Bee to bee
Calling on the expertise of Renê Aduan to ferment cocoa pulp with honey, he presented me with a really good ‘cocoa hydromel’ after a few weeks. I combined this personalised mead with Single Origin Brazil Chocolate to amplify the intense cocoa taste in it.
Recipe
Pollen praliné
| ingredients | preparation | 
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 | Mix and crystallise at 35°C. | 
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 | Add to previous mixture. | 
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 | Add to previous mixture and spread out in a thin layer. | 
Honey and ‘hydromel’ ganache
| ingredients | preparation | 
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 | Mix and heat up to approx. 50/60°C. Cool down to 40°C. | 
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 | Melt together at 30°C and pour previous mixture over it. Emulsify. | 
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 | Incorporate into previous mixture. | 
Assembly
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 | Spray with coloured cocoa butter. Mould chocolate shell and pipe | 
 
                   
                   
                  