Delicious dark chocolate filled with a sweet, nutty pistachio filling with an unexpectedly delicious crunch, this Viral pistachio chocolate bar is viral for a reason
Author:Catherine Zhang
Prep Time:30 minutes
Cook Time:5 minutes
Total Time:35 minutes
Yield:2 large chocolate bars 1x
Category:Chocolate
Method:Easy
Cuisine:Middle Eastern
Ingredients
UnitsScale
200g High-quality dark chocolate, 50-70% Cocoa (7.05oz)
1cup Pistachio spread
200g Katifi pastry, or knafa pastry, cut into small pieces
30g Unsalted butter (2 tbsp)
2 tbsp Cocoa butter with coloring, optional
Instructions
Prepare a deep chocolate mould
Color the mold (optional)
Finely chop the cocoa butter
Melt half the cocoa butter until melted
Add the melted cocoa butter to the remaining cocoa butter and mix until it’s opaque and fully dissolved
Add yellow oil or powder coloring and use a small spoon to splash the cocoa butter over the mold
Add some blue oil or powder coloring and use the same spoon to splash cocoa butter over the mold
Set aside to set
Temper the chocolate
Start by chopping your dark chocolate into small pieces
Place the chopped chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Set the bowl over a pot of simmering water, making sure the bottom of the bowl doesn’t touch the water. Stir the chocolate frequently until it melts, then use a candy thermometer to check when it reaches 45-48C (113-118°F)
Remove from the heat and add the remaining one-third of the chopped chocolate to the melted chocolate and stir gently until it’s completely melted.
Continue to stir the chocolate until to reaches 27-29C (80-84F)
Place the bowl and gently reheat until it reaches 31-32C (88-90F)
Remove from the heat, no the chocolate is temperated and ready to be used (To check take a small bit of chocolate on a piece of parchment paper and let it set at room temperature for a few minutes. It should be set firm.
Pour the chocolate into your mold and cover all the walls
Then turn the mold upside down to remove any excess chocolate
Collect the extra chocolate to be used when finish it off
Toast kataifi pastry
Place the butter in a frypan and melt
Add the pastry and toss until the pastry is golden brown
Remove from the heat
Assemble
Combine the toasted pastry and pistachio spread
Add the mixture to the mold lined with chocolate and fill to the top
Get the remaining chocolate, if it has hardened retemper it, and pour it over the top of the pistachio, completely covering it
Place the chocolate in the fridge for 30 minutes to set