Green Tea

Name: Green Tea
Yield: Makes about 80 chocolates
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: Sen cha leaves (Japanese green tea); Sen cha leaves (Japanese green tea); 60 g (2 oz/5 tbsp) unsalted butter, cut into cubes and at room temperature; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) tempered fine dark (bittersweet) chocolate; 55 g (scant 2 oz) invert sugar; 200 g (7 oz) fine milk chocolate, chopped; 290 g (10 oz) fine dark (bittersweet) chocolate (66% cocoa solids), chopped; 290 g (10 oz) fine dark (bittersweet) chocolate (66% cocoa solids), chopped; 1 quantity Chocolate Cocoa Butter Solution; 375 ml (12 fl oz/1½ cups) whipping (pouring) cream; 15g (½oz) green tea leaves

Preparation info

Makes about
80
chocolates

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Couture Chocolate

By William Curley

Published 2011

About

Ingredients

1 quantity Chocolate Cocoa Butter Solution
375 ml (12 fl oz/<

Asia
Japan
Vegetarian
Chocolate
Gluten-free

Method

Line a baking tray (sheet) with a non-stick baking mat and brush with the chocolate cocoa butter solution. Put the cream in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Take off the heat and allow to cool slightly before adding the green tea leaves. Cover with cling film (plastic wrap) and leave to infuse for 4 hours. Pass the cream through a fine sieve (strainer) to catch the tea