Cherry Bakewell Snacking Bar

Inspired by the much-loved tart from the heart of Bakewell, this bar brings nostalgic flavours with a modern, indulgent twist – the iconic combo of sweet cherry, almond, paired with Callebaut RB2.
Level:
Medium
Makes:
30 snacking bars (dome mould)

Milk Chocolate and Almond Ganache

Ingredients: Milk Chocolate and Almond Ganache

  • 240 g
    cream

Preparation: Milk Chocolate and Almond Ganache

Heat the cream

Ingredients: Milk Chocolate and Almond Ganache

  • 140 g
    sugar
  • 30 g
    glucose

Preparation: Milk Chocolate and Almond Ganache

Caramelised the sugar then add the warm cream then the glucose keeping on a low heat.

Ingredients: Milk Chocolate and Almond Ganache

Preparation: Milk Chocolate and Almond Ganache

Remove from the heat and reduce the temperature to 80c then add to the chocolate and blend.

Ingredients: Milk Chocolate and Almond Ganache

  • 40 g
    almond liquor
  • 80 g
    Callebaut Almond Praline

Preparation: Milk Chocolate and Almond Ganache

Blend in the butter, praline and liquor then leave to cool.

You will need to add this to a piping bag for assembly of your bars.

Cherry Jelly

Ingredients: Cherry Jelly

  • 215 g
    caster sugar
  • 4 g
    yellow pectin

Preparation: Cherry Jelly

Mix the sugar with the pectin and place to one side.

Ingredients: Cherry Jelly

  • 15 g
    glucose

Preparation: Cherry Jelly

Start to heat the pure and glucose in a sauce pan.

Ingredients: Cherry Jelly

  • 6 g
    Citric acid

Preparation: Cherry Jelly

Mix the citric acid with 13g hot water and leave to one side.

Ingredients: Cherry Jelly

  • 500 g
    cherry purée

Preparation: Cherry Jelly

Heat the cherry puree. When the puree is around 40c start to add the sugar mix.

Boil the mix until it reaches 108c.
Pour into a 2cm x10cm silicon mat and allow to set.

Ingredients: Cherry Jelly

  • 100 g
    coating sugar
  • 1 g
    coating citric acid

Preparation: Cherry Jelly

Place the coating sugar and acid into a tray and mix.

Remove the jelly from the mould and cut down the length of each one to make three stripes and coat in the sugar and acid.
Shake of the remaining sugar and stick to the one side of the bar on the top.

Spraying and Assembly

Brush the 3 moulds with purple cocoa butter then line with Callebaut RB2 Ruby Chocolate

Pipe your milk chocolate and almond ganache into the RB2 lined chocolate shells and cap off with RB2

 

Remove the bars from the mould and using a small amount of chocolate pipe a line down one side of the bar and place on the cherry jelly.