Lime and Cointreau® Ganache
Ingredients
- 120g Lime Juice (approx 4 limes)
- 15g Glucose Syrup (SCA119)
- Lime Zest
- 250g White Chocolate – Velvet (SCC1588)
- 35g Butter
- 20g Cointreau® 60% vol (SCL100P)
- 150g White chocolate (SCC1588) for moulding/closing
- 5g Lime Green Cocoa Butter (SCR1078A) for decoration
- 0.5g Creative Powder, Gold (SCR461) for decoration
Method
These Cointreau spiked chocolates taste like a holiday! Bringing together the sweet warmth of orange-flavoured liqueur and the sharpness of lime juice, with the creaminess of Callebaut Velvet white chocolate, these indulgent bonbons would pair well with a frozen Margarita on a sunny day.
How to Make Lime and Cointreau Ganache
Makes approx. 60 chocolates at 10g each
- Prepare the mould (we used domed bonbon mould SMP3158)
- Spray the mould lime green with cocoa butter, then brush with gold creative powder, coat moulds in white chocolate. Turn out excess chocolate to create a shell and leave to set
Make the Ganache
- Boil the lime juice and zest, then strain
- Add the glucose syrup
- Melt the white chocolate
- Pour the lime juice & glucose onto the white chocolate and create an emulsion
- Add the softened butter
- Add the Cointreau
Make Your Bonbons
- Pipe the ganache into the prepared moulds and leave to crystallise overnight
- Seal with tempered chocolate
Enjoyed this recipe? Next time, swap the white chocolate shell for a 40% milk chocolate like Cacao Barry Origin Ghana, and make the ganache using orange flavoured chocolate and whipping cream, then decorate the shells with orange cocoa butter for a moreish chocolate orange bonbon!
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Callebaut
Callebaut White Chocolate Velvet
Easymelt Chips; Minimum Cocoa Solids 32.0%, Minimum M/S 22.3%
SCC1588
A silky white chocolate with a rich, velvety mouthfeel… Callebaut Velvet is a rich, creamy 32% white chocolate th...
In-stock: 223
Glucose Syrup
Confectionery Glucose Syrup
with 38 Dextrose Equivalent
SCA119
Generally used in addition to sugar, glucose prevents the recrystallization of sugar and improves the stability of the p...
In-stock: 332
Roxy & Rich
Coloured Cocoa Butter; Lime Green
56g; Artist E171
SCR1078A
In-stock: 49
Liqueurs
Cointreau 60% vol Concentrated Alcohol
(Duty Paid of £4.31 per 250ml) PET Bottle
SCL100P
In-stock: 3
Creative Colour Powder
Gold Creative Powder
25g; Non Azo
SCR461
Gives a strong gold shimmer when brushed into moulds or sprinkled directly onto wet chocolate. You can also combine this...
In-stock: 150