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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 28^th 2011

For 15 chocolates rochers, you will need:

0 1 cup milk chocolate
1 1 cup Praline
2 ½ cup whole almonds
3 ²⁄₃ cup milk chocolate

Change these quantities to make: 5 chocolates rochers 15 chocolates rochers 30 chocolates rochers 45 chocolates rochers

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
1 hour 3 min.	2 hours	10 min.	3 hours 13 min.

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Keeping:

A few days in the fridge.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 10 min.

Melt 1 cup milk chocolate over a bain-marie.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Remove from the heat, then add 1 cup Praline...

Stage 3 - 7 min.

... and mix thoroughly.

Stage 4 - 1 hour

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.

Meanwhile, torrify the almonds: heat the oven to 150°C (300°F) and leave ½ cup 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.

Turn out the chocolate pralines.

Stage 7 - 10 min.

Melt ²⁄₃ cup 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.

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

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

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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,723 Kcal or 11,401 Kj	42 gr	231 gr	181 gr
136 %	16 %	22 %	27 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
419 Kcal or 1,754 Kj	6 gr	36 gr	28 gr
21 %	2 %	3 %	4 %

Per chocolate rochers
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
182 Kcal or 762 Kj	3 gr	15 gr	12 gr
9 %	1 %	1 %	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).

How much will it cost?

For 15 chocolates rochers : 7.78 €
Per chocolate rochers : 0.52 €

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Note : These prices are only approximate.

Source

Home made.

More recipes?

This recipe uses (among others)

	Milk chocolate: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chocolate rice pudding, ... All
	Praline: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Paris-Brest, Succès praliné (praline meringue), ... All
	Whole almonds: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Carrot-top pesto, Chocolate Truffles, Frozen Nougat, Chocolate thins with toasted nuts, Nougat, ... All

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