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Archive for March, 2010

Easter, wester, souther and norther

Monday, march 29th 2010

The last days I have been experimenting with some new things.  First of all there is this wonderfull nougat granulate from Vital Nougat that can be used to pour into chocolate bars.  Makes me think a bit about the Toblerone bars, but they have more taste when you use the softer granulate instead of the hard pieces and they are easier to bite.

Second thing that I tested was the mould I got from IBC with decoration inside.  It is a bit more work to handle than the makrolon hard moulds but the result is funny.  This was the first time that I used these kind of mould. See for yourself.

Ofcourse with Easter it is necessary to have chocolate eggs, filled with different flavours.  I made some with pralineé filling, fondant sugar with cherries and with Vital’s nougat cream.  They are really delicious.  It is definately worth a try.  I only have a picture of some in a box since all the eggs I made have been delivered to people I know.

And last but not least, to use the rest of all the fillings I made, there are heart shaped pralines in white chocolate.  I don’t like to throw away food and re-use the leftovers into new pralines.  Maybe I find a new taste while doing that.

Soon there will be more news about my new project.  I deposited an idea at I-depot for developtment of a new product based on chocolate.

Enjoy chocolate !

Intersuc @ Paris Nord Villepinte

Monday March 08, 2010

Today I visited Intersuc in Paris.  The event was happening at Paris Nord Villepinte.  A huge exposition area just before the airport of Roissy.  Wonderfull sunny weather but cold … brrrlll

The chocolate part was not that impressive although that I spoke with some interesting manufacturers of chocolate machines.  It seems that most of these chocolate machine manufacturers are from Italy, but can they be trusted ?  We’ll see in the short future.  There was also a chocolate competition.  It’s amazing what these people can do with chocolate !!

I also saw some interesting products to use with chocolate.  New flavours, fruits and other ingredients.  An event always give fresh ideas.

The rest of the event was more about baking and making bread.  But that didn’t stop the fun.  I went home with lots of information about chocolate machines.  That was the goal.

Grtz Alain