Pistachio and Orange Bar

Outer shell and Pistachio filling — an IRCA recipe in 2 components. Uses Irca Chococream Pistachio 5 kg.

pre-crystallizing temperature (black cocoa butter)
28 °C
spraying temperature (green apple cocoa butter)
28 °C
tempering temperature (Sinfonia milk chocolate 38%)
29 °C
melting temperature (Nobel Pistacchio)
40 °C
filling usage temperature (pistachio filling)
26 °C

Ingredients

Outer shell

IngredientQuantity
Cocoa butter - black
Cocoa butter - green apple
Cocoa butter - yellow lemon
Cocoa butter - white
Sinfonia Milk Chocolate 38%, tempered at 29°C

Pistachio filling

IngredientQuantity
Irca Chococream Pistachio 5 kgChococream Pistacchio200 g
Nobel Pistacchio60 g
Chopped pistachios30 g

Method

  1. Outer shell

    Pre-crystallize the black cocoa butter at 28°C.

  2. Outer shell

    Using a brush, create some dots of black coloured cocoa butter on the inside of the mould.

  3. Outer shell

    Remove the excess with a rasp and let crystallize.

  4. Outer shell

    Use a spray gun to cover just half of the inside of the mould with the green apple cocoa butter (always at 28°C).

  5. Outer shell

    Remove the excess with a rasp and let crystallize.

  6. Outer shell

    Spray the other half of the mould with tempered yellow lemon cocoa butter.

  7. Outer shell

    Let it crystallize well.

  8. Outer shell

    Spray the whole mould with tempered white cocoa butter.

  9. Outer shell

    Remove the excess and let crystallize.

  10. Outer shell

    Create a thin chocolate shell using Sinfonia Milk Chocolate 38%, remove the excess chocolate from the mould and let crystallize.

  11. Pistachio filling

    Melt the Nobel Pistacchio at 40°C.

  12. Pistachio filling

    Mix it with the Chococream Pistacchio and the chopped pistachios.

  13. Pistachio filling

    The filling has to be used at 26°C.

  14. Final composition: fill each chocolate bar halfway with the pistachio filling and let crystallize.

  15. Final composition: pour a layer of orange filling.

  16. Final composition: fill the bars with another layer of pistachio filling.

  17. Final composition: let the chocolate bars crystallize and, when totally crystallized, close them with tempered Sinfonia Milk Chocolate.

  18. Final composition: once the chocolate bars are totally crystallized they can be removed from the mould.

IRCA recipe. Quantities and method as published by the manufacturer for its customers; test the formula under your own conditions before production.

Pistachio and Orange Bar | Domson