Strawberry Bonbons - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pint strawberry, finely chopped
1 tablespoon sugar
1 pint vanilla ice cream, softened
25 plain vanilla cookies, such as Nilla wafers
1 lb dark chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup pistachios, chopped

Preparation

In a medium saucepan, simmer the strawberries and sugar over medium heat.
Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and syrupy, about 20 minutes; let cool.
Transfer the ice cream to a large bowl; fold in 1/2 cup strawberry sauce (reserve the remaining sauce for another use).
Cover and freeze until firm, about 1 hour.
Place the cookies flat side down on a parchment-paper-lined baking sheet.
Top each cookie with 1 small scoop of ice cream.
Freeze until firm, about 30 minutes.
In a double boiler, melt three-quarters of the chocolate.
Remove from the heat and stir in the remaining chocolate until melted.
Dunk each bonbon into the chocolate to coat; return to the prepared baking sheet.
Immediately sprinkle with the pistachios.
Freeze until firm, about 30 minutes.