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.