flowers Archives

Watermelon recipes

25 minutes

Chocolate figs with mascarpone and sugared violets

Serves 6

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 25 minutes, plus setting time

Cooking Time 5 minutes

Beat the egg white until stiff peaks form.

Dip the violets into the egg white to coat, then scatter liberally with caster sugar. Place on wax paper or a silicon mat to set.

Dip the edges of the figs into the melted chocolate and arrange on a silicon mat to set.

In shallow bowls, top spoonfuls of mascarpone with the sugared violets and figs and serve with rose-petal jam and kumquats.

Cook’s note: Rose-petal jam is available from specialty stores.

Chocolate figs with mascarpone and sugared violets