How To Make French Chocolate Mendiants
Rosanna Stevens
Make this delicate French Chocolate Mendiants recipe as edible gifts, or serve as petit fours with coffee or a digestif after a dinner party.
Prep Time 15 minutes mins
chill time 30 minutes mins
Total Time 45 minutes mins
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine French
Servings 20 mendiants
Calories 51 kcal
- 200 grams chocolate
- 2 tsbp freeze-dried raspberries
- 2 tablespoon chopped pistachios
- 1 teaspoon flaky salt
How to temper chocolate
Place two-thirds of the chocolate into a double boiler (a bowl over a saucepan of simmering water).
Melt the chocolate in the double boiler and heat until it reaches 43 - 46°C/110°–115°F. Then let it cool to 35- 38°C/95–100°F.
Add the remaining chocolate to the melted chocolate and stir to let it melt. This will temper the chocolate, and it is now ready to use.
How to make mendiants
Use a spoon to pool round discs of melted chocolate onto a cold, flat surface or tray lined with parchment paper.
Sprinkle chopped nuts, freeze-dried fruits, and other toppings over the mendiants whilst they are still wet.
Allow the chocolate to set completely before carefully removing the mendiants with a palette knife to a serving plate or storage container.
- Do not let the bowl touch the water when melting the chocolate in the double boiler.
- Chop the remaining chocolate very small to allow it to melt more easily.
- The chocolate mendiants will set at room temperature but will take longer, so move the tray to the fridge to speed things up.
Calories: 51kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 0.4gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 2mgPotassium: 29mgFiber: 1gSugar: 5gCalcium: 2mgIron: 0.3mg