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Inspiring Recipes: Moulded pralines

Germany Sebastian Kobelt Germany
2007 finals - 'Reminiscence' - Germany
This moulded praline is defined by an unusual combination of hibiscus curd and dark ganache, made with dried raspberry leaves coated in milk chocolate.
Hibiscus curd
Fresh apple juice 200ml
Cater sugar 100g
Unsalted butter 150g
Egg yolk 100g
Dried hibiscus flowers 30g
Citric acid  
Cointreau  
Combine juice, sugar and butter in a pot and bring to a boil. 
Add hibiscus, allow to infuse and strain off again. 
Stir into the egg yolk, add citric acid and Cointreau to taste and carefully heat up until this starts to thicken. 
Allow to cool completely. 

Ganache or Rasberry leaves
Milk 40ml
Whipping cream 175g
Butter 40g
Glucose 45g
Cacao Barry Concorde 66% dark chocolate 125g
Cacao Barry Lactée Supérieure 35,5% milk chocolate 125g
Dried raspberry leaves 10g
Cointreau 15g
Combine milk, cream, butter and glucose and boil up. 
Add raspberry leaves and leave to simmer. 
Strain off the leaves and pour on to the chocolate. 
Mix well and add Cointreau. 
Allow to cool completely before piping into chocolate shells. 

Crispy bits
Cacao Barry Gianduja Plaisir Lenôtre 125g
Hazelnut oil 25g
Cacao Barry Pailleté Feuilletine 80g
Melt the Gianduja, combine with Pailleté Feuilletine. 
Stir in the hazelnut oil.

Made at the 2007 world finals of the World Chocolate Masters in Paris, October 20-22nd.

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