fondant with chopped candied langka (jackfruit)
mango paste
yema (egg yolk candy)
enrobed in bittersweet chocolate
A Filipino blog talking about a store (in the Philippines) selling chocolate candies with Filipino flavors and fillings piqued my interest and I immediately borrowed the idea. I was not expecting that dark chocolate and sweet jackfruit will go nicely together but surprisingly they do. It's the same with yema and my favorite, mango paste, which I made by boiling mango puree until very thick, the same process in making fruit leather. They are all delicious as chocolate candy fillings with their familiar Filipino flavors. I have a small bag of puffed pinipig which I will be using later for Guinomis and made bittersweet chocolate Pinipig Crunch, an homage to a childhood favorite, Nestle Crunch. Yummy yum yum!
Need to try this... but you will have a hard time to convince me that there is something better than Belgian chocolates ! ;-)
ReplyDeleteI think I would love the pinipig crunch bars the best! :)
ReplyDeleteSidney, I knew you'd say that.:D
ReplyDeleteThe dark ones are Belgian and the bittersweet bars are German. Both are excellent chocolates.:)
Ning, ang sarap with bittersweet chocolate, pang adult.:)
The store in question is called Machiavelli and they do a number of chocs with indigenous ingredients. (The dark choc truffle with mangosteen? Lovely!)
ReplyDeleteBut pinipig with dark chocolate ~ ! Wow! I'm stunned!
Midge, thanks for the info. Truffle with mangosteen, I have to try that.:)
ReplyDeletethose candies look amazing! i would love to eat those...i love jackfruit...my mouth is watering.
ReplyDeletepinipig crunch bars would be delicious too.
jacques torres in new york city does a version of dark chocolate covered cereal clusters - they use corn flakes, but rice krispies or pinipig would be just as good.
R, I love all of them. I cooked the jackfruit with sugar until very thick then spread them on an aluminm foil to air dry before chopping. I don't know if dried langka is available at the stores.
ReplyDeleteYou're a genius Oggi! I won't be surprised to see you opening your wn choco factory soon!
ReplyDeleteG, I would love to but I need capital.:D
ReplyDeletemaybe you can sell some online...
ReplyDeleteManang, I'm thinking of that..I just don't know how.:)
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