Chili Chocolate Marzipan

Chili Chocolate Marzipan

This is a delicious chocolate confectionery playing with 3 different ingredients; chili, chocolate and marzipan. They’re also good looking.

Heavenly good chocolate

-Daniel

Ingredients:

Ingredients for about 15 pieces:

  • 200 g marzipan.
  • 150 g dark chocolate.
  • 2 tablespoon whipped cream.
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried and grinded red chili.
  • 30 g white chocolate for decoration. (you can skip this and use other topping).

PS! All pictures are shot when making 60 pieces.

Important note

Temperature is very important when working with chocolate. These are the recommended temperatures:

Chocolate Cocoa mass Max temp Cool down temp Working temp
Dark >43% 50°C 27-28°C 32°C
Milky >25% 45°C 26-27°C 30°C
White 0% 40°C 25-26°C 29°C

Guide part 1:

  1. Prepare 50 g dark chocolate, 1/2 teaspoon of chili and whipped cream.

    Prepare ingredients

    Prepare ingredients

  2. Pour the 2 tablespoons of whipped cream into a large bowl.

    Whipped cream

    Whipped cream

  3. Mix the 1/2 teaspoon fine grinded chili with the whipped cream. Make sure every thing is mixed properly.

    Mix chili

    Mix chili

  4. Break up and mince 50 g of the dark chocolate.

    Mince the chocolate

    Mince the chocolate

  5. Add the minced chocolate into the chili and whipped cream mix.

    Add chocolate

    Add chocolate

  6. Put the bowl over a saucepan with hot water.

    Put over hot water

    Put over hot water

  7. Stir slowly while the temperature rises and the chocolate melts.

    Melt chocolate

    Melt chocolate

    Melt chocolate

    Melt chocolate

    Melt chocolate

    Melt chocolate

    Melt chocolate

    Melt chocolate

  8. Mine was done at about 31.5 Celcius

    Melting done chocolate

    Melting done chocolate

  9. Remove the bowl from the saucepan and put into the refrigerator for about 2-3 hours.

Guide part 2 (work in progress):

  1. Cut the marzipan into small slices and place a small ball of your chili chocolate core on top of the slices.

    Prepare slices

    Prepare slices

  2. Make marzipan balls with the chili chocolate as a core

    Make marzipan balls

    Make marzipan balls

  3. Melt the rest of the dark chocolate (150 g) and dip your marzipan balls into the liquid chocolate.

    Dip marzipan balls

    Dip marzipan balls

  4. Melt all of the white chocolate and decorate your marzipan balls

    Decorate marzipan balls

    Decorate marzipan balls

  5. Put into the refrigerator for about 2 hours and you’re done. Bon apetit!

    Bon apetit!

    Bon apetit!

The guide part 2 will be extended with more details in a couple of days…