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Guanaja & Jivara chocolate duo Half-Spheres
Made with Cooking Range Guanaja 70% dark chocolate
RECIPE CREATED BY VALRHONA’S ÉCOLE GOURMET
4 stepsMAKES SIX INDIVIDUAL DESSERTS
To be made the day before:
JIVARA 40% crémeux
GUANAJA 70% whipped
ganache
To be made on the day:
Puffed rice and quinoa
GUANAJA 70% moulded shell
Required utensils:
4cm-diameter round cutter
6cm-diameter half-spheres
Strainer
2 piping bags
5-mm plain round nozzle
Recipe Step by Step
PUFFED RICE AND QUINOA
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Leave to sit for: at least 2 hours
120 g GUANAJA 70%
70 g 50% almond & hazelnut nutty praliné
50 g Puffed rice
40 g Puffed quinoa
Incorporate the puffed rice and quinoa, then mix everything together.
Spread the mixture between two sheets of baking paper, about 1.5cm thick.
Refrigerate for at least 2 hours to set.
Cut out 6 discs, 4cm in diameter, using a round cutter.
GUANAJA 70% CHOCOLATE MOULDED SHELL
Preparation time: 30 minutes
250 g GUANAJA 70%
Place the bowl of chocolate into a cold water bath. Stir and bring the chocolate down to a temperature of about 95°F (35°C).
Remove the chocolate from the cold water bath and continue stirring to bring the chocolate to a temperature of 82/84°F (28/29°C).
Place the chocolate bowl on the bain-marie, but not for too long to avoid overheating it. Bring the temperature back up to
88/90°F (31/32°C), then mould the 6cm diameter half-spheres.
Leave to set in a warm, dry room, between 60 and 65°F (16 and 18°C) (similar to the temperature of a wine cellar).
Turn out the spheres, taking care to touch them as little as possible. If the chocolate has been tempered well, tap the
mould with one sharp blow on the worktop to easily remove the chocolate spheres from their mould. Otherwise, place the
moulds in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes, and then turn them out.
JIVARA 40% CRÉMEUX
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Leave to sit for: 12 hours
200 g Whole milk
400 g Cold whipping cream 35%
350 g JIVARA 40%
5 g Gelatine
Bring the milk to the boil and add the wrung-out gelatine. Strain. Gradually pour the hot milk over the melted chocolate, so as to
obtain an elastic and shiny texture, the sign that an emulsion has begun to form.
Mix using a hand blender to perfect the emulsion. Add the cold cream. Mix for a few seconds using a hand blender.
Seal the surface of the crémeux with clingfilm, before letting it set in the refrigerator overnight.
GUANAJA 70% WHIPPED GANACHE
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Leave to sit for: at least 3 hours
110 g Whipping cream 35%
10 g Acacia honey
90 g GUANAJA 70%
220 g Cold whipping cream 35%
Slowly pour the cream and boiling honey mixture over the GUANAJA 70% chocolate, mixing in the centre using a spatula to create an elastic, shiny texture, the sign that an emulsion has begun to form. Maintain this texture throughout the mixing process.
Continue adding the liquid little by little. Mix a final time, and set aside. Mix together the ganache base with the cold cream.
Allow to set in the refrigerator for a minimum of 3 hours, before whipping the mixture to obtain a thick enough texture for the ganache to be used in a piping bag.
Assembly and finishing
18g Caramelised hazelnuts
Place a moulded shell onto each disc of puffed crispy rice and quinoa. If necessary, get it to stick using
a little stiff JIVARA 40% crémeux. Using a piping bag, pipe out 70g of JIVARA 40% crémeux into
each GUANAJA 70% shell.
Beat the GUANAJA 70% ganache using a stand mixer. Using another piping bag with a plain round
nozzle, pipe out 70g of GUANAJA 70% whipped ganache over the crémeux, forming a flower, then
pipe out a sphere of JIVARA 40% crémeux into the centre to form the flower’s middle.
Sprinkle with caramelised hazelnut pieces.
Nutrition tip
At the assembly stage, replace the caramelised hazelnut pieces with other caramelised nuts of your choice: almonds, pistachios, cashew nuts, pecans, or even cocoa nibs!