Chocolate Anise Bark

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon aniseed 
• 6 oz bittersweet chocolate unsweetened finely chopped (not )
• 0.3 cup cherries dried
• 0.3 cup apricot dried coarsely chopped
• 0.3 cup roasted cashews salted coarsely chopped

Equipment

• bowl
• baking sheet
• sauce pan
• double boiler
• aluminum foil
• spatula

Directions

1. Line a small baking sheet with foil and chill.
2. Finely grind anise in an electric coffee/spice grinder.
3. Stir together cherries, apricots, and cashews.
4. Melt chocolate in a double boiler or a small metal bowl set over a small saucepan of barely simmering water, stirring occasionally, until smooth.
5. Stir in anise and half of fruit and spoon onto center of baking sheet.
6. Spread with a rubber spatula into a roughly 10- by 5-inch rectangle and sprinkle with remaining fruit mixture, pressing lightly to help adhere.
7. Chill until firm, about 30 minutes, then break into pieces.
8. • Bark keeps, covered and chilled, 1 week.