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Inspiring Recipes: Moulded pralines

Italy Carmelo Sciampagna Italy
2007 finals - 'Modena' - Italy
1 = "Java" milk chocolate
2 = Dark chocolate gianduja Callebaut "Gia-D2"
3 = Ganache of milk chocolate and pistachio nuts from Bronte
4 = "Creamino" of pistachio nuts from Bronte
5 = Caramelised pistachio nuts from Bronte
Ganache of milk chocolate and pistachio nuts from Bronte
Fresh cream 35% fat 125g
Glucose syrup 62DE 12,5g
Callebaut Origine "Ghana" milk chocolate 40,5% 202,5g
Paste of pistachio nuts from Bronte 30g
Heat up the cream with the glucose syrup, add it to the chocolate and to the pistachio nut paste and emulsify. 
When the ganache reaches 30°C, pour into the moulds which have been coated in advance with Cacao Barry "Alto El Sol" dark chocolate and dark chocolate gianduja Callebaut Dia-D2

"Cremino" of pistachio nuts from Bronte
Callebaut W2NV white chocolate 300g
Paste of pistachio nuts from Bronte 200g
Caramelised pistachio nuts from Bronte 60g
Temper the chocolate, add pistachio nut paste and caramelised pistachio nuts, quickly mix and pour into the moulds. Let it crystallise and them remove from the moulds. 

Caramelised pistachio nuts from Bronte
Sugar 80g
Water 30g
Pistachio nuts from Bronte 180g
Callebaut "Mycryo" cocoa butter in powder 5g
Roast the pistachio nuts in the oven at 160°C for 15 minutes.
Bring water and sugar to the temperature of 116°C, add the roasted pistachio nuts and caramelise this mixture. Finally, add the Callebaut "Mycryo"

Spraying compound
Callebaut Origine "Java" milk chocolate 140g
Callebaut cocoa butter CB 60g
Melt the milk chocolate and the cocoa butter, mix them together and temper this.


Procedure
- Spray the moulds with fat-soluble food lemon yellow colouring and let them dry. 
- Spray with the spraying compound at 30°C. Cover the moulds with Callebaut "Java" milk chocolate and let this crystallise. 
- Make another layer with "Dark chocolate gianduja Callebaut Gia-D2". 
- When this is crystallised, pour "Ganache of milk chocolate  and pistachio nuts from Bronte" and add the filling of "Cremino of pistachio nuts from Bronte". Let it crystallise lightly. 
- Finally close the praline with a layer of Callebaut "Java" milk chocolate, let the chocolate crystallise and remove the praline from the mould.

Made at the 2007 world finals, October 20-22nd, in Paris. 
3rd prize overall winner.

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