Food Network: Three Chocolate Bark with Spiced Pecans and Dried Cherries

	Print 4x6 Recipe Cards
	Print this recipe out and cut along the dotted lines to add this 4x6 recipe card to your personal collection.

Three Chocolate Bark with Spiced Pecans and Dried Cherries
Recipe Courtesy of Emeril Lagasse

Ingredients
7 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 cups pecan pieces
Salt
Cayenne
Pinch of nutmeg
Pinch of cinnamon
1 pound semisweet chocolate, cut into pieces
1 pound milk chocolate, cut into pieces
1 pound white chocolate, cut into pieces
2 cups dried cherries, rehydrated and chopped

Directions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. In a large saute pan, melt 4
tablespoons of butter.

Add the brown sugar and stir until the sugar dissolves and is bubbly. Add the pecans.
Season the pecans with salt, cayenne, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Continue to cook, stirring constantly,
until the sugar starts to caramelize and coat the pecans evenly. Cook for about 4 minutes. Remove
the pan from the heat and spread the pecans over a parchment lined baking sheet. Place the pan in
the oven and roast the pecans for about 6 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven and cool completely.
Break the pecans into small pieces. Fill three small saucepans half way up the pan with water. Place
the pans over medium heat and bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer. In three separate mixing
bowls, add each type of chips into the individual bowls. Place the bowls over the saucepans. After
about 2 minutes over the heat the chocolate will start to melt. Stir each chocolate until totally
melted. Remove the chocolate from heat and stir 1 tablespoon of butter into each bowl of chocolate.
Pour each type of chocolate over the marble or a large parchment lined baking sheet. Sprinkle the
pecans and cherries over the chocolates. Using a metal spatula, spread the mixture out evenly back
and forth to about 1/4-inch thick. Either place the marble in the refrigerator or allow to sit out
until set, about a couple of hours. Break the bark into medium pieces and serve.