This article is useful for lovers of home baking. In it we will tell how to make a mirror coating for cakes, pastries or other confectionery. With this glaze, homemade cakes will turn into a real culinary masterpiece. And everyone will be sure that this is the work of a professional confectioner.
Mirror glaze - recipe
Ingredients:
- chocolate black or milk - 150 g;
- sugar - 150 g;
- water 75 ml;
- gelatin - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- honey - 150 g;
- Condensed milk - 150 g.
Preparation
Gelatin is poured into the bowl, pour half of the water and leave for 30 minutes. In the sautener pour the remaining water, add the honey with sugar and on a small fire bring to a boil. Boil the minutes 2, then remove the pan from the fire, pour condensed milk and mix. Now add the swollen gelatin and pieces of chocolate. Stir until homogeneous. After that, cool the frosting to room temperature and apply it to the cake. And that the glaze came out really mirror, you need to follow some simple rules: the glaze should be poured with a spoon, it should not be leveled on the surface of the product. It should drain itself. After applying the product with glaze, leave the watch for 2.
Mirror chocolate coating
Ingredients:
- chocolate with 53% cocoa content - 300 g;
- chocolate with 70% cocoa content - 100 g;
- sugar - 150 g;
- water - 30 ml;
- yolk - 1 piece;
- egg - 2 pieces;
- cream 35% fat - 520 ml.
Preparation
In the sauté pan, pour in the water, pour in the sugar and bring it to a boil on low heat, the sugar should be caramelized. We beat eggs and yolks with a mixer. With a thin trickle, pour in the resulting caramel. Continue to beat until the mass has cooled to 35-40 degrees. We melted the chocolate and poured it into the rest of the ingredients with a thin trickle. At a low speed, whip the cream until lush. Introduce half of the chocolate mixture and mix it with whisk until uniform. Then add the remaining cream and stir again.
Color mirror glaze
Ingredients:
- glucose - 300 g;
- water 150 g;
- sugar - 300 g;
- condensed milk - 200 g;
- chocolate white 300 g;
- gelatine - 20 g.
- food coloring - a few drops.
Preparation
Gelatin soak in cold water. Water with sugar and glucose is brought to a boil. Add chocolate, condensed milk, soaked and squeezed gelatin. Next we add food coloring. Then you will get a colored mirror glaze. Mix everything with a mixer. We remove the mass in the refrigerator for the night. And then heat it to a temperature of 35 degrees and use it for the intended purpose.
White mirror glaze
Ingredients:
- white chocolate - 300 g;
- sugar - 300 g;
- glucose syrup - 300 g;
- milk - 200 ml;
- gelatin - 30 g;
- water - 150 ml.
Preparation
In cold water, soak gelatin. In the stewpan pour water,