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porfyra

porfyra

wow thank you all for such a fast response! maybe you are right @Duvel, it's been several years since I last tried one, though I felt they were a bit lighter than the classical ganache. I tried chocolate ganache on a 1:1 ratio of 65% chocolate to fresh cream, added some cocoa butter too but I think i still have a long way to go. they do have that light melt in mouth texture that i think is due to cocoa butter, but if i remember correctly, the authentic one seemed a bit lighter and drier to touch than the one i got.

 

For reference, i tried a small batch with these amounts:

120g fresh cream 35%

120g couverture 65%

30g cocoa butter (did i overdo it?) ☺️

 

 

I forgot to mention, after googling (for hours..days..weeks etc), i found out that they have a pretty similar truffle in Switzerland, known as Pavés de Genève, not sure how different it is taste or texturewise but it looks pretty similar. 

porfyra

porfyra

wow thank you all for such a fast response! maybe you are right @Duvel, it's been several years since I last tried one, though I felt they were a bit lighter than the classical ganache. I tried chocolate ganache on a 1:1 ratio of 65% chocolate to fresh cream, added some cocoa butter too but I think i still have a long way to go. they do have that light melt in mouth texture that i think is due to cocoa butter, but if i remember correctly, the authentic one seemed a bit lighter and drier to touch than the one i got.

 

For reference, i tried a small batch with these amounts:

120g fresh cream 35%

120g couverture 65%

30g cocoa butter (did i overdo it?) ☺️

porfyra

porfyra

wow thank you all for such a fast response! maybe you are right @Duvel, it's been several years since I last tried one, though I felt they were a bit lighter than the classical ganache. I tried chocolate ganache on a 1:1 ratio of 65% chocolate to fresh cream, added some cocoa butter too but I think i still have a long way to go, they don't have that light melt in mouth texture, and I think the authentic one seemed a bit drier to touch than the one i got.

 

For reference, i tried a small batch with these amounts:

120g fresh cream 35%

120g couverture 65%

30g cocoa butter (did i overdo it?) ☺️

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