for ever! ... after a course
with
Nanni also rare examples of the species
not chocolate lovers can not say that
chocolate for ever ... you was already understood by its
Featured that he
chocolate it's in the blood, it speaks, and pamper the plasma at will ... but I assure you see him live is a unique experience. In fact, Sunday was a unique day, the kind where you find yourself in the evening dead tired but with the scent of chocolate that still surrounds you ... in the hands, clothes, hair ... and even with the sound of many laughs that you have without even the ears ^ __ ^
The
course begins with a theoretical part in which our maitre chocolatier-explains the history of chocolate and all the key steps in the production. We then move on to the description of the ingredients that are / NOT must be present and how to read and interpret labels. At this point you are already literally conquered by him, hang on his every word ... and now comes the taste test. But do not expect to sample different kinds of chocolate ... nooooo ... Pappy does more, it teaches you that tasting is an exercise that involves all the senses, teaches you how to taste chocolate and what are parameters to evaluate the quality of chocolate. It starts with tablets from the supermarket and then switch to taste
of Cru and Grand Cru- of
Felchlin ...
them and you realize that you are very ignorant and have never really known what his majesty chocolate . And on the second lap you are literally conquered by those little squares of chocolate specially tempered by the holy hands of Nanni ^ __ ^
After the lunch break to go to practice ... and the show begins. Part of him, the master, and while explaining the steps to temper the chocolate in a jiffy you smodella under the nose of the magnificent Boers. Here are the photos, but you have to see him live ... it's almost a mystical experience!
Then it's up to you to engage yourself in big trouble ... but with Nanni alongside them feel confident to succeed without doing too much damage. It starts with the melt the chocolate in the micro ... it seems easy ... because there you have it ... but I NO. I get distracted two seconds and I did the disaster and already o_0
azz I think the only one not able to smodellare pralines : ((
- Nanni hear what you say is the temperature that the Chocolate should never be crossed if you do not ruin it?
- about 50 degrees.
- mmm ... and if you go a bit 'over what? Here marks 65 = __ =
- from not kidding you ... put the thermometer in Fahrenheit
- eccoooooo no ... to tell the truth are precisely C (and here I saw him falter ... but only for a second ^_^). I have to throw everything you say?
- no mixes strong mdo to fall ... and NOT stop until it reaches 50 !
and I stir it, stir it, stir it ... and when I reach 50 I'm missing an arm Silvester Stallone.
Then you need the filling phase of the praline. And here too, guys do not tell you the goodness of those ... ganache with coconut, rum (not an all .... the Matusalem rum ), the coffee, Bayles, Gran Marnier and chocolate cream. And while Nanni is committed to giving advice on how to use the pastry bag (but it is male or female ?!??), a mouse trying to get out all the ganache to Bayles.
And so again to close the tempering chocolate pralines ... and eventually tired but happy we are in front of so many beautiful shiny toy soldiers all lined up. I know you are anxious to know ... Siiiii also overcooked my chocolates came out meekly from the molds ^____^
And now you think you have done ... but no, you go to truffles, and finally to the decorations. It 'been a long day, long but very rewarding, the kind you never forget. I'm not even tell you the comments of those who have tasted these chocolates ... so you already understand.
And here are the protagonists of history, beautiful lined up as a football team ^ _ ^
Players from left: Roberti, Adriana, Simon, Helen, Ida and Frank
(Ooooo she, our sweet and very nice
Acquolina ). Afterwards myself and
Nanni, although posing plastic came running to not lose the self-timer ;-)
Finally I wanted to point out the initiative Princess of
to raise money for the small
Asia . He created a page on FB
and is planning to hold a market in which to sell creations made by our
/ your holy hands, or maybe do an auction on the Internet. For all the info you can contact directly or
Princesse Simona (SISSIS her own .... that's fucking
-blog!).