Chocolate Obsession: Confections and Treats to Create and Savor

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About Chocolate Obsession: Confections and Treats to Create and Savor

Publisher Web Link: http://www.abramsbooks.com/

Known as the “Picasso of chocolatiers,” Michael Recchiuti creates confections that are every bit as daring and original as any of his namesake’s artworks. But unlike the painter, the chocolate maker has made it possible for even the amateur to achieve his artistry. In Chocolate Obsession Recchiuti, owner of the famed artisanal chocolate company in San Francisco, divulges his professional secrets and techniques, allowing home cooks to reproduce his exquisite confections in their own kitchens.

Opening with a complete discussion of chocolate from bean to bar, the book goes on to offer detailed instructions for dipped chocolates, truffles, and molded chocolates, including Recchiuti’s signature ganache flavors: Earl Grey tea, burnt caramel, tarragon with grapefruit. Also featured are recipes for such sinfully delicious treats as Chocolate Shortbread Cookies with Truffle Cream Filling, Double Dark Chocolate Soufflés, and Rocky Recchiuti Brownies. With more than 60 recipes in all, this book will satisfy even the most obsessive chocolate lovers among us.

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About Michael Recchiuti

Author Web Link: http://www.recchiuti.com/index.html?id=SYGebHGP

I love chocolate. I always have and I always will. I love the perfect snap of a fine chocolate bar, the tobacco notes of a rare cacao varietal and the sheen of a gorgeously enrobed confection. And because my job is not only to eat these chocolates, but to create them, I know I’m very a lucky man.

Creating with chocolate is a wonderful alchemy of temperature, ingredients, patience and sometimes luck. It’s about inspiration and practice, practice, practice. It has been my work and passion for nearly two decades. Still each time I spread a sheet of tempered chocolate across that cool white marble slab, I learn something new. And every morning when I walk into my small San Francisco kitchen, I’m reminded of just how lucky I am.

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Chocolate Obsession: Confections and Treats to Create and Savor

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