Welcome to italian cooking Guide
Cooking Food Pic Italian Article
. For a permanent link to this article, or to bookmark it for further reading, click here.
Belgian White Chocolate and Perigord Truffle recipe black truffle, cherries, Eggs
from: DusterCooking time - 1 hour, Portions - four
Ingredients
For Parfait
- Belgian white chocolate 200 gms
- Whipping cream 250 ml
- Black truffle paste 20 gm
For Maracaibo Gelato
- Maracaibo Chocolate (53 % cocoa) 100 gms
- Fresh cream 500 ml
- Egg yolks 5
- Sugar 100 gms
- Liquid sorbitol 10 ml
For presentation
- Fresh black truffle (from Perigord)1 (thinly sliced)
- Gold dust 1 gm
- Morello cherries 4 pairs
- Assorted berries
Preparation of Maracaibo Gelato – Belgian White Chocolate and Perigord Truffle Parfait

Chocolate Parfait
- Whip cream till soft peak and reserve.
- Temper white chocolate (87-90 degree F). Add truffle paste in the chocolate and fold in the whipped cream.
- Pour the mixture in martini / fancy glasses and refrigerate.
Maracaibo Gelato
- Heat cream in a pan and mix sugar. Bring the temperature of the cream to 70 degrees C and mix in the yolks. Melt dark chocolate and add to the mixture. Refrigerate.
- Add sorbitol to the mix and churn in a gelato machine. Store in a deep freezer.
Presentation
- Present the Belgian chocolate parfait glasses with gold dust, morello cherries, truffle slices and assorted berries.
Cooking Food Pic Italian News
Food agenda: Paris des Chefs
Paris des Chefs, a culinary event that pairs world-class chefs with artists, musicians and designers in 'gastronomic duets,' kicks off this week. Big chef names include Alex Atala from D.O.M in Brazil, the authors of Modernist Cuisine and France's only three Michelin-starred female chef Anne-Sophie Pic. This year's theme is 'skin and surfaces.' Here's what else is going on in gastro events ...
Read more...


