Black Sesame and Vanilla Molded Bonbon
Author: Nicolas Botomisy
Servings: 600 each 12g Bonbons

Ingredients:

WHITE CHOCOLATE VANILLA GANACHE

  • 500g Heavy Cream
  • 100g Invert Sugar
  • 300g Glucose Syrup DE 40
  • 3ea PROVA Gourmet Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Bean (split and scraped)
  • 1100g White Chocolate, 33%
  • 170g Dry Butter, 84%
  • 20g PROVA Gourmet Fusion Vanilla Flavored Cocoa Butter

BLACK SESAME PRALINE

  • 342g Black Sesame Seeds
  • 228g Granulated Sugar

BLACK SESAME MOLDED PRALINE

  • 17g PROVA Gourmet Fusion Vanilla Flavored Cocoa Butter
  • 60g White Chocolate
  • 570g Black Sesame Praliné

MOLDED BONBON

  • 1500g White Chocolate
  • 0.5g PROVA Gourmet Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Bean
  • 2173g White Chocolate Vanilla Ganache Molded Bonbon
  • 647g Molded Black Sesame Praliné

Directions:

WHITE CHOCOLATE VANILLA GANACHE

  • 1. In a saucepot combine cream, invert sugar, glucose, and vanilla beans. Bring to a boil.
  • 2. Strain cream over white chocolate and mix at 95°F.
  • 3. When ganache reaches 86-89.6°F add Fusion Vanilla and stir until fully combined.

BLACK SESAME PRALINE

  • 1. Make a dry caramel with the sugar.
  • 2. Add sesame seeds and set on a silicon mat and cool completely.
  • 3. Blend in food processor until smooth.

BLACK SESAME MOLDED PRALINE

  • 1. In a saucepot, melt Fusion Vanilla and pour over white chocolate. Melt in microwave if necessary.
  • 2. Combine with black sesame praliné. Bring mixture to 82-83°F and add 1% of white chocolate vanilla ganache to ensure better, quicker setting, and a creamier texture.
  • 3. Pipe into hollow shells and leave to set for a few hours.

MOLDED BONBON

  • 1. Temper white chocolate with half vanilla bean, split and scraped.
  • 2. Mold half sphere using pre crystallized white chocolate and flip mold to cover all sides, clean edges, and leave to set.
  • 3. Fill 1/3 of chocolate shell with black sesame praliné, and fill remainder with white chocolate vanilla ganache.
  • 4. Leave to set for 24 hours at 62°F with 60% humidity.
  • 5. Use tempered white chocolate to seal half spheres and use thermal heat gun to ensure perfect junction.
  • 6. Leave to set at 62°F and unmold.