Brick Red Raspberry Hearts
- 2 cups raspberry puree
- 15 ounces milk chocolate, finely chopped
- 1 1/2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoons raspberry flavored alcohol
- 1/4 cup corn syrup
- Powdered food coloring, as desired
- 1 pound white chocolate, tempered
- Make the filling: Place the fresh raspberry puree in a pan and bring it to a boil.
- Pour the hot fruit puree over the chopped milk chocolate.
- The hot puree will melt the milk chocolate.
- Use a whisk to mix the chocolate and fruit puree.
- Add the butter and continue to whisk.
- Continually whisk while adding the alcohol and the corn syrup.
- Mix until well combined with no remaining lumps.
- Let this cool.
- Must be less than 88 degrees or it will melt the chocolate molded inside each cavity.
- Paint the molds: Place a few drops of color in the receptacle of the airbrush and apply color to the empty molds.
- This is what will give the finished chocolates their color.
- Repeat to paint as many molds as you have.
- Mold the chocolates: Use a ladle to fill the mold with white chocolate.
- When it is full, empty it into the bowl of chocolate.
- The inside of each cavity should be evenly coated with chocolate.
- Wipe the edge of the mold clean with an offset spatula and place it upside down on a wire rack placed over a baking sheet.
- Once the chocolate starts to harden, about 5 minutes, scrape the mold again with an offset spatula.
- When the chocolate sets, it shrinks or retracts from the sides of the mold.
- A clean edge will keep it from sticking and cracking as it shrinks.
- You can place the mold in the refrigerator for several minutes to help the chocolate to harden.
- Repeat to fill as many molds as you have.
- Place the raspberry ganache in a piping bag and pipe it into the chocolate filled molds.
- Leave just enough room for the layer of chocolate that closes the mold.
- Let set in the refrigerator for a couple of hours or overnight.
- To close the bottoms of each cavity, use tempered white chocolate and apply with an offset spatula.
- Scrape clean and allow to them to set.
- You can place them in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
- When the chocolate has set, invert the mold over a clean dry surface.
- It may be necessary to rap the mold against the counter to encourage the chocolates to release from the mold.
- Heart molds: Beryls
raspberry puree, milk chocolate, butter, raspberry flavored alcohol, corn syrup, coloring, white chocolate
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/brick-red-raspberry-hearts-recipe.html (may not work)