Christmas dessert board

A festive food idea

Arrange berries, sliced stone fruit, brownie bites, meringues, marshmallows, chocolate, whipped cream and a couple of sauces on one large board.

Ingredients

• 250 g strawberries, washed and dried
• 2 peaches or nectarines, washed and sliced
• 200 g ready-made brownie, cut into small pieces
• 6 small ready-made meringues
• 100 g marshmallows
• 100 g chocolate, broken into pieces
• 150 ml cream, whipped and refrigerated
• 4 tbsp chocolate or berry sauce, in a small bowl

Method

1. Wash your hands and use a clean food-safe platter. Check every packaged ingredient for allergens and dietary needs.
2. Prepare fruit shortly before serving. Keep fruit, whipped cream and any dairy-based sauce chilled until you arrange the board.
3. Put cream and sauces in small bowls. Place these on the platter, then group brownie bites, meringues, chocolate and marshmallows around them.
4. Add the fruit last, keeping juicy pieces away from dry treats. Set out clean serving tongs or spoons and serve promptly.
5. For a long gathering, serve small amounts and replenish with chilled food. Refrigerate perishable food within 2 hours, sooner on a hot summer day.

Useful tips

• An independently written assembly suggestion, not a reproduction of the linked New World recipe. Adjust quantities and dietary substitutions for your guests.

Safety and storage

Keep cream and cut fruit chilled until serving. Refrigerate perishables within 2 hours, sooner in hot weather. Supervise young children with marshmallows and small hard sweets; use age-appropriate pieces.

Allergens: Milk; Egg, wheat/gluten and other allergens depend on purchased treats; check labels.