Homemade Paillete Feuilletine

[mjc]

I've been dying to use my paillete feuilletine, i bought a box of it this summer, i wanted to add a different texture to some of my chocolates.  I added it to praline cream from JP Wybauw Fine chocolates p86.  This was probably not the ideal choice, the feuilletine ended up sort of soggy, not the crunchy i was looking for, though some people enjoyed the texture.  I believe that the cream part of the recipe "wet" the feuilletine.  Would it work better in a straight praline recipe?

What other use in chocolates have you tried with feuilletine?

Thanks for the input

Peter

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It works great with praline paste.

[Smiley Riley]

Thanks

I think i will try and make rochers and add the feuilletine for texture.

Peter

[ejw50]

to add one more to this thread, I went to Chef Rubber's location last week. They were out of Paillete Feuilletine.

The guy there (Paul I think) suggested two substitutions for a non pro like me who was using it in small quantities.

The first was sugar cones for ice cream, ground up.

The second, was tuile batter thinly spread out, baked for 30 seconds. He said that's what Paillete Feuilletine was.

Edited March 6, 2009 by ejw50 (log)

[Lior]

I am sure a Valrhona or Callebaut distributor can send you packets. I getit from Valrhona.

[mjc]

to add one more to this thread, I went to Chef Rubber's location last week.  They were out of Paillete Feuilletine.

The guy there (Paul I think) suggested two substitutions for a non pro like me who was using it in small quantities. 

The first was sugar cones for ice cream, ground up. 

The second, was tuile batter thinly spread out, baked for 30 seconds.  He said that's what Paillete Feuilletine was.

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Here's a place, I just found, that will sell you a pound of it. Just get the real thing, don't substitute.