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Mother's Day Flower Pot with Chocolate Mousse - Pâte à Bombe method
Recipe by Stanton Ho, Corporate Pastry Chef
Featuring our “Flower Pot” (item#572D)
Ingredients
 
280
 grams  Bittersweet Chocolate
 
6
 ea  Egg Yolks
 
1
 ea  Egg
 
100
 grams  Granulated Sugar
 
400
 grams  Heavy Cream

Preparation:

1. Melt the chocolate.
2. Whip the heavy cream to a soft peak. Reserve until ready for folding in the last stage of this mix.
3. Whisk the yolks and egg in the mixer
4. Cook the sugar to 115° C (240° F) and pour over the whisked egg mixture while in the medium-high mixing stage. The yolks and egg will form a pale yellow or ribbon stage appearance. Continue to whisk until room temperature. This completes the Pâte à Bombe.
5. Mix 1/3 of the whipped cream into the chocolate. Fold in the Pâte à Bombe. Add the rest of the whipped cream and continue to fold until completely blended.

For Garnish:
1. Pipe mousse into chocolate flower cups.
2. Garnish with white and milk chocolate shavings and any one of our chocolate accent pieces.

Featured Accents: Butterfly (#5104W), Tear Drop (#9151D1) and Twist (#9173D2).



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