With all of the lectin-filled Christmas desserts surrounding me, I needed to whip up something lectin-free that I could enjoy during the holiday season.
Without the grains, gluten, lectins or guilt, holiday chocolate bark is a rich treat that will satisfy any holiday sweet tooth craving.
Holiday Chocolate Bark
Servings 10
Ingredients
- 24 ounces dark chocolate 72% or greater
- 1/2 cup dried apricots chopped
- 1/4 cup pistachios chopped
- 1/2 cup dried cherries chopped
- 1/4 cup walnuts chopped
- sea salt flakes (I prefer diamond shaped Maldon salt)
Instructions
- Line a cookie sheet or a rectangle baking dish with parchment paper.
- Chop fruit and nuts into small pieces. You want to keep them small and bite size for your chocolate bark.
- Chocolate needs to be tempered and if you do not have a double boiler, place a glass bowl over a pot filled with water to about 1 - 1 1/2". Avoid having the water touch the bottom of the bowl, you should have space in between both.
- Turn heat to medium-low. As the water heats in the pot, pour chocolate into the bowl resting on top. Continually stir chocolate until fully melted with a spatula.
- Once chocolate is completely melted and smooth (without lumps), remove the chocolate from heat. Immediately pour melted chocolate onto cookie sheet (or baking dish) and spread evenly with the spatula before it cools.
- While the chocolate is still hot and melted, sprinkle fruit and nuts over the chocolate in any desired combination.
- I love bright and festive colors with a pop of white salt. In this recipe, I opted to half the recipe with apricots and pistachios and the other half with dark cherries and walnuts.
- Cool the chocolate in the freezer to harden for about 20 minutes. Once the chocolate has hardened, lift parchment paper from the cookie sheet onto a cutting board.
- Chop chocolate bark into pieces, I prefer cutting into bite-size pieces (about 2x2" or 2x3"). The chocolate bark will not always cut neatly and may break off into unusual shapes, which I actually love. It makes the bark imperfect and unique which is much more interesting than the typical square.
Simply delicious and you’ll forget about flour filled cookies with chocolate bark in your midst! All recipes are lectin-free, gluten-free, and grain-free.
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