Milk Chocolate with Almonds Confection

[chocofoodie]

Hi everyone,

I've had a request for a molded confection made of milk chocolate and almonds. I thought it was a pretty simple basic combination. Then I realised that I never use either milk chocolate or almonds! and I started panicing!

Can anyone recommend a good recipe? I was thinking of mixing fondant with almond oil and some chopped almonds, but my fondant is a bit on the hard side and I wanted a filling that was softer, more gooey.

Any ideas?

Thanks!!!!!

[Lior]

If you are talking about solid chocolate- you can just mix in pieces-big or small of almonds into the tempered choc and then into a mold. If you mean something softer, then a 1:1 combo of milk chocolate to almond butter is nice-kind of like reeses pb cups but with almonds. You can do this in many ways. \if you are interested let me know!

[chocofoodie]

I'm looking for a filling for a milk chocolate pralines, not like almond bark or something like that.

[lebowits]

How about an almond flavored ganache? I've seen a number of formulas that use marzipan to add the almond flavor. Check Greweling for a reference.

[chocofoodie]

Do you mean like make an almond marzipan and dip it?

[Lisa Shock]

What about mixing toasted almond butter with a little melted milk chocolate? The filling should wind up like a cross between Reese's and Nutella, texture-wise, with a strong almond flavor and smooth texture.

[RWood]

I made the amaretti truffle recipe from Greweling's book with almond paste and amaretto. I used it as a molded chocolate instead of a truffle. I added some ground up amaretti cookies for texture. Ground toasted almonds would work as well. Everyone I've tried it on loves it.

[chocofoodie]

Thanks everyone for the tips! I'm going to give it a shot today and will report back!

[Lior]

good luck!