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Cigars from Vietnam

14 Apr 2021

Recipe
Belcolade
Chocolate

This recipe is part of the Belcolade Live Demo, a series of webinars during which our Belcolade Chocolate Experts do not only share a recipe from A to Z but also answer live questions from participants.  Click here to know more about the upcoming Belcolade Live Demos and how to register.

Composition (recipe for 5 cakes from 950g)

  1. Chocolate Sablé  
  2. Biscuit Vietnam 
  3. Mandarin Marmelade  
  4. Vietnam Milk Mousse 
  5. Dark Chocolate glaze Intense

1. Chocolate Sablé

Method

Mix everything together to obtain a homogenous texture. Put the crumble in the fridge and let overnight. roll out the dough on 3mm and put in a baking mold. Bake for 15min on 175°C

2. Biscuit Vietnam

Method

Melt the Belcolade Origins Vietnam 73% Cacao-Trace and the butter at 50°C. Mix in the RobotCoupe the Marzipan 50% and the egg yolks till you obtain a smooth mass. Whip the egg whites with sugar. Mix everything  carefully with a spatulas. Spread out everything on a baking tray and bake at 190°C, dampers closed. When the biscuit is cold, cut out following the correct shape.

3. Mandarin Mermelade

Method

Infuse the candied orange and mandarin zest in the mandarin, bergamot and passion puree. Boil the fruit puree with inclusions. Add sugar and pectin. Boil until 103°C. Add the gelatin. (water+gelatin powder) Pour on a plate to cool quickly. Cover with plastic wrap and leave overnight before filling the cakes.

4. Vietnam Milk Mousse

Method

Boil the milk and pour on the Belcolade Origin Vietnam 45% Cacao-Trace and Belcolade PPP Cacao Butter.

Add the gelatin. (water+gelatin powder)

When the composition is 32°C add the semi whipped cream. 

Put in the correct shape and put the creamy and biscuit directly inside.

5. Dark Chocolate Glaze Intense

Method

Heat up together milk, fresh cream 35% and glucose until boiling. Pour this liquid onto Belcolade Selection Noir 65% Cacao-Trace and Belcolade Selection Noir Ebony chocolates. Add gelatin. (water+gelatin powder) and Puratos Miroir L'original Neutre. Mix everything together with a blender and put in a fridge of 4°C. Use the glaze at 38°C on a frozen mousse of -18°C.