Another delicious summer treat from La Maison du Chocolat, “le tube de l’été” is a sleek chocolate pastry bursting with the textures and flavours of tasty seasonal fruits and succulent dark chocolate. This luscious dessert is filled with a dark chocolate mousse and a tangy hibiscus-flavoured fruit jelly made with a compote of red currants, … Continue reading Red fruits and chocolate, a divine combination
Each summer, La Maison du Chocolat sets out in search of new flavours for the company’s estival collection. This year the spotlight is on the delicious flavours of Brittany. Under the direction of Nicolas Cloiseau, La Maison du Chocolat’s newly appointed creative director, the company’s chocolatiers have created a collection of chocolates inspired by some of … Continue reading A summer in Brittany with La Maison du Chocolat
La Maison du Chocolat‘s “Duo de Ganaches” is a collection that pairs two ganaches that have the same chocolate couverture but which offer two different taste sensations. This sixth edition of the collection features two delicious fruited ganaches, Salvador and Noir de Cassis. “Salvador” is a dark chocolate ganache made with fresh raspberry pulp. It … Continue reading Duo de Ganaches: Blackcurrant and Raspberry
Chocorico! (Choc-a-doodle-do!), La Maison du Chocolat‘s Easter collection, features not just yummy chocolate eggs and chocolate hens, but a scrumptious chocolate henhouse as well. Under the supervision of creative director Gilles Marchal, the company’s chocolatier-artists have handcrafted this playful collection of chocolate figurines with plenty of care and attention to detail. From the tiny bits of chocolate used … Continue reading Chocorico! La Maison du Chocolat’s Easter collection
La Maison du Chocolat has just launched a brand new collection of ganaches in its Tamanaco line of single-origin chocolates. Named for the famous 16th-century native Venezuelan chief, the Tamanaco collection features five intense dark chocolate ganaches made from some of the world’s finest chocolate. When chocolate is made with beans from a single variety … Continue reading Tamanaco single-origin ganaches from La Maison du Chocolat
La Maison du Chocolat is probably France’s best-known chocolate shop, synonymous internationally with luxury gourmet chocolate. Founded in Paris in 1977 by legendary master chocolatier Robert Linxe, it today boasts stores in Cannes, London, New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Along with Salon du Chocolat and some of France’s greatest chocolatiers, the company recently paid … Continue reading La Maison du Chocolat Noël 2011 Christmas collection
La Maison du Chocolat’s creative director Gilles Marchal will be giving a three-hour Easter chocolate workshop at Ecole Ritz Escoffier culinary school in Paris. Two sessions of this hands-on event, called Extrême Chocolat, will be offered: Sunday March 27 or Sunday April 10, from 10 a.m to 1 p.m. Participants will learn tips and tricks … Continue reading Easter chocolate workshop with Gilles Marchal
