Chocolate Dish

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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

Chocolate here is both container and content, so the whole plate can be eaten! The technique for making this requires some practice but the result is well worth the effort.

Ingredients

  • Water
  • A large quantity of ice cubes
  • Melted chocolate

Method

Half fill a large mixing bowl with water and ice cubes. When the melted chocolate has cooled and begins to thicken, pipe out thick squiggles into the well-chilled water (1) and immediately flatten the chocolate with your hand against the sides and bottom of the bowl to shape it into the form of a plate. Wait a few minutes and then remove it from the water (2). Place it on some she