Pirouette Coffee
Author: Yann Brys
Servings: 20 ea

Ingredients:

COFFEE AND PEANUT PRALINE

  • 175g White Almonds
  • 335g Peanuts
  • 220g Caster Sugar
  • 66g Glucose DE40
  • 1g Fleur de Sel
  • 7g Milk Chocolate Couverture 46%
  • 7g PROVA Gourmet Fusion Coffee (melted)

COFFEE CARAMEL

  • 216g Caster Sugar
  • 238g Glucose DE40
  • 384g Cream
  • 30g Invert Sugar
  • 85g Milk Chocolate Couverture 46%
  • 28g PROVA Gourmet Fusion Coffee
  • 20g Butter
  • 2g Fine Salt

Directions:

COFFEE AND PEANUT PRALINE

  • 1. Roast almonds and chop them up together with the peanuts. Set aside 70g.
  • 2. Caramelize sugar and glucose, then add remaining nuts.
  • 3. Cool, chop and grind the mixture. Cool to 86­°F, then add the Fusion Coffee, chocolate couverture, and 70g of nuts previously set aside.
  • 4. Cool to 75°F and spread praline to a thickness of 1 cm. Leave to crystallize.
  • 5. Cut praline into 2 cm x 11 cm bars and add an almond sablé of the same size.
  • 6. Partially dip them into milk chocolate couverture containing 30% chopped, roasted almonds.

COFFEE CARAMEL

  • 1. Make a caramel with the sugar and glucose.
  • 2. Heat the cream with the invert sugar. Stir the hot cream into the caramel to stop the caramelization process and bring the mixture to 221°F.
  • 3. Remove from heat and add chocolate, Fusion Coffee, butter, and salt. Stir well and leave mixture to cool.
  • 4. Transfer caramel to a piping bag and pipe onto the surface of the bars. Add a 2 cm x 11 cm chocolate plaquette and two 1 cm x 8 cm curved chocolate shapes.
  • 5. Finish bars by decorating with caramelized peanuts to the center of each.