Amber
Author: Yann Brys
Servings: 20 each

Ingredients:

HAZELNUT CRUNCH

  • 115g Hazelnuts (chopped)
  • 65g Feuilletine
  • 52g Chocolate Puffed Rice
  • 1g Fleur de Sel
  • 78g Dark Gianduja
  • 78g Milk Chocolate Couverture 40%

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL

  • 216g Caster Sugar
  • 238g Glucose DE40
  • 384g Cream
  • 30g Invert Sugar
  • 80g Dark Chocolate Couverture 70%
  • 20g Butter
  • 20g PROVA Gourmet Fusion Rum
  • 2g Fine Salt

Directions:

HAZELNUT CRUNCH

  • 1. Toast the hazelnuts and mix with feuilletine, puffed rice, and fleur de sel.
  • 2. Melt the gianduja and milk chocolate couverture at 104°F and pour over crunchy mixture and stir well.
  • 3. Roll mixture out to a 1 cm thickness and leave to cool to 62.6°F. Cut into 2 cm x 12 cm bars and spray with a mixture of equal parts dark chocolate couverture and cocoa butter.

CHOCOLATE CARAMEL

  • 1. Make a caramel with the sugar and glucose.
  • 2. Heat the cream with the invert sugar, then stir into caramel to stop the caramelization process and bring the mixture back up to 221°F.
  • 3. Remove from heat and add dark chocolate couverture, butter, Fusion Rum, and salt. Stir until fully incorporated.
  • 4. Leave mixture to cool, then pipe caramel over the surface of the crunchy bars.
  • 5. Add come toasted hazelnut pieces on top on caramel. Coat bars in dark chocolate couverture and create a marble effect with milk chocolate couverture.