Name: Golden Palets
Prep time: 40 min
Total time: 5 h 40 min
Yield: Makes about 50 palets
Ingredients: ½ vanilla bean; 8 oz. (225 g) bittersweet chocolate, 70 percent cocoa; Edible gold leaf; 1 lb. (500 g) bittersweet chocolate, 70 percent cocoa; 3 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon (50 g) butter, diced; 2 tablespoons (40 g) honey; ¾ cup (200 ml) whipping cream

Preparation info

Makes about
50
palets

Difficulty
Complex
Ready in
6 hr

Appears in

Encyclopedia of Chocolate

By Frédéric Bau and École du Grand Chocolat Valrhona

Published 2017

About

Ingredients

Bittersweet chocolate ganache*

8 oz. (225 g) bittersweet chocolate, 70 percent cocoa
½

Method

A day ahead, prepare the bittersweet chocolate ganache. Chop the chocolate and melt it slowly in a bain-marie or in the microwave oven (on “defrost” or at 500 W maximum, stirring from time to time).

Slit the half vanilla bean and scrape out the seeds. Place the whipping cream, honey, and vanilla seeds and bean in