Chocolate Decorations For Valentine's
- 135 grams Couverture chocolate
- 20 grams Simple syrup
- 50 grams starch syrup : 22 grams 1 tablespoon Mizuame or honey
- Chop up the chocolate and melt over a double boiler (about 50C).
- The chocolate might separate if the temperature is too high.
- Warm the chocolate to the touch.
- Combine syrup and mizuame in another bowl and warm over a double boiler about 30C.
- Combine the warmed Steps 2 and 3 together.
- Pour the mixture onto a parchment paper, place a plastic wrap to cover and chill thoroughly in the refrigerator.
- Let it sit for a day if possible.
- Knead to evenly incorporate.
- Then it is ready.
- Dust cocoa powder on your hands and shape like clay.
- You can also roll out the chocolate and cut out with cookie cutters Use melted chocolate as glue.
- For a rose Place Step 6 on a new parchment paper and place a plastic wrap on.
- Roll out the chocolate to be thin about 3 mm-to your liking.
- Core =1 circle Flower petals = heart shape cookie cutters or flower petals shapes and cut out as needed.
- The amount of petals depends on the size of the flower.
- Core = Cut the round shape into half, let them over lap each other and roll to the arrow direction.
- Wrap and stick the petals to the core.
- Shape nicely depending on how the whole shape looks.
- Repeat this process and make your desired size.
- This is made with core = 1 piece, and petals = 5 pieces.
- The picture is for how it looks like form the side.
- Cut off the excess.
- The rose will look beautiful if you make the edges of the petal thin and wavy.
- The rose in the picture is pretty big.
- I used core = 1 pieces and petals = 8 pieces.
- For spirals, spread out Step 6 on half of a parchment paper and make cuts.
- Use the other half of the parchment paper and place the chocolate in between.
- Wrap the chocolate onto a rolling pin or a core of a plastic wrap, and let it chill.
- Remove the parchment paper form the stick.
- Remove the parchment paper form the chocolate.
- It's prone to cracking.
- Wrapping Step 17 to a stick is easier to make the spirals.
- Arrangement
chocolate, simple syrup, starch syrup
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/149123-chocolate-decorations-for-valentines (may not work)