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This will be a dark chocolate spirits filled ganache using in a light milk chocolate shell. My “light milk” is about 40%-45% cocoa, “dark milk” is around 55% in my workshop.



A friend of mine who owns a café/nightclub locally is also known for the mead that he makes . This is wine from honey. It sounds as if this wine might be sweet but to make it he uses a strong champagne type yeast and then ferments the wine until dry; no… Continue

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A molded chocolate with wine jelly center covered by milk chocolate ganache in a milk chocolate shell.



I’d like to try to post something here once a week during the North American winter months but I’m going to be on a driving vacation to Florida next week so thought I’d get this posted on the blog before I leave this Saturday. (I’ll be staying near Ft. Myers so hope to stop by Norman Love’s store there.)



I’ve been getting some good feedback from… Continue

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Um ! Yum! Dark Milk Chocolate Port Ganache in a Dark Chocolate Shell



I used Papua New Guinea origin chocolate for this molded treat. The Dark Chocolate shell was a 66 % cocoa with half vanilla bean per 5 lbs of liquor. After pulling off 2 lbs of dark I added enough sugar and milk to give me a 60% dark milk at 15 % milk.



If you’ve not worked with home roasted chocolate, just know this: I used a good rich dark chocolate that was not too bitter for… Continue