How to Make White Chocolate Shavings

If you want to make an eye-catching garnish for a dessert, consider white chocolate shavings. The white perfectly offsets the dark brown of a cocoa cake. You can also use them to garnish fruit desserts with white chocolate in them, such as a white chocolate strawberry mousse, or a raspberry white chocolate cheesecake. These do not store well, so only make as much as you need.

Things You'll Need

• Vegetable peeler
• Block/bar of white chocolate
• Bowl of warm water
• Toothpick (optional)

Instructions

1. Place a vegetable peeler in the bowl of warm water for two to five minutes. This will warm the peeler slightly to ease the making of the shavings.

2. Leave the white chocolate on the counter while the peeler is in the water. This will soften the white chocolate enough to curl when you make the shavings.

3. Hold the white chocolate bar over the dessert you will garnish.

4. Peel the end of the white chocolate bar the same way that you would peel a vegetable. The shavings will fall on top of the dessert. Move the block of white chocolate to cover different areas of the dessert plate.

5. Move any wayward white chocolate shavings by using a toothpick to shift them into place around the dessert. This is an optional step and should only be taken if needed.