Decorations

Chocolate decorations

Chocolate cigarettes

Preparation

Needed:

• marble at room temperature (20°C)
• triangular palette knife 
• plastic combscraper or rubber crenellated comb 
• tempered white and dark chocolate 
• stainless steel plate covered with paper

Step by step

1. Temper the two chocolates and pour a little white chocolate onto the marble. 1 2

2. Spread thin out evenly with the palette knife. 3 4

3. Allow to harden very briefly till the surface of the chocolate feels dry to the touch (not too long!). 5 6

4. Draw the plastic combscraper away from you through the chocolate layer to form lines. Are you using a rubber crenellated comb? Then you should draw it through the chocolate towards you.

5. Cut the excess chocolate with the triangular palette knife and scrape it away.

6. Pour a small quantity of the dark chocolate over the lines and skim to a smooth surface with the triangular palette knife. 7 8

7. Allow to harden until the chocolate feels dry to the touch.

8. Cut the edges square with the edge of the triangular pallet.

9. Push the palette knife at a slight angle under the layer of chocolate.

10. Push the palette knife with short, powerful movements through the chocolate and back. This creates small rolls of chocolate with a line motif. 9

11. Lay these on the paper on a stainless steel plate and leave to harden further.

Basically all Carma Couverture are suitable for decorations.