Dirt. They chose to challenge everyone to make a Chocolate Marquise. The inspiration for this recipe comes from a dessert they
prepared at a restaurant in Seattle.
So, I've never done a marquise - come across a few recipes for it, but had never tried it.
Instead of making a square pan and having to cut it into squares, i lined a silicon muffin pan.
Mise for the marquise with my chocolate base in the background.
I had some leftover sponge strips from a joconde cake i did last week, so used them to line the pan.
MMMMarquise ready to go into the freezer!
So this was a different meringue than I was used to doing. Instead of whipping hot syrup into the egg whites, you actually heat all of the ingredients on the stove first before whipping. No problems at all, I really liked this method - I think I'll use it more often for my meringue.
Can't really see the joconde under that caramel. I wish I could take better photos!
But here you can see it on the edges, sort of. I think I'll try to get some better photos.
It was really yummy! I used rum instead of tequila for my flavouring.
So, i enjoyed the first challenge, really looking forward to the next one!
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