Brick Red Raspberry Hearts

Serves: 4

Amos O'Hara

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

50

Spice

53

Sweetness

60

Sourness

39

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.2

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1.5 tbsps

Butter

1 cup

Corn Syrup

Directions:

1

Make the filling: Place the fresh raspberry puree in a pan and bring it to a boil

2

Pour the hot fruit puree over the chopped milk chocolate

3

The hot puree will melt the milk chocolate

4

Use a whisk to mix the chocolate and fruit puree

5

Add the butter and continue to whisk

6

Continually whisk while adding the alcohol and the corn syrup

7

Mix until well combined with no remaining lumps

8

Let this cool

9

Must be less than 88 degrees or it will melt the chocolate molded inside each cavity

10

Paint the molds: Place a few drops of color in the receptacle of the airbrush and apply color to the empty molds

11

This is what will give the finished chocolates their color

12

Repeat to paint as many molds as you have

13

Mold the chocolates: Use a ladle to fill the mold with white chocolate

14

When it is full, empty it into the bowl of chocolate

15

The inside of each cavity should be evenly coated with chocolate

16

Wipe the edge of the mold clean with an offset spatula and place it upside down on a wire rack placed over a baking sheet

17

Once the chocolate starts to harden, about 5 minutes, scrape the mold again with an offset spatula

18

When the chocolate sets, it shrinks or retracts from the sides of the mold

19

A clean edge will keep it from sticking and cracking as it shrinks

20

You can place the mold in the refrigerator for several minutes to help the chocolate to harden

21

Repeat to fill as many molds as you have

22

Place the raspberry ganache in a piping bag and pipe it into the chocolate filled molds

23

Leave just enough room for the layer of chocolate that closes the mold

24

Let set in the refrigerator for a couple of hours or overnight

25

To close the bottoms of each cavity, use tempered white chocolate and apply with an offset spatula

26

Scrape clean and allow to them to set

27

You can place them in the refrigerator for 15 minutes

28

When the chocolate has set, invert the mold over a clean dry surface

29

It may be necessary to rap the mold against the counter to encourage the chocolates to release from the mold

30

Source: Heart molds: Beryls