Todays practical exam was on chocolate desserts. The theme for this block is that we are given a category, we come up with a star attraction and then we design a plate around it. I went for a chocolate and peanut butter combination. The main part of the dessert has a flourless chocolate cake on the bottom, a chocolate peanut butter ganache in the middle and a milk chocolate bavarian on top. If I was to do it again, I wouldn't make the ganache so thick. That swoosh in the middle of the plate is peanut butter flavored whipped cream. The black mound that is melting is a chocolate sorbet. It doesn't have any cream or eggs in the recipe. The only ingredients are water, sugar, cocoa powder and dark chocolate. It's made exactly like a sorbet so I'm calling it a sorbet.The chocolate crescent was kind of fun. All you do is spread melted, tempered chocolate on transfer sheets. You cut patterns while the chocolate is still soft. When it sets, the pattern has been transferred to the chocolate surface.
