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Chocolate Marvel
The Kitchen
By Jean-Luc Moreau, the Technique desk · Italia · 2 min ·

Chocolate Marvel

Procedure

Ingredients · Servings 1
  • 6cm diameter meringue discs for each merveilleux
  • 250 g Fresh cream
  • 25 g icing sugar
  • 150 g Chocolate chips
Method · 1 h 20 min
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  3. Merveilleux au chocolat, a recipe by Pierre Marcolini, a Belgian pastry chef with clear Italian origins and world pastry champion in 1995. Fr...
  4. Merveilleux au chocolat, a recipe by Pierre Marcolini, a Belgian pastry chef with clear Italian origins and world pastry champion in 1995. Fr...
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I cooked them at 100 degrees for 2 hours with the oven door kept slightly open with a ball of aluminum foil.

I turned off the oven and let the meringues cool inside.

In the meantime, I prepared the French Chantilly by placing the cream and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer and whipping it until stiff, then filling a piping bag.

I took the first meringue disk and covered it with cream, I placed the second meringue disk on top and covered it with cream as well, finishing with the third disk.

Then, using a spatula, I covered the meringues completely with the Chantilly cream and placed the dessert in the fridge for 1 hour.

I covered the entire surface with chocolate chips and placed it in the fridge for 30 minutes before serving.

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