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Week 12: Truffles and Filled Chocolates

Hello class!

Today’s Chef was Sarah and the Steward was Jessica. I would like to first thank everybody for coming in on time and working diligently on their assignments. I would also like to thank my steward, Jessica for helping me out and the other teams. For today’s production, we worked a lot with tempering, pipping, molding and filling chocolates. It was a long a tedious process but, as a class, we got through it and made the most beautiful truffles and bonbons. For the filled chocolates we had several demos to show how we can fill the molds and how to use the transfer sheets to give the bonbons a pop of color.

After all that hard work, our class produced the most beautiful chocolates. Even though this is our last chocolate production, I am glad we were able to make such amazing products.

Tempering milk chocolate.

Pouring the white chocolate into the mold.

Scrapping off the excess chocolate.

Taping the mold to release the air bubbles.

Using the back of the offset to tap out the rest of the chocolate.

Scrapping off the excess chocolate.

Flipping the mold over on parchment to let the shells set.

Scoping the Gianduja Truffles.

Piping filling into the chocolate shells.

Rolling Truffles.

Coating the Truffles.

Team A: Gingerbread Truffles and Filled Hazelnut Praline

Team B: Caribbean Cocktail and Filled dark chocolate.

Bittersweet Chocolates

Team C: Black Forest truffles and Red Rose white filled truffles.

Team D: Gianduja truffles and Milk chocolate filled with dark chocolate ganache.

 

Week 11 Production

Hello all, today’s chefs are Maria and Hannah. First of all, we would like to thank you all of you did a perfect job today and the products were coming out good. We also thanks to our steward, Sarah, for helping out teams. Even though it was a long and tedious process today with dipping and cutting; everyone gave their all and to the products were very delicious too. Today production consisted mostly of either cutting and dipping the products the teams made the week prior or making the Mozart Kugeln bonbons or Grand Marnier chocolate all today.

The teams cut and dipped close to 100 or more pieces of their candy and to make sure during that their chocolate didn’t get too cold or thicken was good and I was happy to see no one gave up with that. The chocolate had a great shine so I knew it was tempered correctly. Though the white chocolate give teams some trouble today they still worked past it and strived through. Today we as chefs believe that all the products came out delicious and well worth the hassle to make it perfect and are happy today came out that way and hopefully continues more and more great.

Kneading the Mozart Kugeln dough

Wrapping the nougat up with the pistachio marzipan to make the known layers.

The almond Joy Candies

 

the final products of Mozart Kugeln

the Hazelnut Marzipan Balls

Bittersweet Dark Chocolate

Grand Marnier dipping

dipping and topping the almond joys carefully.

Team A production

Team B Production

 

Team C production

Team D production

have fancy packages for today’s products

 

Week 10: Rochers, Clusters, Peanut Butter Cup and Gianduja Swirls

Hello everybody!

My name is CeiKar and I was today’s Chef. First of all, I would like to thank everybody that was on class today. I would also like to thank Chef Hoffman for sharing all her knowledge about chocolates and candies to this class this semester. Last, but not least, I would like to thank Maria for helping us get the necessary ingredients on the requisition for today’s production.

On today’s class, we were a little tight because there were three classmates that were absent. Although, we were able to complete today’s production list without a problem and get out on time for club hours. I would like to thank each classmate for its effort and focus on today’s production because without each of you, these chocolates creations would not have existed.

Thanks to Dao and Hannah, we are going to be able to make Mozartkuglen next week because they prepared successful chocolate nougat. Moreover, we were able to get adorable rocher treats.

Adding hot syrup to start the meringue

Adding hot syrup to start the meringue

Whipping meringue

Whipping meringue

Adding melted chocolate to meringue

Adding melted chocolate to meringue

Chocolate Nougat

Chocolate Nougat

Toasting almonds for Rocher

Tossing almonds for Rocher

Rocher's Final Product

Rocher’s Final Product

With the help of Sarah and Michelle, we were able to have a ganache ready for next week’s production. Also, we were able to get delicious gianduja swirls.

Spreading Ganache

Spreading Ganache

Cooled Ganache

Cooled Ganache

Pipped Gianduja Swirls

Pipped Gianduja Swirls

Gianduja Swirls

Gianduja Swirls

With the assistance of Matt and Jodian, we are going to be able to prepare Almond Joy’s next week. Besides, we got Orange and Almond Clusters as treats today.

Cooked base for Almond Joy's

Cooked base for Almond Joy’s

Finished base for Almond Joy's

Finished base for Almond Joy’s

Getting ready to shape it

Getting ready to shape it

Scooped clusters

Scooped clusters

Orange and Almond Clusters

Orange and Almond Clusters

With the focus of Eylin and Cambria, we were able to get Peanut Butter Cups home. In addition, we are going to be able to finish up with the Hazelnut Marzipan Balls next week.

Peanut Butter Filling

Peanut Butter Filling

Tempered Milk and Dark Chocolate

Tempered Milk and Dark Chocolate

Hazelnut Marzipan Balls

Hazelnut Marzipan Balls

Peanut Butter Cups

Peanut Butter Cups

Final Product

Final Product

Lastly, I would like to thank everybody for all the help provided. Because without you, I would not have made these White Peanut Butter Clusters.

White Peanut butter mixture

White Peanut butter mixture

Scooped out Clusters

Scooped out Clusters

Final Products

Final Products

White Peanut Butter Clusters

White Peanut Butter Clusters