Christmas recipe: reindeer and robin strawberries

Ingredients

• 2 punnets strawberries (we’d recommend Dyson Farming strawberries available in Marks and Spencer, Sainsbury's, Co-op and selected Lincolnshire farm shops)
• 200g milk chocolate
• 200g dark chocolate
• Googly eyes
• Salted pretzels
• Orange, brown and red Smarties

Instructions

1. Wash: gently wash the strawberries and allow them to dry
2. Prepare: cut a strip of baking parchment and set to one side
3. Heat water: fill a small pan with around 1 inch of water and bring it to a gentle simmer
4. Melt chocolate: place the chocolate in a heat proof bowl and sit it over the simmering water, making sure the bottom of the bowl doesn’t touch the water
5. Stir: gradually melt the chocolate, stirring occasionally until smooth, then remove from the heat
6. Dip strawberries: hold each strawberry by the leaf top and dip it into the melted chocolate. For the robins, make sure you leaf its famous red breast.
7. Tip: place the dipped strawberries on baking parchment to set
8. Decorate: break the pretzels to give your reindeer antlers, or snap the smarties in half to give your robins a beak. Add your googly eyes and watch your characters come to life

Did you know?

Grown in our glasshouse near Boston, Lincolnshire, we use technology to extend the British strawberry growing season. Medlam Barns, Butterfly, Ladybird and Bumblebee are a stone’s throw away.