Chocolate Sphere For a Surprise Dessert

Ingredients:
(for 4 spheres)

• Cover chocolate (I melted 500g difficult to temper with some chocolate ...), raspberries, strawberries, vanilla ice cream, ice citrus, crystallized violets, mint leaves ... according to your taste and imagination.
•  Cream: 150 g liquid cream, 2 egg yolks, 20 g sugar, 1/2 vanilla pod, 1cc pistachio extract (optional)

Preparation:

• Tempering Chocolate: Melt 2/3 of the chocolate in a double boiler; when the temperature reaches 53 ° / 55 ° add chocolate remaining 1/3 down to the temperature 27/28 °; stir regularly, it takes some time.

• The next step is to raise the temperature to 31 °.Careful, it goes back very quickly and if it exceeds 32°, the chocolate will not have the appearance.

• Pour the chocolate into the footprints, the back plate to drain excess chocolate, only a thin layer should line the molds. Scrape the top with a spatula to "clean up" the plate and allow to crystallize. Pouring a second layer of chocolate was prepared in the same way.

• Let it harden.

• Prepare a custard: Mix the yolks and sugar.

• Heat the cream over low heat with the vanilla pod scraped and then pour over the bleached yellow.

• Put back on fire rotating continuously until thickened. Beware, it should not boil at risk of lumps that will spoil the cream.

• The cream will thicken; it is ready when the web wooden spoon.

Recipe For Custard:

• Put the yolks, cream, sugar and vanilla in the bowl of Vorwerk and adjust 7 minutes at 80 ° 4 speed.

• Add extract and pistachio mix. Maintain temperature.

• Turn 1/2 spheres and 4 garnish with strawberries cut in pieces, raspberries, ice, mint leaves, crystallized violets.

• Place on serving plates (paste with a little ganache or melted chocolate to keep the ball in place, otherwise you will have surprises by bringing your table plates.

• Cover with another 1/2 sphere.

• Place a gold leaf on top of the ball and decorate the plate with a few raspberries and mint leaves.

• Pour the hot cream before the guests and let the chocolate melt before serving!

Enjoy!