Two Chocolate Consommés

Name: Two Chocolate Consommés
Yield: serves 4 on it¿s own or 8 as part of fourplay
Ingredients: 10 g sheet gelatin; 1,333g water; 500g white chocolate (preferably Valrhona), chopped; 0.4g gellan F (low acyl); 0.5g calcium lactate; (makes about 2 cups); 15 g sheet gelatin; 1,920g water; 500g bittersweet chocolate (preferably Valrhona Araguani 72% cacao), chopped; 0.5g gellan F (low acyl); 0.1g gellan LT 100 (high acyl); 0.6g calcium lactate; 150g glucose; (makes about 2 cups); Chocolate pearls (Valrhona Les Perles Croquantes)

December 9, 2011

I’ve been exploring new ways to make chocolate soups. In particular, I wanted to find a way to remove the fat and keep a full, deep chocolate flavor, and I thought it would be interesting to contrast cold white chocolate with warm dark chocolate. I’ve succeeded in this recipe, which is a play on temperatures, textures, and techniques. A scale is essential for this recipe. You will also need a hotel pan and a perforated hotel pan, both half size. You can get these online from BigTray. The technique of clarifying the soup base by freezing and slow defrosting comes from Wylie Dufresne of wd-50 in Manhattan and Heston Blumenthal of The Fat Duck in England.

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