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Life-Size Chocolate Leopard Showpiece
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Life-Size Chocolate Leopard Showpiece

108 hServes 20Nutri-Score E€€€
from @amauryguichon11 imports0 cooked
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what you need

Ingredients

20 people
  • dark chocolate (tempered, for the body, legs, paws, tail and face)Pantry10 kg
  • cocoa butter (colored, for spraying the finished sculpture)Pantry500 g
  • sugar (cooked and pulled for the whiskers)Pantry200 g

per serving

Nutrition

3,226kcal

Carbs
295 g
Proteins
39 g
Fat
210 g
Adapt tools

what you’ll use

Tools

  • egg mold
  • spray gun
  • Frying pan

step by step

Method

  1. Build the main volume

    • Create the main volume of the leopard using the egg shape as a base
    Step 1

  2. Craft the legs

    • Stack multiple laminations of dark chocolate together to build sturdy legs
    Step 2

  3. Add muscle definition, paws and tail

    • Once the main frame is up, sculpt the muscle definition
    • Shape and attach the paws and the tail
    Step 3

  4. Make the face

    • Glue all the pieces onto the frame
    • Sculpt the face of the leopard
    Step 4

  5. Polish and spray the sculpture

    • Polish the finished sculpture
    • Build a plastic spray booth to contain the mess
    • Spray the leopard with colored cocoa butter
    Step 5

  6. Create the eyes and teeth

    • Shape the eyes and place them to give life and emotion to the leopard
    • Add the teeth
    Step 6

  7. Craft and attach the whiskers

    • Pull the whiskers out of pulled sugar
    • Glue them on one by one using a hot pan
    Step 7
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