Evocao™: Lemon grass-lime-cardamom

Evocao™: Lemon grass-lime-cardamom

Level:
Medium

Lemon grass ganache

Used products: Lemon grass ganache

  • 250 g
    Lemon grass infused water
  • 7 g
    Soy protein
  • 180 g
    Invert sugar (tremolina type)
  • 200 g
    glucose syrup DE 44
  • 160 g
    dextrose
  • 3 g
    salt
  • 450 g
    Be Better™ (Vegetable butter substitute)*
  • 25 g
    cocoa butter

Preparation: Lemon grass ganache

1. Make a hot infusion of 300 grams of water and 60 grams of lemon grass, filter after 4 minutes. 
2. Weigh 340 g of infusion, cool, add the soy protein, pass through the blender and dissolve the sugars and salt in the infusion.
3. Pour over the melted couverture at around 40ºC and emulsify.
4. Lastly add the melted milk fat and cocoa butter at about 40ºC.
5. Emulsify correctly and pre-crystallize at 30/32ºC.

Gelled lime and cardamom interior

Used products: Gelled lime and cardamom interior

  • 1000 g
    lime juice
  • 8 g
    Yellow Pectin
  • 70 g
    saccharose sugar
  • 140 g
    glucose syrup DE 44
  • 840 g
    sucrose
  • 3 g
    lime zest
  • 3 g
    Ground cardamom

Preparation: Gelled lime and cardamom interior

1. Heat the juice with the pectin and sugar.
2. Add the rest of the sugars.
3. Cook until 70/75º Brix.
4. Set aside until needed.
5. Strain through a coarse sieve to break up the gel structure before using and add the zest and cardamom.

Dark chocolate couverture

Used products: Dark chocolate couverture

Preparation: Dark chocolate couverture

Melt and mix the two ingredients, set aside.

Other

Assembly

1. Pre-crystallize the chocolate couverture and, using a spray gun, apply a light coat to the "Cacaofruit Convex-Evocao™" chocolate moulds.
2. Then pre-crystallize Evocao™ WholeFruit Chocolate and line the bonbon moulds.
3. Pour a small amount of gel into the bottom of the moulds, and then the truffle when the temperature is about 30/32ºC.
4. Allow to crystallize for a few hours and cover the base with Evocao™ WholeFruit Chocolate
5. Remove from the moulds and store.


*Be Better™ is a vegetable-based butter substitute designed and optimized for use in bakery products.