Salted caramel bon-bons
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- Petit four
- medium
- makes 60
- 60 minutes
These decadent little dark chocolate shells, filled with salted caramel, look beautiful on the plate and will wow your guests. If you are unable to find Valrhona shells, you can use another good quality brand for this classic petit four from Marcus Wareing.
First published in 2015
Ingredients
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Imperial
- 180g of caster sugar
- 90ml of water
- 135ml of liquid glucose
- 300ml of whipping cream
- 1 tsp salt
- 45g of unsalted butter
- 60 Valhrona dark chocolate shells
- 550g of Valhrona 61% chocolate, melted
- cocoa powder for dusting
SAVE RECIPE
Method
1
Place the sugar, water and glucose in a thick-bottomed pan. Warm the cream in a separate pan
- 180g of caster sugar
- 90ml of water
- 135ml of liquid glucose
- 300ml of whipping cream
2
Cook the sugar mix until a dark caramel is reached, then reduce the heat and slowly add the warm cream, beating smooth after each addition
3
Make sure all the caramel is dissolved into the liquid, then take off the heat. Whisk in the salt and the butter. Pour through a fine sieve and cool quickly
- 1 tsp salt
- 45g of unsalted butter
4
Once the filling mixture is chilled, pipe into the dark chocolate shells. Make sure you fill each one up to the lip of the shell
5
Allow to set, then join each shell half together with some of the melted dark chocolate (leave some for the rolling). Leave to set again on baking parchment
- 550g of Valhrona 61% chocolate, melted
6
Finally, roll the bon-bons in the melted chocolate and then in cocoa powder to finish
- cocoa powder for dusting
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