{"id":523,"date":"2013-12-23T10:24:28","date_gmt":"2013-12-23T15:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/?page_id=523"},"modified":"2013-12-23T11:03:50","modified_gmt":"2013-12-23T16:03:50","slug":"pistachio-fig-dark-chocolate-bark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/?page_id=523","title":{"rendered":"Pistachio-Fig Dark Chocolate Bark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Chocolate-Bark.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-524\" alt=\"Chocolate Bark\" src=\"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Chocolate-Bark.jpg\" width=\"204\" height=\"135.5\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Chocolate-Bark.jpg 4288w, https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Chocolate-Bark-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Chocolate-Bark-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Chocolate-Bark-640x425.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4288px) 100vw, 4288px\" \/><\/a><strong>17.5 oz (500 g) dark baking chocolate (wafers)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 1 cup shelled unsalted dry-roasted pistachios<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 1\/3 cup packed finely chopped Turkish dried figs, stems removed<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u00bd tsp coarse salt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Reserve.<\/p>\n<p>Bring a double boiler pot to a boil. Turn down heat to low. Add chocolate to top pot and stir until chocolate is completely melted.<\/p>\n<p>Remove pot from the burner and stir in most of pistachios and chopped figs. Reserve about a tablespoon each of nuts and figs. Stir until they\u2019re fully covered in chocolate. Pour chocolate mixture onto parchment paper, spreading it thinly until it is about 1 cm (\u00bd inch) thick. Be careful that water droplets from top tray of double boiler don\u2019t touch the chocolate. Sprinkle remaining pistachios and figs overtop chocolate. Let cool for 5 minutes \u2013 sprinkle evenly with coarse salt.<\/p>\n<p>Place the baking sheet in a cool room like a cold cellar or in the refrigerator. Chocolate will set after about 30 minutes. Gently lift chocolate from parchment and break by hand into small pieces.<\/p>\n<p>Store in a cool, dry area in an airtight container for up to 2 to 3 weeks.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">VARIATIONS:<\/span> Replace white chocolate for dark chocolate; toasted slivered almonds for pistachios; cranberries or chopped apricots for dried figs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Makes 50-55 pieces<\/strong><br \/>\n40 min or less<br \/>\nGluten-free<\/p>\n<p><b>PER PIECE(55)\u00a0 <\/b>69 CALORIES | 5 G TOTAL FAT (2 G SATURATED FAT) | 0 MG CHOLESTEROL | 21 MG SODIUM | 5 G CARBOHYDRATE | 1 G FIBER | 1 G PROTEIN<\/p>\n<p><i>All Rights Reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced except with permission in writing from the publisher.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17.5 oz (500 g) dark baking chocolate (wafers) 1 cup shelled unsalted dry-roasted pistachios 1\/3 cup packed finely chopped Turkish dried figs, stems removed \u00bd tsp coarse salt &nbsp; Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Reserve. Bring a double boiler pot to a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-523","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=523"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":534,"href":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/523\/revisions\/534"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehealthyitalian.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}