Plant-Based Pistachio & Strawberry Tart | Lauren V. Haas Recipe
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, […]
Online Chocolate Enrobing Course | Professional Techniques
Join Chef Melissa as she guides you through 11 essential tips for perfecting the enrobing process in this two-part class. You’ll gain valuable insights and techniques to ensure your creations are flawless every time. If you’re still wondering whether to pre-crystallize your fat-based fillings and ganaches before enrobing, or if you have no idea what […]
Vegan Vanilla, Caramel & Oat Mendiants | Chef Melissa
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 […]
Decadent Candy Bars Class with Chef Melissa Coppel
In this class, Chef Melissa Coppel turns chocolate bars into a conduit for flavor exploration! Using intriguing combinations reminiscent of childhood favorites, popular recipes, and even savory classics, Chef Melissa creates recipes that inspire you to transform your favorite flavors into bold products. This class will cover 3 recipes, starting with Tarts made with an […]
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 […]
Gluten-Free Crème Brûlée Tarts
Garuharu’s éclairs are celebrated around the world. But the precision, use of carefully selected flavors, and beautiful finishes in these Gluten-Free Crème Brûlée and Brown Rice Crunch Tarts are proof that the creations of Chef Yun Eunyoung go far beyond the world of pâte à choux. Each of these tarts is made with a crunchy, […]
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, […]
Seasonal Tarts by Garuharu
Let Chef Yun Eunyoung, the mastermind behind Garuharu Seoul, take you behind the details and careful attention to technique and food science that go into two of her stunning tarts. In this class, you will learn how to make her signature Exotic Eggless Caramel Tart, which combines a crunchy coconut streusel, a blond chocolate mousse, […]
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 […]