Praline rochers


Praline rochers
Here is how to prepare your own chocolate rochers with a chocolate praline filling covered in milk chocolate and chopped torrified almonds.
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Last modified on: August 28th 2011

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For 15 chocolates rochers, you will need:
  • 1 milk chocolate 200 g milk chocolate
  • 2 Praline 200 g Praline
  • 3 whole almonds 100 g whole almonds
  • 4 milk chocolate 150 g milk chocolate
  • Total weight: 650 grams

Times for this recipe
Preparation: 1 hour 3 min.
Resting: 2 hours
Cooking: 10 min.
All in all: 3 hours 13 min.
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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 10 min.
Praline rochers
Melt 200 g milk chocolate over a bain-marie.

Stage 2 - 1 min.
Praline rochers
Remove from the heat, then add 200 g Praline...

Stage 3 - 7 min.
Praline rochers
... and mix thoroughly.

Stage 4 - 1 hour
Praline rochers
Divide this mixture between small moulds (preferably silicon as this is makes them easier to turn out). I used what I had to hand: moulds for mini "cannelés".

Put the filled moulds in the fridge to cool for one hour.

Stage 5 - 20 min.
Praline rochers
Meanwhile, torrify the almonds: heat the oven to 150°C (300°F) and leave 100 g whole almonds on a baking sheet in the oven for 15 minutes.

This "torrefaction" dries the almonds, rather than cooking them, and makes them crunchier.

Chop the almonds with a knife, or chop in the blender for 2 or 3 seconds, to keep a fairly coarse texture.

Stage 6 - 5 min.
Praline rochers
Turn out the chocolate pralines.

Stage 7 - 10 min.
Praline rochers
Melt 150 g milk chocolate over a bain-marie in a fairly narrow container, such as a cup, to make coating easier.

When this is completely melted, add the chopped almonds and mix well.

Stage 8 - 20 min.
Praline rochers
Stab a fork into a chocolate praline, then dip in the melted chocolate and almond mixture to coat all over. Don't worry about the "underside".

Note: This is the trickiest part of the recipe; it's not easy to get a thin, even coating, especially when you first try it, but you'll soon get the idea.

Stage 9 - 1 hour
Praline rochers
Then place the rocher upright on a sheet of cooking parchment laid on a baking sheet.

Coat all the rochers like this, then put the baking sheet in the fridge to cool for about an hour until the coating is set.

Stage 10
Praline rochers
Now your rochers are ready. They will keep better in the fridge, but this is not essential.
Remarks
You can make the rochers softer by increasing the proportion of praline and decreasing the chocolate accordingly. The more praline, the softer they will be.

You can use almond or hazelnut praline, whichever you prefer. Personally, I find that hazelnut praline in the filling goes well with the almond coating.

If you have any of coating mixture left over, shape this into small chocolates. When cooled, these are delicious with a cup of coffee.
Keeping: A few days in the fridge.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Whole recipe
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
3,479 Kcal or 14,566 Kj56 gr317 gr221 gr
174 %21 %30 %33 %
Per 100 g
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
535 Kcal or 2,240 Kj9 gr49 gr34 gr
27 %3 %5 %5 %
Per chocolate rochers
Energetic valueProteins CarbohydratesFats
232 Kcal or 971 Kj4 gr21 gr15 gr
12 %1 %2 %2 %
% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).
Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Nuts
How much will it cost?
  • For 15 chocolates rochers : 7.78 €
  • Per chocolate rochers : 0.52 €

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Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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