Arcane Chocolate by Erik Van Der Veken

Road to the World Chocolate Masters pt.1

Erik Van der Veken will compete at the World Chocolate Masters UK & Ireland selection representing Ireland, find out more about the competition and why he is embarking on this journey.

By erik|2020-09-28T14:28:19+01:00September 28th, 2020|News|

Chocolate, percentages and varieties: an introduction

Chocolate, percentages and varieties: an introduction Very often

By erik|2020-05-17T19:38:28+01:00May 17th, 2020|Ingredients|

“Pure Irish” bonbons

The best of what Ireland has to offer in a

By erik|2020-01-05T22:28:15+00:00July 2nd, 2019|Recipes|

Food colourings, do you know what you are using?

Which food colourings are you using? A colourful chocolate or

By erik|2020-01-05T22:29:38+00:00May 21st, 2019|Ingredients|

Composing a dessert

Coming up with a dessert from scratch So as someone

By erik|2020-01-05T22:29:45+00:00April 14th, 2019|Recipes, Techniques|

The ultimate chocolate lovers tart!

The ultimate Chocolate lovers tart! This is one for the

By erik|2020-01-05T22:29:56+00:00April 7th, 2019|Recipes|

Water ganaches

Water ganaches A few of you have asked me to

By erik|2020-01-05T22:30:13+00:00March 17th, 2019|Recipes, Techniques|

How to pick the correct chocolate for your creation.

All chocolate couvertures are not created equal, there is a

By erik|2020-01-05T22:30:25+00:00March 6th, 2019|Ingredients, Techniques|

Vegan Alto el Sol chocolate Macaron

Vegan chocolate macaron After my vegan demo in Ljubljana a

By erik|2020-01-05T22:32:37+00:00February 12th, 2019|Recipes|

Why avoiding sorbitol and glycerol for stabilising your ganaches is a big mistake!

Ok so after my last blog post, which you can

By erik|2020-01-05T22:28:56+00:00January 29th, 2019|Ingredients, Recipes|

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