Mini Easter Eggs
Ingredients
- 400 g 70% dark chocolate (good quailty)
- 12 small to medium chocolate egg moulds (make sure that they are dry and clean)
- 50 g white chocolate (for decoration)
- special chocolate colourings
Method
- Method to Temper the Chocolate
- Step 1:- Melting the Chocolate:
- Chop the chocolate quite finely and place 150g in a glass bowl
- Melting the Chocolate – There are two ways of doing this:
- Microwave and Bain-Marie:-
- To Melt Chocolate using Bain Marie:-
- Use a saucepan that is large enough to fit your glass bowl and half fill with water.
- Bring the water to the boil and remove from the heat.
- Place the glass bowl with the chocolate in it on top of the saucepan.
- Stir continuously until the chocolate has melted.
- Remove from the bowl from the saucepan and allow to cool for ten minutes.
- Cooling Down the Chocolate:-
- Stir the chocolate and add the remaining 50g of finely chopped chocolate.
- Stir until melted and lump free.
- Now we need to reheat the chocolate – if using the microwave method, use the lowest setting and place in the microwave for five seconds.
- If using the bain marie method – heat the water in the saucepan, remove from the heat and place the bowl with the chocolate in it on top of the saucepan for 15 seconds only.
- Making the Moulds:
- Pour the chocolate into the eggs moulds. Make sure all the moulds are covered with an even layer of chocolate
- Then turn the moulds up side down over the bowl to remove any extra chocolate.
- Allow to set in a cool, dry place – not the fridge
- Scrape away any remaining chocolate from the mould
- Turn out onto a sheet of cling wrap or baking parchment
- Carefully ease out of the mould
- There are many ways of filling the Chocolate eggs:
- Chop and roast 100g Hazlenut mix with 100g of chocolate spread.
- Melt 150g of White chocolate with 4 fl oz UHT cream and 2 fl oz Raspberry coulie . Allow to cool and set. Then whip and fill.
- 100g of Milk chocolate melted stir in 50g rice crispies, 50g dried cranberries.
- Fill with you favourite sweets.
- Once filled pipe a little melted chocolate around the edge and stick together.
- Microwave Method:
- Please follow instructions carefully:
- Place the chocolate in a bowl in the microwave and heat on the lowest setting for 1 minute.
- Stir with a spatula and heat again using the lowest setting for one minute.
- Repeat this until the chocolate is melted.
- DO NOT BE TEMPTED TO USE A HIGHER SETTING AS THE CHOCOLATE WILL BURN.
- Stir the remaining chocolate and leave for 5 minutes.
