Chocolat noir Rustic Philippines 68% 1kg

Rustic Experience Philippines belongs to the Signature Collection of Callebaut, a Belgian house whose bag carries the date 1911. It is a dark couverture chocolate with at least 68% cocoa and 41% fat, made from Philippine beans roasted at a low temperature. Callebaut describes it as bittersweet, with notes of dried fruit and rummy fig. The resealable bag holds 1 kg of pistoles, which the brand calls Callets.

Its fluidity is rated 3 on the bag, a medium fluidity. It suits moulding bonbons and bars as well as enrobing, and it also works in a ganache, a mousse or a crémeux. The fig and dried fruit notes go well with a rum ganache, a hazelnut financier or a coffee entremets. The pistoles melt quickly and can be weighed straight from the bag, with no knife or board.

The back of the bag gives the tempering curve: melt the chocolate between 45 and 50 °C, cool it to 27 °C, then bring it back up to 31 or 32 °C to work it. After moulding, pieces cool between 8 and 12 °C; after enrobing, between 14 and 18 °C. Store the bag between 12 and 20 °C, in a dry place away from light and odours.