Smoked White Chocolate with Vanilla, Aniseed & Lemon

Name: Smoked White Chocolate with Vanilla, Aniseed & Lemon
Cuisine: Australia
Ingredients: 100 g (3½ oz) pine chips for smoking (see Glossary); 10 g (⅓ oz) dehydrated lemon zest powder (see Note); 25 g (⅚ oz) star anise, lightly toasted and roughly broken into pieces using a hammer; 1 kg (2 lb4 oz) white chocolate (preferably 31% cocoa butter); 1 kg (2 lb4 oz) white chocolate (preferably 31% cocoa butter)

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sweet Studio

By Darren Purchese

Published 2012

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Ingredients

100 g (3½ oz) pine chips for smoking (see Glossary)
25 g (

Oceania
Australia
Dessert
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Mix the pine chips with the star anise, vanilla powder and lemon zest. Seal in a ziplock bag and leave to infuse for 1 week in a cool, dry place.
Melt the white chocolate (see Studio Note 1) and pour it into a wide, shallow tray or container. Cover the tray or container completely in plastic wrap. Double wrap the containe