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Ouzo White Chocolate Bark

For the love of Bark! Here's a Greek twist you must try for your next dessert. Follow theses simple steps and you have a delicious and unusual candy.
Course Dessert
Cuisine Greek
Keyword bark, pickled, peaches, fruit, dessert, white chocolate
Author Mary Papoulias-Platis

Ingredients

Ouzo White Chocolate Bark

  • 2 - 4 oz. bars of white chocolate, melted
  • 1 cup of halved walnuts
  • Dash of Cinnamon
  • 1-2 teaspoon ouzo
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 2 -3 strips of orange peel
  • zest of 1/2 orange

Instructions

Prep

  1. Gather all your ingredients for the bark.
  2. Line a sheet pan with wax paper, parchment or a silpat liner.
  3. Set up your double-boiler.

Ouzo White Chocolate Baklava

  1. Chop the white chocolate into large pieces and place in a double boiler with the ouzo. Or melt chocolate/ouzo in a glass bowl over a saucepan of low simmering water.
  2. Once melted remove from the heat and pour onto the lined sheet pan. Using a spatula smooth out the chocolate to a 1/4 inch thickness. Add walnuts pressing into the bark.
  3. Sprinkle lightly with cinnamon and orange zest and allow to harden by chilling until firm 25-30 minutes. Break into pieces and drizzle honey on top!

Honey Topping

  1. In a small bowl add honey, dash of cinnamon and orange peel.
  2. Microwave for a few seconds to warm up. Remove the peel and drizzle honey over bark.
  3. Store in airtight container in the refrigerator up to one week.

Recipe Notes

I used Ghirardelli chocolate bars.