Chocolate unites us all!
If there ever was anything that everyone unanimously agreed upon, it would be about chocolate’s delicious taste.
During these tough times, it is essential to keep up your mood and nothing better than having a bite of a chocolate dessert!
Today’s Traveller invites Exec Chef Sahil Desai, Taj Holiday Village Resort & Spa, Goa to share his favourite Choco Delight…
Chocolate Almond Mud Cake
INGREDIENTS
Almond Mud Cake
- Water 375 ML
- Dark chocolate 150 GRAMS
- Butter 300 GRAMS
- Sugar 420 GRAMS
- Flour 320 GRAMS
- Coco powder 37.5 GRAMS
- Baking Soda 15 GRAMS
- Chopped Almond 150 GRAMS
- Egg 4 NO
- Vanilla Essence 5 ML
Chocolate Glaze
- Dark Chocolate 250 GRAMS
- Coco butter 100 GRAMS
- Almond flakes 100 GRAMS
Almond Crumble
- Butter 50 GRAMS
- Sugar 50 GRAMS
- Flour 25 GRAMS
- Almond Powder 25 GRAMS
Whipping Ganache
- Whip Cream (35%fat) 300 GRAMS
- Glucose 12 GRAMS
- White Chocolate 100 GRAMS
- Vanilla bean 1 NO
METHOD
Almond Mud Cake
- Pre heat the oven to 180 degree
- Boil water and butter together
- Add chocolate and whisk as the chocolate melts
- Add sugar and continue to whisk in a dough machine. Then, add egg
- Sieve the flour, soda and cocoa powder and add chopped almonds, mix it with the spatula
- Add the mixture into to greased tray and bake it for 60 minutes at 180 degree
Chocolate Glaze
- In a sauce pan add water and place a mixing bowl on the top
- Add chocolate and coco butter, whisk it till the chocolate melts
- Remove from the pan and add the almond flakes
- Pour the mixture on the top of the mud cake
Almond Crumble
- Take a mixing bowl add all the ingredients together and mix it well
- Spread the mixture into the baking tray and bake for 8-10 minutes at 180 degree
- Remove from the oven allow it to cool down
- Crumb it with spoon
Whipping Ganache
- In a sauce pan add water and heat, place a mixing bowl on the top
- Add half cream, glucose, vanilla bean and white chocolate chips in the bowl, whisk till all the chocolate is melted
- Keep the mixture in the refrigerator and allow it to cool
- Once the white chocolate ganache is chilled add rest of the cream and whisk it until the ganache is light and fluffy
- Take a scoop with spoon and place on the top of the crumble
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