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Decadent Dark Chocolate Crowns with Aged Rum Glaze and Chantilly Cream

Ingredients (Serves 6-8)
  • Valrhona Guanaja chocolate
    150 g + 150 g
  • Butter
    35 g + 30 g
  • Eggs
    3
  • Powdered sugar
    75 g
  • Flour
    50 g
  • Aged rum
    1 + 2 tablespoons
  • Baking powder
    1 teaspoon
  • Water
    2 tablespoons
  • Cream
    250 g
  • Icing sugar
    50 g
  • Chantilly cream
    200 g
Preparation
  • Preparation time: 30 minutes
  • Cooking time: 10 min th.6 (220°C) – 8 min th.4 (180°C)

In a small saucepan over a bain-marie, melt 150 g chocolate (broken into pieces) with 35 g butter until smooth and creamy.

In a large mixing bowl, beat the egg yolks with 75 g powdered sugar until pale and fluffy. Sift in 50 g flour, then fold in the melted chocolate mixture, 1 tablespoon aged rum, and 1 teaspoon baking powder.

Beat the egg whites to stiff peaks and gently fold into the batter for a light texture.

Pour into a generously buttered crown mold. Bake in a preheated oven at th.6 (220°C) for 10 minutes, then reduce to th.4 (180°C) for 8 more minutes.

Remove from the oven, cool completely, and unmold onto the center of a serving dish.

For the glaze, melt the remaining 150 g chocolate with 2 tablespoons water and 30 g butter over a bain-marie. Stir in 2 tablespoons aged rum.

Pour the warm glaze over the crowns, coating evenly.

Fill the center with 200 g Chantilly cream (whip 250 g cream with 50 g icing sugar for best results).