Plant-Based Pistachio & Strawberry Tart
This Plant-Based Pistachio Strawberry Tart is vibrant in both color and flavor. Chef Lauren Haas skillfully incorporates the diverse textures of pistachios into her recipe with four layers of pistachio. Each tart has a pistachio chocolate ring, followed by some pistachio pastry cream, a pistachio crumble, and a pistachio praliné. The perfect treat for any […]
Creamy Cacao Butter or “Cocoa Butter Silk” Basics
Seeding with creamy cacao butter (aka “silk”) is our favorite, no-fuzz, pre-crystallization, or tempering technique. In this class, Chef Melissa teaches you how to make and maintain this convenient and essential ingredient, which you can easily prepare with any cacao butter you have in hand. If you always thought tempering chocolate was a cumbersome, long, […]
Vegan Vanilla, Caramel & Oat Mendiants
Traditional mendiants are made with dark chocolate and topped with nuts and dried fruits. But while Chef Melissa loves these rustic French treats, she knows that for a vegan chocolate lover, another dark chocolate bite just won’t cut it! In her decadent version, Chef Melissa creates nutty, molassey oat chocolate shells with brown sugar. She […]
Brown Butter & Hazelnut Chewy Caramel Candy Bar
Beurre noisette (brown butter) is French for “hazelnut butter.” In this On-Demand Candy Bar recipe, Chef Melissa takes this as her cue to create a decadent, nutty brown butter and hazelnut chewy caramel. She tops it off with a nostalgic crisp made with one of our favorite cereals: Cinnamon Toast Crunch. Each bar is then […]
Coffee Pound Cake
Chef Yun Eunyoung confirms that coffee and chocolate are meant to showcase the best of each other in this Coffee Pound Cake recipe from Garuharu, her renowned Seoul atelier. Each cake consists of three layers of moist coffee cake, soaked in a Kahlúa and espresso syrup, with a Caraïbe and espresso dark chocolate ganache. Then, […]
Flan Parisien
Chef Daniel Álvarez is back with more Viennoiseries under his hat! This time, the pastry expert brings us a flan parisien recipe that showcases the many uses of his perfect croissant recipe. Each flan starts with a colorful base made with his flaky butter croissant dough and streaks of cocoa and coffee croissant. Then, each […]
Bean to Bar Chocolate Bars Class
Just when we start to think that there is little we can do to further expand the possibilities of a great chocolate bar, Olivier Fernández comes to the rescue. Fernández is one of the most knowledgeable bean-to-bar chocolatiers in Spain. His love for field research in cacao farms, his extensive technical knowledge, and his keen […]
Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
Chef Daniel Álvarez’s layered brioche cinnamon rolls are a buttery, less dense take on the soft, cream-frosted American classic. The intricate layers of butter worked into Álvarez’s beloved brioche give the buns a richer yet tender texture. These cinnamony brioche rolls also have just the right amount of yeastiness to add even more contrast to […]
Mezcal Infused 70% Chocolate Bars
A pioneer of the “bean-to-bar” movement, Barcelona-based chef Olivier Fernández is always finding new techniques to rethink classic chocolate combinations. These Mezcal-infused bars are proof! In this recipe, Fernández gives this 70% dark chocolate bar a pronounced smoky and rebellious mezcal aroma and flavor…by evaporating it! This is a wonderful, deep-flavored recipe with interesting notes […]
Raspberry Gummies Recipe
These raspberry gummies by Andrés Lara are the perfect addition to any petit four, but they’re also fantastic when you’re craving a tart, fruity candy that reminds you of the Sour Patch Kids we love to have at the movies! This gummy recipe is made with raspberry purée and extract, giving it a vibrant color […]