Images and recipes from Sweet! Celebrations by Elise Strachan (Murdoch Books) $39.99

FRESHLY PICKED STRAWBERRY BASKETS

MAKES 6 BASKETS

YOU’LL NEED:

140 g milk compound chocolate

900 g small strawberries

30 g white compound chocolate

6 cardboard berry baskets

1. Melt the milk chocolate to dipping consistency.
2. Using the leaves as a handle, gently dip each strawberry in the milk chocolate to halfway up the berry. Place the berries onto baking parchment to set.
3. Melt the white chocolate and use a toothpick to place small seed-size dots neatly over the strawberries.
4. Fill the berry baskets with the chocolate-dipped strawberries.