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
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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
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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  |