Chocolate Caramel Chrysalis Recipe
Flavors of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur
Total time: 15 to 30 minutes
Difficulty: Requires a certain dexterity
Chef's Note
Ingredients
For 4 servings
Chocolate caramel
- 250 g (9 oz.) sugar
- 125 g (4 oz.) glucose
- 90 g (3 oz.) Chocolate
Cocoa sticks
- 180 g (6 oz.) simple syrup
- 30 g (1 oz.) glucose
- 90 g (3 oz.) Cocoa
Caramel foam
- 1 liter (4 cups) cream
- 250 g (9 oz.) sugar
- 10 egg yolks
- 200 g (7 oz.) deglazed caramel
- Balsamic reduction
- Balsamic vinegar + syrup
Method
For the chocolate caramel
- Cook the sugar and glucose to 158° C (315° F).
- Add the chocolate in pieces; mix; pour onto parchment paper to cool.
For the caramel foam
- Make a crème anglaise (1) with caramel using the ingredients listed. Fill a whipped cream canister and chill. Charge with gas.
For the cocoa sticks
- Combine the cocoa, glucose and syrup to make the batter;
- using a pastry bag, pipe strips onto a baking sheet; bake for 5 minutes.
For the balsamic reduction
- Reduce the vinegar and the syrup by half; refrigerate.
Caramel Chrysalis
- Take the cooled chocolate caramel, place it on a parchment lined pan and place in the oven until it melts.
- Spread thinly between two sheets of parchment;
- cut into 5 x 10 cm rectangles and form the rolls using a mold. Let cool.
Assembly
- Fill the chrysalis with caramel foam and arrange as in the photo.
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Photo credit: Christian Cress & Jean Fondacci
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