Half a Master Chef

What makes a Master Chef? Perhaps it's how many elements that are put on a plate?

 

Gorgeous chocolate plated dessert by chef Matt Moran from his Sydney bay side Restaurant Aria.

For those MasterChef fan's this is dessert from the final of Masterchef Australia. 

I set about making about half of the plated desserts elements ... the chocolate tart (miniature versions), chocolate sauce, the chocolate glacage (chocolate glaze) and quenelles of the mousse like chocolate. 

What's missing are the chocolate macaron's, double baked macaron crumb, chocolate pipe and chocolate sorbet. 

Valrhona Jivara Chocolate is used in the recipe, quite a small amount 60g, but it's worth seeking out if you are going to recreate the dessert. Jivara is a fine French milk chocolate (40% cocoa solids) with caramel/vanilla undertones and just a hint of malt.

The resulting tarts were just amazing, step son Dan said he "would kill someone for this". 

Want to give it a try? Visit the MasterChef Australia site for the full recipe and instructions. 

MasterChef Australia: Top rating reality cooking competition based on UK's long running MasterChef.