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Bowl made of chocolate on a plate filled with mascarpone and berries

Limoncello Mascarpone in Chocolate Bowls

Yana, babushkacooking.com
My go-to summer dessert.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Chocolate freezing time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American, Italian
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

Limoncello Mascarpone

  • 3/4 C heavy cream
  • 4 oz Mascarpone
  • 3 Tb sugar
  • 3 Tb Limoncello liqueur

Chocolate Bowls (if using)

  • 5.5-6 oz Ghirardelli milk chocolate chips
  • 2 whole plastic spheres for Christmas ornament making

Fruit

  • 2 C assorted berries and/or fruit of your choice Divided in four

Instructions
 

Chocolate Bowls

  • Clean and wipe completely dry the plastic spheres. Set out the 4 halves open side up. You will make two whole spheres and then divide each one in two. 
  • Divide the chocolate in two parts or you can just split when melted in half, if you are comfortable.
  • Melt the chocolate in the microwave or in a double boiler. Stir with a spatula every 20 second until just melted. 
  • Pour 1 portion of the melted chocolate in the plastic ball and put the second half on top. Hold tightly and shake vigorously to make sure the chocolate evenly coats all sides. If there are couple of spots left open - that’s okay. Just make sure to cover most of it. If needed, use a couple of pieces of tape to secure the two halves together. 
  • If the chocolate cools and hardens too fast, you can put it in a ziplock bag and hold it under very warm running water.
  • When it’s covered most of the sphere (ideally - all of it), put it in the freezer for about an hour.

Limoncello Mascarpone

  • Meanwhile, while the chocolate cools, combine the mascarpone, heavy cream, limoncello, and sugar in a mixing bowl. Mix using a hand mixer until it reaches the desired consistency. You can leave it runny or keep mixing until it’s thick. I usually stop and taste-test it a few times.
  • When finished, put in the fridge and prep your fruit!

Assembly

  • Take the chocolate ball out of the freezer. Remove any tape. Carefully open by lifting one side up. Hold a salad knife under the running hot water and then slide it across the seam to separate. 
  • To secure them on a plate, slightly melt the bottom by touching the very bottom part with a warm knife or spoon. You only need to melt it a little bit to make it stick to a plate.
  • Pour Limoncello Mascarpone into the chocolate bowls and top with fruit!
Keyword Chocolate, Citrus, Crowd pleaser, Date night, Entertaining, Treat