Approaching the day of Easter and pleasant Passover hassle. On the eve of the publication turned to the famous pastry chef Roberto Goni (Roberto Goñi) with the request to share the secrets of cooking at home chocolate Easter eggs.
Chocolate
To prepare chocolate Easter eggs you’ll need a few tiles a good bitter or milk chocolate with high content of cocoa butter. Chop the chocolate in small pieces or grate it on a grater, so the pieces were the same size. Next, melt it in the microwave or in a water bath. This should be done carefully and with love.
Cooking secrets
In the process of making chocolate eggs, it is important to follow the temperature regime. So be patient and slow fire chocolate at a temperature not exceeding 40°.
For uniform heat exposure place the prepared chocolate pieces into a dry and clean container (bowl, pot). Capacity put in a saucepan with little boiling water to the bowl with the chocolate does not touch the water. Thus, creating a steam bath. While stirring, watch for uniform thermal processing. Once the chocolate is thoroughly melted, it can be removed with a steam bath and use as directed.
If you do chocolate eggs white chocolate, it is a very delicate process. The fact is that if the temperature in the process of melting chocolate is less than 40°, it begins to thicken and becomes like a dairy product ricotta.
To melt chocolate in a microwave oven it is necessary to select the maximum heating temperature for 30 seconds. Operation to repeat two or three times.
Pour the melted chocolate in an egg shape, forming a thin layer, and spreading it on the edges. For uniformity, you can slightly shake form. Remove excess and clean the edges with a spatula. Refrigerate until complete solidification of the chocolate. When the first layer hardens, make another layer of chocolate on top of the first. Repeat the procedure at least two to three times, if you want the eggs were thick, sturdy walls. After applying the last layer, place the molds upside down on parchment paper and allow chocolate to harden completely.
If you want to join the two halves and make a whole egg, slightly heat the knife or spatula over a gas flame, then move it over the edges of the halves of the egg to slightly melt the chocolate. Connect the two halves and hold for several seconds to edge United. Next, put the egg aside and allow to harden. This method also works if you need to smooth out any rough edges.
At the stage of connection of the halves of the eggs can be placed inside a surprise in the form of toys, scrapbook or thick sweet filling. It all depends on your imagination. By the way, those chocolate eggs can make it more interesting, if the layers of chocolate will be different colors, for example, you can alternate the black and milk chocolate.
To melt chocolate in a microwave oven it is necessary to select the maximum heating temperature for 30 seconds. Operation to repeat two or three times.
