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Reine au Chocolat - Sabine Dubenkropp

Reine au Chocolat

Paté de Fruit

100 g Fruit'Elite "Seasonal Flavours" Lychee and Raspberry with Rose puree Capfruit
100 g sugar
3 g pectin
30 g glucose
1 tsp lime juice
1 drop rose fragrance

  1. Boil together Fruit'Elite "Seasonal Flavours" Lychee and Raspberry with Rose puree Capfruit and half of the sugar.
  2. Mix together second half of the sugar with pectin, whisk into fruit puree mixture and bring to a boil again.
  3. Add glucose and heat up to 103°C.
  4. Whisk in lime juice and rose fragrance, and pour onto silpat.

Ganache

120 g Cacao Barry® Plantation dark chocolate couverture Alto El Sol 65% cocoa
100 g Fruit'Elite "Seasonal Flavours" Lychee and Raspberry with Rose puree Capfruit
50 g cream
50 g glucose
50 g butter (at room temperature)
2 tsp dried hibiscus petals
14 drops orchid extract

  1. Mix together cream, glucose, Fruit'Elite "Seasonal Flavours" Lychee and Raspberry with Rose puree Capfruit and hibiscus petals, heat and leave to infuse for 5 minutes.
  2. Pour at 80°C over chocolate with strainer and emulsify, starting in the centre of mixture.
  3. Mix in butter and orchid extract.

Finishing and assembly:

  1. Paint or spray-colour mould.
  2. Create shell with Cacao Barry® dark chocolate couverture Ocoa™ 70% cocoa (use cocoa butter to thin if needed).
  3. Add paté de fruit to shell and pipe ganache on top of paté.
  4. Close shell with Cacao Barry® dark chocolate couverture Ocoa™ 70% cocoa.