Chocolate Leaves
- 10 ounces bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 24 fresh lemon or camellia leaves (or other nonpoisonous leaves), wiped clean with damp cloth
- Line baking sheet with foil.
- Stir chocolate in top of double boiler set over simmering water until melted and smooth (do not allow bottom of bowl to touch water).
- Remove from over water.
- Using back of spoon, spread chocolate over veined underside of 1 leaf; wipe away any chocolate that drips over edge.
- Place leaf, chocolate side up, on prepared sheet.
- Repeat coating with remaining leaves and chocolate.
- Refrigerate just until chocolate sets, about 1 hour.
- Carefully peel chocolate leaves off lemon leaves.
- Return chocolate leaves to same sheet.
- Cover; chill up to 1 week.
bittersweet, lemon
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/chocolate-leaves-102702 (may not work)