Let Christmas be an opportunity to get innovative in the kitchen.
Roll up your sleeves and try out this recipe, sent to us by Chef Shikha Gupta of The Leela Palace New Delhi.
Chocolate CigarIngredients
For the Tuille
(Cigar Shell)
100 ml milk
100 gm icing sugar
75 gm cocoa powder
25 gm refined flour
Method
Mix all the above ingredients; sieve the batter to remove the lumps, if any.
Spread the batter on the silpat (silicon sheet) thinly.
Bake the Tuille at 175 degree C for 10 minutes.
Take it out of the oven and roll it on a wooden roller to get the shape of the cigar.
To make it look more elegant, and also real copy of a cigar, you can apply gold on the rim for garnish.
For the filling use the following ingredients
500 gms dark chocolate mousse
500 gms dark chocolate by Amedi
100 gms Elle & Vire cooking cream
200 gms Elle & Vire whipped cream
50 gms breakfast sugar
Method
Make a thick ganache with dark chocolate and hot cream. When it cools down, fold the whipped cream using a piping bag.
Fill the cigar shells with the mousse.
Presentation
Use a nice plate which seems like an ashtray at the base.
Put sesame ash as the base and the cigar will be on the top of it.
Please note that it should be served fresh to retain its crunchiness.
You can check the photo for directions on how to present it.
