (The recipe can be made several hours ahead and refrigerated.)

This recipe yields 24 strawberries.

Each strawberry: 31 calories; 16 mg. sodium; 6 mg. cholesterol; 2 grams fat; 1 gram saturated fat; 3 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram protein; 0.96 gram fiber.

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 02-12-2003

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