French truffles best with pure Guatemalan cacao

Señoras get a chance to practice their French in Antigua

Who would have thought that here we would be in Antigua Guatemala practicing our French, with a French Chef who was teaching us how to make “ganache” for our hand-made French truffles with pure Guatemalan cacao? 

Yes, las Señoras put on aprons and got their hands dirty. We learned from French Chef Claire Isabelle about truffles presentation and theory, how to prepare flavored ganache, to temper chocolate and to prepare chocolate coats. We each created and decorated 6 truffles, and also made six “fill” chocolates. 

Indeed, Antigua is a cosmopolitan international city with restaurants and chefs from all over the planet.   Just the night before, we dined at a French restaurant owned by an internationally acclaimed French chef, Jean Francois.  We enjoyed French onion soup and steak with Béarnaise sauce, and we could have not finished the evening at this amazing terrace overlooking the ruins with a very unique “avocado” crème-brulee and chocolate mousse.  Ooh lala! Tres bien!