"Chocolate shards" refers to thin, broken pieces of chocolate that are irregularly shaped, often used as a decorative element in desserts or dishes.
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However, I've decorated a couple cakes
with chocolate shards before, which gave me the idea of creating skyscrapers out of chocolate or candy melts.
It has been a little while coming, what with the unsuccessful hunt for the chocolate wafers to make the crust, and the how to
make chocolate shards debacle.
While ganache is setting, create
chocolate shards by using a vegetable peeler on the flat base of a block of chocolate.
For Serious Eats, we heightened the soft - and - chewy deliciousness of our classic chocolate chip cookies with stellar ingredients: chopped candied ginger, high - quality
milk chocolate shards, and our beloved, mmm - inducing toffee bits.
It warms the tongue just as the dark chocolate cream melts and the dark,
chocolate shards emerge... bliss in a bowl.
For the
white chocolate shards, melt the cacao butter, rice malt syrup and coconut oil in a small saucepan or in a double - boiler.
CHOC Chick cacao powder Pinch of salt
Raw Chocolate Shards (follow this recipe to make your own chocolate)
In reality,
these chocolate shards were a pain in the butt.
My original reason for making
these chocolate shards was to embellish the top of the Grasshopper Cream Cheese Pie that I was planning on making.
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the chocolate shards stand beautiful and tall:)-RRB-
Decorate with chocolate cereals and
chocolate shards and serve chilled.
Slide a thin metal spatula under
the chocolate shards to release them from the wax paper, and slide them onto the tray.
A meringue shell is topped with incredibly rich, dreamy chocolate whipped cream and
chocolate shards.
I ended up having to make my own chocolate wafer cookies, and recommended that you not make
the chocolate shards.
Oh boy - now we see the end result of
your chocolate shards recipe!
It's the palest shade of green with fresh, herbal notes and it's studded throughout with
chocolate shards.
Top with fresh raspberries and raw
chocolate shards * Before serving, remove the cake from the freezer 10 - 15 minutes beforehand.
Decorate cake with
chocolate shards.
We tested this cake over and over again and tried one layered with freeze dried raspberry buttercream and topped it off with
chocolate shards and fresh berries; simple yet show stopping.
We decorated our tart with
these chocolate shards and edible flowers such as pansies.
Spoon the yoghurt on top, followed by
the chocolate shards and the pomegranate seeds.