18.12.10

FRANCOIS PAYARD BAKERY BLACK TRUFFLE CHOCOLATE TART


WORLD RENOWNED FRENCH PASTRY CHEF FRANCOIS PAYARD IS CREATING A TRULY DECADENT DESSERT FOR ALL CHOCOLATE LOVERS WANTING TO CELEBRATE NEW YEARS' EVE IN STYLE. FOR NEW YEARS EVE PAYARD IS OFFERING FOR THE FIRST TIME A BLACK TRUFFLE CHOCOLATE TART. INGREDIENTS INCLUDE REAL BLACK TRUFFLES, A SABLE BRETON SHELL THAT IS SPRINKLED WITH DRY GIROLLE MUSHROOM POWDER. THE TART I STOPPED OFF WITH A LAYER OF 70% GUANAJA DARK CHOCOLATE GANACHE THAT IS MIXED WITH FRESH BLACK TRUFFLE SHAVINGS DRIZZLED WITH A BIT OF BLACK TRUFFLE OIL, PIECES OF HAZELNUT NOUGATINE AND A HINT OF FLEUR DE SEL. WHILE IS MAY SOUND UNUSUAL, WORD HAS IT THAT THE TART IS ABSOLUTELY 'INCREDIBLE' ACCORDING TO THE SELECT FEW WHO HAVE BEEN TREATED TO AN ADVANCE TASTING. PAYARD DESCRIBES THE TART AS 'VERY RICH, WITH A STRONG TRUFFLE FLAVOR AND AROMA, BUT ALSO WITH A DEEP, INTENSE CHOCOLATE FLAVOR SO THAT THE EARTHINESS OF THE TRUFFLES COMPLEMENT THE SLIGHT NATIVE ACIDITY OF THE CHOCOLATE WITHOUT OVERPOWERING THE FINISHED RESULT.' THE BLACK TRUFFLE CHOCOLATE TART SERVES EIGHT PEOPLE AND IS A SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION OF ONLY 25, AND IS AVAILABLE FOR $85 AT THE NEW FRANCOIS PAYARD BAKERY AT 116 WEST HOUSTON STREET, NEW YORK.

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