Chocolate Basket with Poached Strawberries and Lemon Cream

This dessert was first made by White House Executive Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier to serve at a State Dinner hosted by President Bill Clinton for Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom on February 5, 1998. It consists of a chocolate basket decorated with green piping and supported by a thin roulade biscuit, filled with alternating layers of whole poached strawberries and a lemon cream lightened with Devonshire cream.