Lime and Cointreau® Ganache

Ingredients
- 120g Lime Juice (approx 4 limes)
- 15g Glucose Syrup (SCA119)
- Lime Zest
- 250g White Chocolate – Velvet (SCC1588)
- 35g Butter
- 20g Cointreau® 60% vol (SCL100P)
- 150g White chocolate (SCC1588) for moulding/closing
- 5g Lime Green Cocoa Butter (SCR1078A) for decoration
- 0.5g Creative Powder, Gold (SCR461) for decoration
Method
These Cointreau spiked chocolates taste like a holiday! Bringing together the sweet warmth of orange-flavoured liqueur and the sharpness of lime juice, with the creaminess of Callebaut Velvet white chocolate, these indulgent bonbons would pair well with a frozen Margarita on a sunny day.
How to Make Lime and Cointreau Ganache
Makes approx. 60 chocolates at 10g each
- Prepare the mould (we used domed bonbon mould SMP3158)
- Spray the mould lime green with cocoa butter, then brush with gold creative powder, coat moulds in white chocolate. Turn out excess chocolate to create a shell and leave to set
Make the Ganache
- Boil the lime juice and zest, then strain
- Add the glucose syrup
- Melt the white chocolate
- Pour the lime juice & glucose onto the white chocolate and create an emulsion
- Add the softened butter
- Add the Cointreau
Make Your Bonbons
- Pipe the ganache into the prepared moulds and leave to crystallise overnight
- Seal with tempered chocolate
Enjoyed this recipe? Next time, swap the white chocolate shell for a 40% milk chocolate like Cacao Barry Origin Ghana, and make the ganache using orange flavoured chocolate and whipping cream, then decorate the shells with orange cocoa butter for a moreish chocolate orange bonbon!
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Callebaut
Callebaut White Chocolate Velvet
Easymelt Chips; Minimum Cocoa Solids 32.0%, Minimum M/S 22.3%
SCC1588
A silky white chocolate with a rich, velvety mouthfeel… Callebaut Velvet is a rich, creamy 32% white chocolate th...
In-stock: 32
Glucose Syrup
Confectionery Glucose Syrup; DE38
with 38 Dextrose Equivalent
SCA119
Generally used in addition to sugar, glucose prevents the recrystallization of sugar and improves the stability of the p...
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Roxy & Rich
Coloured Cocoa Butter; Lime Green
56g; Artist E171
SCR1078A
In-stock: 12
Liqueurs
Cointreau 60% vol Concentrated Alcohol
(Duty Paid of £4.92 per 250ml) PET Bottle
SCL100P
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Mona Lisa
Gold Creative Powder
25g; Non Azo
SCR461
Gives a strong gold shimmer when brushed into moulds or sprinkled directly onto wet chocolate. You can also combine this...
In-stock: 45