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Lubeca, the best filling there is !

Wednesday, september 24th 2008

Today  we are experimenting with the best pralinee there is, “Lubeca”.  It is a very fine and delicious type of pralinee and it is also a bit more expensive than the pralinee large production sites use.  I will present 8 different chocolates and then 1 special chocolate that has been created just for testing purposes.
Turo

Turo : Clear pralinee filling, white chocolate and brokencacaomass with a small  slice of marzipan on top

Familia

Familia : Clear pralinee filling and white chocolate, dark pralinee filling and dark chocolate and rice crisps in between

Marsoko

Marsoko: Clear pralinee filling, marzipan with Cointreau, feuilletine and white chocolate

Muzica

Muzica : Both clear and dark pralinee filling, milkchocolate and caramelised cornflakes

Penatras

Penatras :Clear pralinee filling, chopped roasted peanuts, milkchocolate

Sicilië

Sicilië : Dark pralinee, dark chocolate, sun dried and cutted apricots

Paradiso

Paradiso : Dark pralinee, dark chocolate and roasted cocos

Lazoo

Lazoo : Clear pralinee, white chocolate and orange taste

Paprika heart

This chocolate was prepared with paprikapigments.  This makes the praline extra spicey

Next week there will be more.  Then it’s all about chocolates with whipped cream.  Meanwhile, support the poor cocoafarmers by eating their chocolates.

Have a good weekend

Spouted chocolates with butter mass

Wednesday, september 17th 2008

Fall is coming into the country, you can feel it in the morning and evening.  There is a little fog, tres loose their leaves and it’s earlier ligth and dark.  Time to do things with butter mass.

Butter mass is easy to make.  Take butter, add fondantsugar, add cream, add taste substance or liquor and last but not least, add tempered chocolate.

It’s amazing what you can make with a simple buttermass.  You can add almost anything to give it a good taste or flavour.  That’s why I present here 6 different butter mass pralines.

Sina

Sina: Butter mass with orangetaste, Mandarine Napoleon liquor and white chocolate

Mokta

Mokta : Butter mass with mokka taste and milk chocolate

Citra Citra

Citra : Buttermass with citrus taste, citrus liquor and white chocolate

Marco

Marco : Buttermass with Stroh rum and a raisin and milk chocolate

Bombe advocat

Bombe advocat : Buttermass with advocat and white chocolate finished with a slice

Pista

Pista : Buttermass with pistache liquor and white chocolate finished a pistache nut.  (this one has been modified slightly.  I added champagne taste and finished with milk chocolate)

This are the chocolates for this week.  Next week I have praline filled chocolates – Lubeca.

Have a good one !

Life starts with chocolate at september 10th 2008

Wednesday, september 10th 2008

Finally the chocolate courses start again.  After a staggering 2 months waiting I could finally go to the first course of the second year.  How come that life is so easy when you have chocolate around.
The new chocolates ain’t that easy.  When I take a look at the syllabus it’s pretty impressive how much different sorts and tastes are available and how much chocolates that we will make this year.

Today, I can already present some new creations.  It’s mainly hazelnut praline chocolates but with different fillings.  Check them out.

Kersonate

Kersonate : hazelnutpaste, white chocolate and cherries on Kirsch

Anais

Anais : Hazelnutpaste, whote chocolate filled with buttermass with pineapple taste

Creodos

Creodos : Hazelnutpaste, dark chocolate and oven roasted cocos

Mariso

Mariso : Hazelnutpaste, milk chocolate and marzipan

Korentina

Korentina : Hazelnutpaste, milk chocolate and nougat

Latino

Latino : Hazelnutpaste, white chocolate, roasted hazelnuts and Stroh rum (60degrees)

Falitio

Falitio : Hazelnutpaste, dark chocolate and raspberry taste.

Every week there will be different sorts of pralines added, different tastes and different forms.  I hope you stick to the website because there will follow much more.

Enjoy the week !