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  • Welcome to how to cook that

  • I am Ann Reardon

  • Over 200 of you asked for a chocolate version of starry night by vincent van gough.

  • A special shout out to Myranda Barton who was the first to request it and to JoJo who

  • asked for a chocolate paint palette.

  • I'll show you how to make the palette, the flavoured chocolate paints and these cool

  • little paint tubes. And yes I'll even paint starry night at the end using chocolate

  • To make the palette you need to take some tempered chocolate and spread it out on some

  • nonstick baking paper in about the thickness you want you palette to be. Then cut out the

  • template which you can find on the website howtocookthat.net I'll put a link in the description

  • below the video. And the cut around it using a sharp knife.

  • Then use your knife to just gently run it across and make a wood grain pattern in your

  • chocolate. Using something round push it in where the thumbhole should be to take out

  • that circle of chocolate. un your knife across the top to make a wood grain pattern in the

  • chocolate. Then set that aside to set firmly.

  • To make the paint tubes take some foil and decide if you want to shiny side or mat side

  • showing. It doesn't matter which one you use as long as you are consistent. Roll it up

  • around something that is about 1.5cm in diameter, I am just using one of those fat kids textas.

  • Next take the label and add glue all over the back of it. You can print these labels

  • from the website as well if you just go to the blog post on chocolate paint and as I

  • said I'll put a link in the description below. All the recipe quantities that you'll need

  • for the paint and everything are there as well.

  • Check that your texta sticks out one end so that you can get it out again. And at the

  • other end feel where the top of the texta is, you will need to leave enough room over

  • the edge so that you can make the top of the tube. Roll the label around the tube starting

  • with the side of the label that has more spare room before the writing starts.

  • Take a pencil or something skinnier and and place it in the end and crush the foil the

  • make it fit closely to the pencil. Get some tape and wrap it tightly around that foil,

  • and this is to hold it into place so that when you squeeze your paint tube it doesn't

  • just expand back out again. It doesn't matter if the sticky slightly overlaps onto the pencil.

  • Then take a utility knife and run it around the foil to make a straight edge at the top

  • of your paint tube and then remove then pencil Take out the texta and set that aside.

  • For our paints to make it a more fun I am flavouring the ganache. To do that I am using

  • freeze dried banana for the yellow bananas one, some crushed berry blue lollies to make

  • the berry blue obviously, some dried chilli for the hot red chilli, some fresh mint for

  • the green and a small amount of sea salt for the light blue. We will also make some plain

  • chocolate ones some plain vanilla and plain dark chocolate. Remember all of the quantities

  • that you need for theses are on the website.

  • Bring your cream to the boil either on the stove top or in the microwave.

  • Then add some to each bowl and allow it to sit for a little while to infuse the flavour

  • around 10 minutes will be fine. Then strain your cream through a fine sieve to get rid

  • of any lumps.

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  • Add colour to the cream making sure your colour matches the flavour so this will be mint green.

  • I've had a few issues with the new commenting system this week. If you asked a question

  • just before the new system rolled out it can no longer be liked or replied to, so just

  • ask it again if you didn't get a reply to a a question that you need to know.

  • Then add your white chocolate. And then microwave in 10 second bursts or or heat over a double

  • boiler stirring continually until it is melted.

  • Also if you have your google plus settings set to "only those in your circles can comment

  • on your posts" then I can't reply to your comments either at the moment even though

  • it is on youtube so you'll need to go to google plus and add how to cook that - there is a

  • link to my google plus page in the description below this video.

  • Once your ganache is smooth scoop into a ziplock bag.

  • While it is still warm squeeze some ganache into the end of your paint tube and tap it

  • until it is down to the top end. You don't want to fill it all the way up just a a little

  • way past the label.

  • The ganache is runnier while it is warm so you want to fill your paint tube as soon as

  • you make each one. It is easiest to fill it if you drizzle it in from the top.

  • Flatten the end and wipe off any excess ganache. Use scissors to straighten it up and then

  • fold over then very end a few times to seal it. Repeat that for your other flavours and

  • colours.

  • To make your chocolate paper use the same method that we used in the pencil video, put

  • your chocolate between two sheets of non-stick paper and spread it out thinly using a rolling

  • pin. Peel off the top sheet so you have two thin pieces of paper and then trim them to

  • the desired size. For starry night I am going to use milk chocolate paper. If you look at

  • the edge of the actual painting you can see that the background that he is painting on

  • is not white.

  • To serve take it to the table in a wooden paint box if you've got one. Then place your

  • palette, clean paintbrushes, tubes of chocolate paint and your paper onto a serving platter.

  • And then squeeze out some of your different coloured chocolate paints onto the palette.

  • Now for starry night by vincent van gough, due to a lack of good lighting at night vincent

  • had to paint this from his memory during the day.

  • He wrote in a letter "a star spangled sky for instance that's a thing I would like to

  • try to do... But how can I unless I make up my mind to work... from my imagination."

  • [music locally sourced by Jason Farnham]

  • And there you have a deliciously edible chocolate starry night.

  • Thanks for watching, subscribe to how to cook that for more chocolate creations, desserts

  • and cakes. You can add all your requests in the comments section below. Have a great week

  • and I'll see you Friday.

  • music [youtube.com/setsailtv The Boat Song used with permission]

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