Part 1: Fudge Ganache
Ingredients
Method- 180g Milk Chocolate
- 40g deZaan True Dark cocoa powder
- 135g Heavy Cream
- 20g Inverted Sugar
- 20g Unsalted Butter
- Melt the chocolate in the microwave.
- In a small pot bring heavy cream, cocoa powder and invert sugar to simmer
- Pour the hot mix over the chocolate and butter in 3 parts, mixing always with the help of a rubber spatula, fast and pressing down.
- Once is well incorporated, pour it into a deep container, add salt and emulsify with a hand blender for at least 1 minute.
- Let set for at least 5 hours.
- Transfer into a piping bag
Part 2: Cocoa Marshmallow
Ingredients
Method- 230g Sugar
- 24g Glucose Syrup/Corn Syrup
- 80g Water
- 90g Egg Whites
- 45g deZaan True Dark cocoa powder
- 16g Silver Gelatin Sheets
- Soak the gelatin in ice water until soft; squeeze out excess water and set aside.
- In a small pot, cook sugar, water, cocoa powder and glucose. When the syrup is 230F / 110C, start whipping the egg whites in a separate bowl, and once it reaches 240F / 115C pour the syrup slowly into the whites.
- Continue whipping on high speed until the meringue rises. Melt gelatin in the microwave and add it to the whipping meringue. Keep whipping for 2 more minutes, transfer into a piping bag.
Part 3: Graham Crackers
Ingredients
Method- 136g Unsalted Butter
- 100g Brown Sugar
- 16g Honey
- 15g Whole Milk
- 5g Vanilla Extract
- 192g Whole Wheat Flour
- 1g Salt
- 2g Baking Soda
- 1g Ground Cinnamon
- In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment mix dry ingredients and butter until resembles breadcrumbs.
- Add honey, whole milk and vanilla extract and mix until it forms a dough.
- Roll dough to 2.5mm thickness between two parchment papers, cover in plastic wrap and freeze for 1 hour.
- Cut rectangles 8cm x 5cm
- Bake at 350F / 180C for 12-14 minutes or until golden brown.
Part 4: Assembley
Ingredients
Method- Dark Chocolate for Dipping
- Pipe ganache on one side of your graham cracker, pipe marshmallow on top of the ganache and burn with a blowtorch, cover with another graham cracker.
- Dip in dark chocolate and finish with salt flakes.
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