three kinds of chocolates

AUTHOR
Reed Chan
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3.8 13
COOK TIME
60 mins
TOTAL TIME
180 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 32
  • 200 g Dark chocolate coating
  • 100 g Whole milk couverture
  • 100 g Whipped cream
  • 20 g Coconut oil
  • 7-10 Tbsp Cling film
  • 1 TABLESPOON Coconut liqueur (e.g. Batida de Coco)
  • 25 g Coconut flake
  • 1 TEASPOON instant espresso powder
  • 1-2 TABLESPOONS Cocoa powder
  • 1 TABLESPOON Cashew nuts
  • 1 dried fig
  • 150-200 g white couverture
  • 10 g Coconut oil

Directions

  1. 1

    For the praline base: Coarsely chop the chocolate coating. Heat the cream, melt the chocolate coating and coconut oil in it. Pour the mixture into a tall mixing bowl, cover with foil and refrigerate for 2-3 hours.

  2. 2

    Whisk the chocolate mixture with the whisk of the hand mixer for a few seconds.

  3. 3

    For the coconut truffle pralines: mix 1/3 of the praline base and coconut liqueur. Shape the mixture into approx. 9 small balls (approx. 10 g each) and chill for approx. 1 hour.

  4. 4

    For the espresso chocolates: fold the espresso powder into the chocolate mixture. Form approx. 10 pralines (each weighing approx. 10 g) from the mixture and chill for approx. 1 hour.

  5. 5

    For the fig-nut pralines: Roast the cashews in a pan without fat. Take them out, let them cool down a bit and chop them into small pieces. Chop the figs finely. Put 10 small fig pieces aside for decoration. Fold the remaining figs and cashews into the mixture.

  6. 6

    Form approx. 12 pralines (each weighing approx. 10 g) from the mixture and chill for approx. 1 hour. Coarsely chop white chocolate coating and coconut oil and melt in a bowl over a warm water bath. Let the chocolate coating cool down lukewarm.

  7. 7

    Pull the chocolates through the couverture with the help of a fork, let them drip off a little and place them on a chocolate rack. Chill the pralines for about 30 minutes.