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On 12/27/2019 at 1:18 PM, Louise nadine brill said:

Arrrgh. I have the diffraction grating, still in it’s Amazon shipping box....somewhere. I put it “to the side” until after Christmas and now have no idea where it is 🙄🙄. Will update once i locate it. In the meantime, i took a page from Kerry’s (epic)  book and bought some cocoa butter containers...i wonder what the neighbours think.

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Hi Louise - where did you source the containers from?  Being a newbie i went and bought bottles that will hold 8 oz - wtf was I thinking?  I just bought 12 bottles or roxy & rich colours so i should be good for a while but I am going through alot of red green and yellow right now.

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Finally have time to post pics of my Christmas bonbons.

 

Flavours are

Blue Green - Dark shell - ameretto marzipan

Heart - Dark shell - Baileys Ganache

Gold ball - Dark shell - Sortilege Ganache

Copper dome - Dark Shell - Peanut butter salted caramel

Stripe - Cointreau Ganache

Red splatter - Peppermint Vodka Ganache

Black one - Sambuca Ganache

All capped with milk chocolate - some issues there but they will be cleaned up for next round.

 

 

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7 hours ago, Chocoguyin Pemby said:

Finally have time to post pics of my Christmas bonbons.

 

Flavours are

Blue Green - Dark shell - ameretto marzipan

Heart - Dark shell - Baileys Ganache

Gold ball - Dark shell - Sortilege Ganache

Copper dome - Dark Shell - Peanut butter salted caramel

Stripe - Cointreau Ganache

Red splatter - Peppermint Vodka Ganache

Black one - Sambuca Ganache

All capped with milk chocolate - some issues there but they will be cleaned up for next round.

 

 

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Wow!  Just beautiful.

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On 12/29/2019 at 12:46 AM, Chocoguyin Pemby said:

Hi Louise - where did you source the containers from?  Being a newbie i went and bought bottles that will hold 8 oz - wtf was I thinking?  I just bought 12 bottles or roxy & rich colours so i should be good for a while but I am going through alot of red green and yellow right now.

Hiya - i went to good old Amazon for these. Great price too! 

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On 1/5/2020 at 1:12 PM, pastrygirl said:

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Quite happy with the shine on these - airbrushed roxy & rich green sphene and gold, shelled in dark chocolate, filled with rosemary infused caramel ganache. 

 

Those look great - How did you infuse the rosemary?  did you use an oil extract?  I love making caramel. 

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13 minutes ago, Chocoguyin Pemby said:

Those look great - How did you infuse the rosemary?  did you use an oil extract?  I love making caramel. 


I poured hot caramel sauce over fresh rosemary and let it steep for a while then strained before mixing with chocolate 

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On 1/11/2020 at 11:46 AM, pastrygirl said:


I poured hot caramel sauce over fresh rosemary and let it steep for a while then strained before mixing with chocolate 

Ahh - the last time I made rosemary caramel I steeped the rosemary in the cream and then strained it before adding it to the sugar.  It's a great combo I think - Now that I think about it I might try an Earl Grey tea caramel - I made an earl grey ganache a while ago and really liked it. 

 

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Trying to use up some colored cocoa butter colors that don't get used very much.  Here's the latest: 

 

Clockwise from Top Left: Banana Passionfruit, Vanilla Caramel, Peanut Butter, Hot Chocolate (dark chocolate ganache with vanilla marshmallow) 

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So, a few for Valentine’s Day. Some experiment flavors.  

Mimosa-Prosecco and Orange, 

Creme Brûlée-vanilla bean custard type ganache with soft caramel and crunchy caramel bits

Gold with hazelnut crunch-Gold ganache with dark chocolate crunch layer of feuilletine, toasted hazelnuts and praline paste,

Raspberry Orange-Raspberry Filling with dark chocolate orange ganache

Chocolate caramel-caramel ganache with sea salt

Ruby with Strawberry Cheesecake-cheesecake ganache with strawberry filling and a crispy crust

And hazelnut repeat to use up shells

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Thanks!

So, like I said this was all experimento 😊.

I used 40g tempered white chocolate, 20g cocoa butter, 20g toasted graham crumbs, 25g feuilletine, 3g brown butter, pinch of salt. Rolled it between sheets parchment paper. 
This photo shows a cut of it, this one the crust is a little thin I think. And I capped these with white since it was what was ready and I wanted that cheesecake filling sealed. 

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Not Valentine's Day production, but just experimenting. I don't get to do fun stuff like these at work, not yet anyway, so I do it on my own spare time 😁.

I had this idea brewing for few weeks and finally I managed to execute it.

Cherry compote, creme fraiche ganache (plain a simple dark chocolate and creme fraiche, nothing else. It made the smoothest ganache ever, I am in love!), small disk of pistachio gianduia, truth to be told, I didn't have any round cutters, i had to use a small pastry tip, they were tiny! Again at work I don't have a lot of specialized tools, most of the stuff i brought from home.

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21 hours ago, Desiderio said:

Not Valentine's Day production, but just experimenting. I don't get to do fun stuff like these at work, not yet anyway, so I do it on my own spare time 😁.

I had this idea brewing for few weeks and finally I managed to execute it.

Cherry compote, creme fraiche ganache (plain a simple dark chocolate and creme fraiche, nothing else. It made the smoothest ganache ever, I am in love!), small disk of pistachio gianduia, truth to be told, I didn't have any round cutters, i had to use a small pastry tip, they were tiny! Again at work I don't have a lot of specialized tools, most of the stuff i brought from home.

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Did you feel the creme fraiche flavor came through on the ganache?  I am going to make up a batch of creme fraiche today to try it out in a ganache.  I love that idea!!  But was curious if you got much of the tangy flavor from it.  I have done a goat cheese ganache before that had a really nice smooth and tangy flavor.  

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I have to say that all in all, I din't get a lot of the tangy profile, mostly the creaminess, but also the chocolate I am using at this moment is not of the best quality (what I have available at work), it has a quite dominant flavor. In any case the overall texture of the ganache was incredibly smooth, I think I am hooked.

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On 1/5/2020 at 4:12 PM, pastrygirl said:

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Quite happy with the shine on these - airbrushed roxy & rich green sphene and gold, shelled in dark chocolate, filled with rosemary infused caramel ganache. 

 

Those look incredible!! I'm curious, what PSI do you run your airbrush at? I tend  to have specking issues, but yours look great!!

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6 hours ago, curls said:

@Hendrix they look beautiful. What flavors are they?

The purple ones are filled with blueberry and crème fraîche. The red ones with Minneola and Rooibostea.

 

9 hours ago, Jim D. said:

 

Those are beautiful. Do you mind telling how you achieved the marbled effect?

I just brushed them with a sponge. First the darker color and then a lighter one to shine through behind. 

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On 12/5/2019 at 2:08 AM, Louise nadine brill said:

These are the ones i am considering... I 

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 Okay update as promised...sheepishly. Finally found both my roll of diffraction grating, and the time to try out the technique. I bought the the bottom one...it was a cheap option, and i fancied the idea of the additional texture that the panels might offer. Results...dreary. Chocolate was perfectly tempered (i’m doing the Ecole Chocolat course right now and have been practicing my tabling technique 😁). I used both a small 1”squares magnetic tray and also spread a larger piece of diffraction grating directly. 1” squares were 100% rainbow free, not worth taking a photo of. I post here my BACK room finish sheet. If you squint, and are feeling generous - you can see the slightest bit of hologram here and there. Conclusion - buy the good stuff that Kerry mentioned (middle choice) and try, try, try again. 😁😁

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Just now, Louise nadine brill said:

 Okay update as promised...sheepishly. Finally found both my roll of diffraction grating, and the time to try out the technique. I bought the the bottom one...it was a cheap option, and i fancied the idea of the additional texture that the panels might offer. Results...dreary. Chocolate was perfectly tempered (i’m doing the Ecole Chocolat course right now and have been practicing my tabling technique 😁). I used both a small 1”squares magnetic tray and also spread a larger piece of diffraction grating directly. 1” squares were 100% rainbow free, not worth taking a photo of. I post here my BACK room finish sheet. If you squint, and are feeling generous - you can see the slightest bit of hologram here and there. Conclusion - buy the good stuff that Kerry mentioned (middle choice) and try, try, try again. 😁😁

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Just now, Louise nadine brill said:

 Okay update as promised...sheepishly. Finally found both my roll of diffraction grating, and the time to try out the technique. I bought the the bottom one...it was a cheap option, and i fancied the idea of the additional texture that the panels might offer. Results...dreary. Chocolate was perfectly tempered (i’m doing the Ecole Chocolat course right now and have been practicing my tabling technique 😁). I used both a small 1”squares magnetic tray and also spread a larger piece of diffraction grating directly. 1” squares were 100% rainbow free, not worth taking a photo of. I post here my BACK room finish sheet. If you squint, and are feeling generous - you can see the slightest bit of hologram here and there. Conclusion - buy the good stuff that Kerry mentioned (middle choice) and try, try, try again. 😁😁

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ps...If I were to consider using diffraction grating in production, I would not use window film - even if I had better results - just from a sanitary standpont.

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I can see it clearly in some areas and less clearly but still there in other areas. I strongly suspect lighting and angle are key components when viewing or photographing the results of this technique but I see more there that's encouraging than discouraging.

It's kinda like wrestling a gorilla... you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is tired.

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