Thursday, July 24, 2008

A Small Step to Professionalism

Yesterday was the first and formal brownie making day at my aunt's hse.
An order by a friend of mine for gifts, so i decided to try to run a pseudo-business.
The look of the beauty in the oven , can see lil bit of choc swirls and stuff.. and yeah.. its savoury.. somehow.. haH



Kinda taught her to pipe out the names of her colleagues and this is what it looks like after completion. not bad for a first time. =) i couldnt have done better.



Other than brownies i had an order for chocs from my aunt. and i finally found that orange peel i wanted. so yeah. i gave the grandmarnier choc a makeover. this is what the new and improved version looks like. =)



Made 3 sets of 8 pieces, 4 types.
The regulars will be able to tell which i made.
As seen below, we have toasted coconut truffles, my trademark chivas whiskey truffles and the new and improved grand marnier truffle.
Not seen below is the araguani dark choc truffle.



Upclose and personal.. coconut truffle. They look much more sunshine this time. toasted the coconut a lil longer, brings out the taste too. =)



My chivas truffle was the hardest to work with for this batch, very runny, but i was quite happy with the end product. arty curves and all



The final product. finally one that really looks like a gift. hahaha and yeah.. i like the outcome although i want to put more work into the grandmarnier one.. hahaha
Hope the lucky pep getting them like them. =)

Monday, June 23, 2008

The Chocolate List

Version 1.0

My Truely First batch of "Perfect" Chocolates
















Started out as a return-gift for my pals after my birthday, i finally found the correct influence to produce the best batch then. =)















Top Left Corner : Coconut Truffle
- Smooth Creamy White Ivoire Chocolate with toasted coconut Ganache..



Bottom Left Corner: Mint Chocolate
-White Ivoire Chocolate Mint Filling covered by wonderful 55% Valrhona Equitorial Chocolate



Top Right Corner: Trademark Chivas Truffle
-Trademark Chivas Ganache Covered in 55% Valrhona Equitorial Chocolate


Bottom Right Corner: Grand Marnier Truffle
-Grand MarnierGanache using 64% Valrhona Manjari Chocolate Coated with 55% Valrhona Equitorial Chocolate dipped in Chocolate Shavings

Version 2.0


Mothers day Special 2008















Collection of 6 chocolates with the Classic and Fuity themes, first true test after my 2nd orthordox lesson in chocolate making. Truely inspired.


The Classics

Once you get something right, theres no need for change

Hence, the Classics were born. These are the trademark flavours
















Coconut Truffle
-Classic Coconut Truffle using Valrhona Ivoire White Chocolate with a Coconut Cream Ganache
















Grand Marnier Truffle
- 55% Valrhona Equitorial chocolate Ganache infused with Grand Marnier, finished using Equitorial Chocolate and Dark Chocolate Flakes
















Dark Chocolate Truffle
-65% Valrhona Manjari Dark Chocolate Ganache finished by 55% Equitorial chocolate and Valrhona Cocoa Powder
This classic dark truffle relies on the inherent taste of the chocolate i use, theres no alteration to the taste, and i have improved it by using a darker variety.. 72% Araguani Dark chocolate. Delish.


The Fruity Series


Since its mother's day, and that most mothers around me are not hardcore alcoholics, i decided to do something out of what i usually do and incorporate fruit flavours into the chocolates. Received quite well and yeah we'll be seeing them in the Classic series soon?

















Dark Lemon Squares
-Lemon infused Ivoire White chocolate filled Squares finished with Valrhona 55%Equitorial Chocolate

















Strawberry Cup Surprise
-Valrhona Ivoire white chocolate with Strawberry Liquerwith a 55% Equitorial Dark Chocolate with Fresh strawberries Puree
Mango Yogurt Truffle
-Mango filling made from Mango Puree and Yogurt encased in a Dark chocolate Shell.