Pink Gin and Tonic Valentine’s Chocolates
Nothing says 'I love you' like these home made Pink Gin and Tonic chocolates from award-winning chocolatier Mark Tilling!
Ingredients
Pink gin ganache
- 400 g white chocolate
- 30g cocoa butter
- 50 ml strawberry puree
- 100 ml Gin
- 100 ml Tonic water
- 1 Lime, juice and zest
- 20g juniper berries (crushed)
Pink gin jam
- 110g gin
- 40g strawberry puree
- 100g sugar
- 100g glucose
- 4g pectin
- 2g citric acid
- 75g gin at end
Method
Pink gin ganache
- Place the juniper berries into the tonic and leave overnight to infuse.
- Place the strawberry puree and gin into a saucepan with the sieved liquid from the tonic/juniper berries.
- Bring to the boil.
- Pour over the chocolate and cocoa and stir until melted.
- Leave to cool before piping into the chocolate mould.
Pink gin jam
- Mix sugar and pectin together.
- Place 110g gin, strawberry and glucose into a sauce pan and heat to warm.
- Place in the sugar mix and cook to 106oc.
- Remove from heat and add the citric acid and 75g gin.
- Leave to cool then blend to a smooth paste in a food processor or hand blender.
Ingredients
Pink gin ganache
- 400 g white chocolate
- 30g cocoa butter
- 50 ml strawberry puree
- 100 ml Gin
- 100 ml Tonic water
- 1 Lime, juice and zest
- 20g juniper berries (crushed)
Pink gin jam
- 110g gin
- 40g strawberry puree
- 100g sugar
- 100g glucose
- 4g pectin
- 2g citric acid
- 75g gin at end
Method
Pink gin ganache
- Place the juniper berries into the tonic and leave overnight to infuse.
- Place the strawberry puree and gin into a saucepan with the sieved liquid from the tonic/juniper berries.
- Bring to the boil.
- Pour over the chocolate and cocoa and stir until melted.
- Leave to cool before piping into the chocolate mould.
Pink gin jam
- Mix sugar and pectin together.
- Place 110g gin, strawberry and glucose into a sauce pan and heat to warm.
- Place in the sugar mix and cook to 106oc.
- Remove from heat and add the citric acid and 75g gin.
- Leave to cool then blend to a smooth paste in a food processor or hand blender.
