The Best Chocolate Recipes from Switzerland
There is a reason why people love Swiss chocolate. They are absolutely excellent, have great creative flavors, and virtually melt in your mouth! But have you ever thought about making your own desserts based on the best chocolate recipes? You may decide to try it yourself or delegate it to your kitchen staff. Who knows, even your guests could be impressed by your dessert innovation.
1) Poire Belle Hélène Ingredients • 4 dl water Preparation Heat the water, lemon juice, lemon peel and sugar. Peel and halve the peers and remove the cores using an apple corer. Then you heat the pear halves gently in the sugar syrup until they are yellow in colour and appear glazed. Pour off 2/3 of the pear juice and leave to cool. Flavor with Williams. Now cut the biscuit base to suit the size of the pears and soak in the pear juice. Sit the pear halves onto the biscuits with the hollowed part facing downwards. Break the Lindt chocolate into small pieces and heat gently together with the sugar, butter and milk until the chocolate is melted. Take the pan off the heat and allow cooling a little. Stir the egg yolks into the mixture. And finally pour the warm chocolate sauce over the pear halves and serve immediately. 2) Montezuma Cocktail Ingredients • 70 grams Swiss dark chocolate Preparation A dish as exotic as the name of this legendary Aztec Emperor! Dissolve the chocolate into the milk at a low heat then leave to cool in the fridge for a moment. Mix the honey, lemon peel, rum and cognac into the cold mixture in a mixer or shaker. Now add the cinnamon. The Montezuma Cocktail can be prepared in advance. You should mix it again just before serving it. Tip: You can also use Cointreau instead of the cognac. Here are two of the best chocolate recipes based on truffle pralines…
3) Chocolate Truffles Ingredients • 125 grams dark chocolate Preparation Start by melting the chocolate, coffee and water in a water bath. (Do not allow to become too hot) Now make the butter liquid, stir well, and then mix with the chocolate mass. Add powder sugar through a fine sieve. Allow the mass to cool off and become steady. Afterwards start to form with your hand small balls and turn them around in chocolate powder. When done, allow to cool off the truffles pralines. 4) Toblerone Truffles Ingredients • 9 teaspoons cream (for dark truffles) Preparation First, heat the cream in a saucepan and add the chopped Toblerone chocolate. Then allow it to melt and blend. Refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours. Later on, form balls, roll in cocoa powder or confectioners' sugar and chill again. Heat the 85 grams of Toblerone in a double boiler and let cool until the chocolate turns to a thick liquid. Now take a bit of chocolate in your palm and roll into balls. Then roll the balls in the cocoa powder again and refrigerate. This is one of the best chocolate recipes made with Toblerone Truffles. And yes, truffles are simple to make and delicious to eat, especially in the wintertime. 5) Chocolate Hazelnut Fudge Probably the best chocolate recipes made with hazelnut is chocolate hazelnut fudge. It is sweet but just delicious... Recipe for 16 pieces Ingredients • 150 ml of unsweetened condensed milk Preparation Grease a square baking tin of about 20 cm side length with enough butter. Heat up condensed milk, sugar and salt in a frying pan under occasional stirring until it cooks. After that reduce the heat and continue to stir for another five minutes. Now take the pot from the stove and add hazelnuts and chocolate splinters. Then use a metal spoon and stir carefully until the chocolate has melted. Now pour the fudge mixture quickly into the prepared form and distribute evenly. Allow to cool until it becomes steady. After the fudge has become stiff, cut in quadrates of 2.5 cm. When finished, keep it in an airtight small container. It is necessary to place fat absorbing paper or coated baking paper between the single layers. 6) Chocolate Fondue Fondue and Raclette are served regularly at the kitchen table and in restaurants all over Switzerland. Both of these cheese dishes are well known worldwide. However, some of the unusual and best chocolate recipes is the chocolate fondue. This one is also made with Toblerone chocolate and serves a group up to eight. Ingredients • 2 x 100g bar milk Toblerone, cut into small pieces Chocolate fondue is served with fruits such as strawberries, seedless grapes, stoned dates, wedge of peeled kiwi or kumquats. If available use a long fork to dip into the chocolate. Preparation Place the Toblerone into a heavy based saucepan over a very gentle heat. Add the syrup and cream and stir continuously until the Toblerone has melted and is warm. If you prefer, you can use milk instead of cream. Now mix in the Cointreau and pour into a small warmed bowl and then serve immediately surrounded by fruits for dipping. 7) Marble Cake The Marble Cake is a simple and one of the best chocolate recipes for birthday parties. If you have children, a Marble Cake is ideal in most cases and quite easy to make. Ingredients • 250 grams butter Preparation Mix the butter (softly molten in a warm water bath), together with the sugar and vanilla sugar. Continue by adding one egg after another under constant stirring. Now mix the flour and baking powder and stir alternately with the milk under the dough. Take away approximately ¼ of the mass and mix with the cacao powder. Fill in the bright the bright dough into a loaf tin for the cake. Then pour the Chocó mass over it and pass spiral shaped with the help of a fork 1-2 times through the mass. Bake 8) Chocolate Mousse For most of the best chocolate recipes, you do not need to be experienced. However, preparing a delicious Chocolate Mousse suits cooks that are more experienced. This recipe serves 6 to 8 guests. In order to ensure a firmer mousse, we advise preparing your mousse the evening before you intend to serve it. It takes only 45 minutes to make and then about 8 hours to chill. Ingredients • 2 bars of dark chocolate (use black Cailler or black Lindor from Lindt) Preparation Break the chocolate into small pieces and place them into a bowl with the milk. Melt in a Bain Marie but make sure not to bring the water to the boil. Now whisk the egg yolks to foam, then remove the bowl from the Bain Marie and stir the yolks into the mixture. Beat the egg whites and sugar to obtain a creamy texture. Fold in to the chocolate mixture. Now also whip the cream until it too is of a creamy texture and mix into the chocolate mixture. Pour the mousse into a bowl, cover with cling film, and leave it to chill overnight at a temperature of 1 – 5°C. Serving suggestion Use two tablespoons to spoon out egg-shaped mousse servings or use an ice-cream scoop for rounder balls. Place these onto dessert plates and garnish with whipped cream and fruits. 9) The Best Chocolate Recipes... Iced Chocolate Rum or Cognac Ingredients • 3 ounces dark or semisweet chocolate Preparation 1) Melt the chocolate, sugar, and milk together over a double boiler or very carefully over low heat while stirring constantly. Then you add the cream while still stirring. 2) Stir in the coffee, then taste and add the pinch of salt only if needed. 3) Remove from heat and use a wire whisk to incorporate the ingredients. 4) Pour over ice or chill and serve cold. 5) Add the Rum or Cognac to the top of the glass and stir I hope you find this page with some of the best chocolate recipes useful. If you have a Swiss chocolate recipe that you would like to share with other, please fill out my contact form. 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