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World Chocolate Day: Celebrity Chef Sarah Todd Shares Her Favourite Chocolate Recipes

July 07, 2022 - 13:51 IST
Salva Mubarak
Salva Mubarak Senior Features Writer

It’s World Chocolate Day and it’s officially time to celebrate and indulge in the delicious and rich treat because, why not?

Whether it’s helping you get over the blues or being the go-to gift to let someone know you’re thinking about them, chocolate is the one-stop answer for all. While you can just gorge on the nearest chocolate bar you can find to commemorate the special day, you can also try your hand at creating something a little bit more complex to truly showcase the wonderfulness of chocolate in all its forms.

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Thankfully, celebrity chef, cookbook author, and former MasterChef contestant Sarah Todd is here to help us do just that. Todd became a household name around the country when she presented her aaloo gobhi to the judges‘ panel during her run in the MasterChef Australia kitchen back in 2014. Since then, the chef has slowly and steadily taken over the culinary world with her restaurants, cookbooks, TV shows, and more. So without further ado, here are Todd’s favourite dessert recipes that champion chocolate so that you can enjoy chocolate in the best way possible…

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Black Forest Trifle© Sarah Todd
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Black Forest Trifle

Black Forest Trifle

Ingredients

1kg Sweet Black Cherries

100g Sugar

1 Vanilla Pod

1 Cup Water

1 Cinnamon Stick, broken in 2

Half Cup Kirsch

4 Whole Cloves

1 tsp Vanilla Bean Paste

50g White Chocolate (melted)

200ml Whipping Cream (whipped)

2 tsp Kirsch

250g Chocolate Sponge, pre-made

75g Chocolate

300g Chocolate Custard

150g Cherry Compote

Method

1. Using a sharp knife or a cherry pitter, pit the cherries, Discard stalks, and pits. Sprinkle sugar over the prepared cherries; gently stir and cover and leave overnight in a cool place. Next day, strain the cherries and set aside, keeping the juices.

2. Add juices into a saucepan, add spices, and bring to a boil. Spoon cherries into the sterilised preserving jar. Take the saucepan off the heat and leave for a few minutes before straining the juices through a fine-meshed sieve. Discard the spices.

3. Add 1 cup water and a half cup of Kirsch to the juices, stir well and pour over the cherries. Ensure cherries are totally covered by adding more Kirsch if required. Store in a cool, dark place.

4. Arrange the trifle, and sponge on the bottom, and pour over some of the cherry liquid. Layer the rest of the ingredients. Make all components the day before and a few hours before the guests arrive. And finally, assemble the trifle.

Chocolate Panna Cotta© Sarah Todd
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Chocolate Panna Cotta

Vegan Chocolate and Coffee Panna Cotta

Ingredients

200ml Milk

200ml Fresh Cream

200g Dark Chocolate

3 tbsp Sugar

1 Cup Of Espresso

2 Sheets Of Gelatin

To serve: blackberries, chocolate shards, crushed hazelnuts

Method

1. Steep gelatin.

2. In a pot, add milk, cream and sugar and bring to a simmer. Next, pour over chocolate and add coffee and gelatin.

3. Strain and pour into panna cotta moulds. Allow it to set in the fridge for a minimum of 3 hours.

4. Remove from the mould by dipping the mould into warm water for 15 seconds and serve with blackberries, chocolate shards and hazelnuts.

Shattered Rose© Sarah Todd
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Shattered Rose

Shattered Rose

Ingredients

Lychee Panna Cotta Insert

200g Lychee Purée

67g Whipping Cream

5g Gelatin

Raspberries

Soaked Basil Seeds

Raspberry Mousse

352g Callebaut Chocolate

38g Eggs

30g Egg Yolk

74g Caster Sugar

10g Gelatin

180g Raspberry Purée

215g Whipping Cream, whipped to soft peaks

Raspberry And Lychee Ice Cream

135g Raspberry Purée

135g Lychee Purée

135g Whole Milk

135g Whipping Cream

25g Ice Cream Stabiliser

13g Glycerin or Corn Syrup

108g Egg Yolk

27g Caster Sugar

1g Rosewater

Maple Vermecelli

50g Butter

50g Maple Syrup

100g Kataifi or Vermicelli

20g Maple Sugar or Brown Sugar

Velvet Spray

60% White Chocolate

40% Cocoa Butter

Red Food Colouring

Method

To make the Lychee Panna Cotta

1. Place lychee purée in a pan with whipping cream, bring to the boil then remove from heat.

2. Steep gelatin in cold water, strain, and stir through hot lychee mixture until dissolved. Cool to blood temperature then pipe 15g into each silicone mini mould. Divide raspberries and soaked basil seeds evenly between each and place in the freezer to set.

3. When ready, de-mould and lay onto a tray lined with silicone paper. Refrigerate until required

To make the Raspberry Mousse

1. Melt chocolate in microwave, stirring every minute until melted.

2. Place whole eggs and yolks into a food mixer with a whisk attachment and whisk on a slow speed.

3. In a clean saucepan, cook the sugar to 121°C. When the sugar reaches 105˚C, increase the speed of the mixer to medium-high. Once it reaches 121˚C, slowly pour hot sugar over the whisking eggs and continue to whisk until they reach 40°C and are light and fluffy.

4. Soften the gelatin in cold water and warm the raspberry purée in a small saucepan until hot, but not boiling. Strain the water from the gelatin and dissolve in the hot purée.

5. Allow the purée to cool slightly then add to the egg mixture to make a pâte à bombe. Lastly, fold in the semi-whipped cream and place directly into a large piping bag fitted with a 1cm nozzle.

6. To assemble, place the dome silicone moulds onto a tray and spray lightly with vegetable cooking spray. Fill the mould 2/3 full with raspberry mousse and tap tray 3-4 times on work surface to remove air bubbles.

To make the Ice Cream

1. Put the raspberry purée in a pan and reduce on a low heat until you are left with 40g. Remove from heat, allow to cool.

2. Put lychee purée, milk, cream, stabiliser and glycerine in a pan and bring to boil. Whisk egg yolks and caster sugar until pale and fluffy.

3. Pour a small amount of boiling lychee liquid over yolks while whisking to temper yolks. Add contents of the bowl back to the pan to incorporate with the remaining lychee liquid.

4. Cook over moderate heat to form a crème anglaise, stirring continuously until the mixture reaches 83˚C.

5. Pass crème anglaise through a fine chinois and chill rapidly in a blast chiller. Churn in an ice cream maker. When almost set, ripple through the raspberry purée and place in the freezer to set.

6. While the ice cream is churning, make the vermicelli. Preheat the oven to 160˚C, line a tray with a slip mat, and melt butter and maple syrup. Make 10g bundles of kataifi and drizzle and sprinkle with brown sugar. Bake until golden for 10 minutes.

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