Gordon Ramsay's Guide To Chocolate

like any passionate chef i want the best ingredients i can find whether it's for savory or sweet dishes next up my guide to buying chocolate chocolate gives you such an instant hit it's well worth knowing about the good stuff and who better to ask than award winning alchemist of the sweetest kind paul young even when i don't want to think about it i'm thinking about it his cutting-edge approach to chocolate making has won him accolades around the world so when you're not shopping the best way is to look at your chocolate bar look on the back and look at the percentage that gives you how much cocoa is in the bar and the more cocoa the more rich intoxicating flavor so the most exciting bit is tasting chocolate good quality fine chocolate should have that clean snap bite a piece off and crunch it in your teeth but stop chewing let it melt move it around the mouth and you'll find that by letting it melt even dark chocolate that you've had before that seems quite bitter won't be when you chew quickly it releases tannin it releases all the bitterness in the chocolate letting it melt it's smoother and richer and you get all the flavor and most excitingly is it releases something into the brain called dopamine which makes you feel good and that's how you get addicted to real chocolate chocolate is not just an addictive treat it's an amazing ingredient here's my take on which kind to use for what [Music] white chocolate with its sweet vanilla taste it's perfect used as a dipping or pouring sauce with fresh fruit or frozen berries for a quick dessert creamy milk chocolate is great for family friendly puddings and treats like quick bake cakes or melt onto homemade crepes or waffles dark chocolate is rich and intense i like using 70 cocoa stuff use it for ice creams that really pack a punch 100 pure cocoa has a very powerful intense taste and only the real chocolate geeks eat it straight and remember chocolate isn't just for sweet dishes for the famous mexican morally sauce this is the one to grab is there anything better than chocolate they say sex but that's totally overrated my next recipe will be right up your alley malt chocolate doughnuts street food is all about satisfying your cravings these donuts are sweet sticky and absolutely delicious first off we're gonna make the dough now this dough takes a bit of time but it's really exciting i'm heating all of the milk with the sugar this yeast easy to get hold of now when you make fresh doughnuts you need fresh yeast adding some of the warm milk to the yeast will activate it which will help the dough to rise just half give that a quick whisk the sugar is dissolved in the milk the fresh yeast disintegrates instantly set the yeast mixture to one side while it does its job to start the main dough mix i'm adding half the butter to the remaining milk that gives the dough a nice silkiness i want it light so melt the butter into the milk flour into a sieve that helps to make the dough nice and smooth and you know what when you've got a smooth dough it sort of rises evenly add a pinch of salt and two egg yolks pour in the warm milk and melted butter don't start over mixing it when you over mix the dough of the doughnut it gets really tight you're not gonna let it ariel yeast in nice and warm i love that smell now i'm looking for a sort of elasticy texture just dropping off the spoon nice flour the board take the dough out lovely lightly sprinkle a touch more flour and just pull it over and push in every time you're sort of turning it almost like you're turning the dough into itself the dough should just sort of relax and it shouldn't be sticking to your fingers now it's just nice and pliable set that in a nice clean bowl a little sprinkling flour in there so as it starts to rise it doesn't stick cover that with same film leave the dough to rise in a warm place for 60 to 90 minutes until it's doubled in size this stage is called proving now whilst that's proving get a panel for the chocolate filling or ganache pour 500 ml of double cream into a saucepan and add honey [Music] bring the mixture to a gentle boil traditionally we've always put jam in there but chocolate and donuts wow to die for add the cream i'll give that a good mix the butter elevates the ganache into a really nice shiny chocolate coat look at that whoa give it a really nice whisk the whistling gives it that aerated texture to the ganache you're just lightening the load a little bit nice chocolate filling done put it in the fridge to cool then it's time to gently roll out the dough just let it roll naturally about a centimetre and a half in depth slice one two place them on it's your tray and let them rise again once the donuts have had 30 to 40 minutes to rise it's time to shallow fry them in a pan filled one third full with hot vegetable oil risen but look they're sort of like little pockets of air right here we go place these in nice and carefully four maximum if there's too many in the pan the oil will go cold and the donuts will come out soggy turn them over beautiful we're gonna come out into some sugar mixed with some malt powder 50. how do you tell they're actually cooked in the center tap on top it should be hollow in and just sprinkle the malt and the sugar shake off the excess i get so excited every time i make donuts now look at those beauties these are delicious eating as they are but the ganache is gonna be the icing on the cake piping bag peel the bag over your hand don't forget to pop the nozzle in i want the texture almost like a little liquid inside so i'm going to pipe them with a little bit warm hopefully you've got that burst of magic operation donut lift up the donut squeeze push in and fill just to start seeing that chocolate coming out and sit that back down nice sit them on there they've got a little bit heavier and we all know why nice that one's got my name on it that is amazing you

Channel: Gordon Ramsay

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Id: S1MJp9RFfIE

Length: 8min 33sec (513 seconds)

Published: Sun Oct 04 2020

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