I saw this recipe in a magazine this year and tweeked it a bit. I'm not crazy about orange anything, but liked the way it turned out. It provides just enough bitterness to the sweetness of the chocolate. The original did not have nuts and the orange slivers were not dried or sugared like the strawberries. I sugared the slivers and dried them for half the time of the strawberries.
12 strawberries
1 orange
castor sugar or icing sugar (I prefer castor)
2 100g slabs of quality white chocolate
(Macadamia nuts or nut of choice)
bake at 100C(a very low heat)
Slice strawberries thinly and arrange on a greaseproof paper-lined baking tray. Peel and orange, remove any excess pitch from the peel, cut into very thin slivers, and dust the strawberries and orange with sugar. Place the baking sheet into the oven. Leave the strawberries for 6-8 hours. The orange slivers will only about 3 hours. (You want them to still have color and not be brittle)Once they are dry, melt the slabs of chocolate in the microwave or in a double boiler. If using the microwave, only heat it in 15second segments, then stir, being careful not to burn it. When it is melted, pour it out onto to baking paper, spreading it quickly to a thickness of about 1cm, or desired thickness. Quickly spread dried strawberries, orange slivers and nuts across the chocolate. Gently give the fruit and nuts a press. Let cool in the fridge until hardened and break into shards.
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