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Preparation info
  • Makes

    1

    bear
    • Difficulty

      Complex

    • Ready in

      3 hr

Appears in
Encyclopedia of Chocolate: Essential Recipes and Techniques

By Frédéric Bau and École du Grand Chocolat Valrhona

Published 2017

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Ingredients

  • 1 lb. 2 oz. (500 g) bittersweet chocolate, 60 or 70 percent cocoa

Method

Prepare the molds. Clean the molds with cotton wool soaked with 90° alcohol. Place two confectionery rulers on a lined baking sheet.

Temper the chocolate using the method of your choice.

Prepare the chocolate balls. When the tempered chocolate has reached the right temperature, completely fill a half-sphere mold from a ladle so that the entire