Making a gelatin mold

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Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Complex

Appears in
Encyclopedia of Chocolate: Essential Recipes and Techniques

By Frédéric Bau and École du Grand Chocolat Valrhona

Published 2017

  • About

Choose whatever object you like to create a mold in the shape of your choice.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup plus 1 scant ¼ cup (3 ½ oz./300 g

Method

Pour all the water into a saucepan and heat over low heat. Combine the sugar and powdered gelatin and pour the mixture into the water, mixing with a whisk. Allow impurities (foam) to rise to the surface and remove them with a skimmer. Do not allow it to come to the boil, otherwise the gelatin will burn. When the liquid is perfectly clear, remove it from the heat.

Pour some of the gelati