A chocolate heart, fancy dessert or pink champagne, sweets are never a bad idea on Valentine’s Day.
From Valentine’s Day we remember fiery declarations, flowers and sweets… Chocolates, pastries, sweets, love inspires again and again. Once again this year, pastry chefs and chocolatiers are serving up even more tempting creations. The goal? Surprise and joy. American journalist Harriet Van Horn’s quote could not have expressed it better. “Cooking is like love, you get into it with abandon or not.”
Tradition and temptation
On February 14, it is customary to present chocolate to a loved one. This is not unusual. In Aztec times, chocolate was meant to enhance passion and love ecstasy. Things haven’t changed much since then. To say “I love you”, the house of Fouquet combines chocolate and praline in two intricate faces, representing the outline of a heart. On the one hand, we fall for a oozing caramel with raspberry notes resting on a pistachio praline, on the other, melting salted butter caramel wrapped in an almond cookie and praline hazelnut.
Chocolate lovers will also indulge in this heart-shaped creation from Maison Lenôtre. On top of a crunchy chocolate cookie base and a crunchy layer of hazelnut praline feliantine, we enjoy creamy dark and milk chocolate covered in creamy dark chocolate mousse. A dessert that will tempt the greediest.
Luxury, tranquility and will
During Valentine’s Day, pastry chefs and chocolatiers compete in the imagination. And whoever says big occasion, says exclusive products. To satisfy discerning lovers, the talented Claire Heitzler combines the scents of rose and tangelo, a citrus fruit close to the pomelo, in a heart-shaped dessert. For his part, La Grande Épicerie de Paris pastry chef Thibaut Leroy creates a generous puff pastry, which he decorates with vanilla pastry cream, crème brûlée and bits of fondant crumble. Delicate pastries combining technique and originality.
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For lovers who want an evening under the sign of luxury, some boxes justify their expectations. Maison Lafitte combines two noble products in a beautiful setting: a whole foie gras from the Southwest and champagne from Maison Gosset. Next to the prestigious house of Alléno & Rivoire, we discover an exclusive box consisting of six “orange my love” clovers, six Sobatcha sticks and three vanilla pods, the best sellers of the house. What a way to spend a special moment in good company!
Source: Le Figaro
