From Las Vegas chocolate school the recipe of this month...

by Umberto - Sunday, November 30, 2014

From Las Vegas chocolate school the recipe of this month...

Vanilla Marzipan with Passion fruit Ganache

Vanilla Marzipan    
almond paste 60%    Gr    1000
syrup    Gr    115
vanilla beans    Gr    2
rhum    Gr    25
cacao butter    Gr    250
     Gr    0
passion fruit Ganache    
sugar    Gr    150
butter    Gr    125
passion fruit puree    Gr    280
inverted sugar    Gr    35
egg yolks    Gr    100
sorbitol    Gr    30
38% milk chocolate    Gr    400
65% dark chocolate    Gr    100
Cream     Gr    25
Cocoa Butter    Gr    25

Vanilla marzipan method:
Melt cocoa butter.
In the robot coupe mix all the ingredients, including the melted cocoa butter.
Roll it inside the frame you would like to use.
Stick another frame for the ganache.

Passion Fruit ganache:
In a plastic bowl, combine sugar, passion puree, inverted sugar, yolks, cream and sorbitol.
Cook in a microwave stirring every 30 seconds until you reach 82C
Strain over the chocolates and cocoa butter.
Hand blend.
Pour over the marzipan when its at 32C.
Let crystallize for 12 hours minimum.
Cut with the help of a guitar.
Enrobe in tempered 65% dark chocolate.

 

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A jump in Kuwait City!

by Umberto - Saturday, November 29, 2014

A jump in Kuwait City!

Few days for a  speed start up at one of the most important brands of chocolate in Kuwait City!

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And these are the cookies from Helsinki!

by Umberto - Friday, November 28, 2014

And these are the cookies from Helsinki!

From Finland other productions of biscuits made with Fbm dropping machine!

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In Corsica macarons and eclairs with Tower Drop!

by Umberto - Friday, November 28, 2014

In Corsica macarons and eclairs with Tower Drop!

Production of Ajaccio. Here's what you can do with a drop machine Fbm!

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From Greece to Nice!

by Umberto - Thursday, November 27, 2014

From Greece to Nice!

Here's a Christmas production of a greek chocolatier that make this chocolate creations with Fbm continuos tempering machine in a new lab in Nice, France!

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... and 2 K 200 near Nancy!

by Umberto - Wednesday, November 26, 2014

... and 2 K 200 near Nancy!

Another time in France, but more to the north, near Nancy, here is a crafter chocolate maker who has taken also 2 K 200, our standard Tank, to ensure a good continuity for the production of  his own chocolate!

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Mini Tanks for chocolate in the French Alps ...

by Umberto - Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Mini Tanks for chocolate in the French Alps ...

After 2 chocolate coating lines, a big number of Maestria and Unica to temper and make chocolate molds, we also custom-designed for this historical French customer some "mini" tanks of 50 kg very short to be included under the tunnel so that it is possible to save space and time production.

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Today, 10 and twenty years ago ...

by Umberto - Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Today, 10 and twenty years ago ...

In Meda, near Milan,  we have an hystorical customer that works chocolate with Fbm. Here we have the three eras of Fbm: 1994, 2004 and 2014!

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And today begins "Il più grande Pasticcere" on Rai 2!

by Umberto - Tuesday, November 25, 2014

And today begins "Il più grande Pasticcere" on Rai 2!

Just successfully completed the second edition of "Bake Off" on Real Time with the presence of the judge, Ernst Knam, and this evening begins on Rai 2 "The biggest Pastry Chef" where in addition to the judges, Di Carlo and  Rinaldini, our old friends and acquaintances, there is the presence of Martina Presta, teacher in our school during the courses of Cookery Lab.

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Sicilian cookies in Milan!

by Umberto - Monday, November 24, 2014

Sometimes the South is here in Milan as this company borned in Sicily ...  that ,with Tower Drop, makes stickcookies dropped and cut with wire cutting system.


 
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