Unleash your culinary artistry and embark on a delectable journey as we delve into the world of "Lemon Cassis Bonbons," a symphony of flavors that will tantalize your taste buds. These exquisite confections, with their vibrant yellow and deep purple hues, embody the perfect balance between sweet and tangy, citrusy and fruity. Whether you're a seasoned chocolatier or a home cook seeking a delightful treat, this article will guide you through the process of creating these delectable bonbons, providing you with step-by-step instructions and expert tips to ensure a perfect result every time.
Here are our top 9 tried and tested recipes!
LEMON CASSIS BONBONS
These delicate little cookies may look as if they came from a French bakery, but the recipe -- also featured on Martha Stewart Living TV -- is actually quite simple. After baking, you need only pour the warm cassis glaze over the bonbons; once they're dry, decorate them with easy-to-make Royal Icing.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes
Yield Makes about 2 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Make the bonbons: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Line a baking sheet with a Silpat baking mat or parchment paper, and set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar on medium speed. Add 1/4 teaspoon lemon extract, lemon zest, and salt. Mix to combine.
- Add milk, and reduce mixer speed to low. Slowly add cake flour, and mix until well blended and the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
- Transfer the dough to a clean work surface, and divide in half. Roll each half into a 14-inch-long log. Cut each log into fourteen 1-inch pieces. Roll each piece into a dome. Place domes on prepared baking sheet, spaced 1 1/2 inches apart. If dough becomes too soft to handle, chill for a few minutes.
- Bake bonbons until firm but not golden, 25 to 27 minutes. Transfer bonbons to a wire rack set over a piece of waxed paper to cool.
- Make the glaze: In a small bowl, stir together remaining 3 cups confectioners' sugar, 1/4 cup hot water, corn syrup, oil, and remaining 1/2 teaspoon lemon extract until smooth. Add cassis, and stir until smooth.
- Pour half of the warm glaze over the tops of the bonbons. Let bonbons set, about 15 minutes.
- Repeat Step 7. Wait until glaze is dry, then decorate bonbons with royal icing: Place royal icing in a pastry bag fitted wtih the tip of your choice; pipe icing onto bonbons. Place decorated bonbons on a wire rack to set.
BONBONS
This recipe was made by my mother only around Christmas time. Now, I carry on the tradition of this sweet confection.
Provided by Diane
Categories Desserts Chocolate Dessert Recipes
Time 2h20m
Yield 75
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In large bowl, combine margarine, confectioners' sugar, condensed milk, coconut, chopped walnuts and vanilla. Stir well. Cover and chill in the refrigerator for 2 hours, or until mixture has thickened enough to roll into balls. Roll the mixture into 1-inch balls and place close together, but not touching, on cookie sheets. Freeze until hard.
- While bonbons are freezing, line a cookie sheet or flat surface with waxed paper. Combine chocolate chips and shortening in the top of a double boiler, over, not in, simmering water. Stir until melted. Using a toothpick or a fork, dip each bonbon in the melted chocolate. Place on waxed paper to dry. When chocolate has hardened, store bonbons in plastic bag in the freezer.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 144.9 calories, Carbohydrate 18.9 g, Cholesterol 1.8 mg, Fat 8 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 1.1 g, SaturatedFat 3.8 g, Sodium 36.7 mg, Sugar 17.5 g
CAYENNE GANACHE AND LEMON JELLY FILLED CHOCOLATE BONBONS
Steps:
- In a medium saucepan, bring the cream, glucose, and cayenne to a boil. Pour over the dark chocolate. Stir until emulsified. Add the butter. Allow to cool to 80 degrees F. Place in a pastry bag.
- Pipe a small amount of the cold Lemon Jelly into a chocolate shell. Pipe the ganache over the jelly. Allow to set overnight in a cool place.
- Seal the ganache with melted dark chocolate. Refrigerate for 10 minutes, then turn out of the mold.
- Mix the pectin with the sugar. In a medium saucepan, bring the lemon juice to a boil. Add the sugar and pectin mixture. Add the glucose. Boil to 225 degrees F. Remove from the heat and add the citric acid. Allow to cool, and then refrigerate.
CASSIS BONBON SANDWICH
Steps:
- Line a half sheet pan with a silicone baking mat.
- Bring the cassis puree to a boil in a pot, continuously stirring to prevent scorching. Combine 110 grams of the sugar with the pectin using a whisk, add to the fruit puree and boil for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the remaining 1000 grams sugar to the fruit puree in three or four batches, continually whisking. Then add the glucose syrup. Continue to cook, whisking, until a candy thermometer inserted in the mixture reaches 225 degrees F. Then whisk in the citric acid. Quickly pour the mixture onto the prepared sheet pan and cool the mixture completely in the refrigerator.
- Cut the fruit pate into 2-by-6-inch strips and sandwich between two chocolate bars to serve.
LEMON-CASSIS MARTINI
Categories Liqueur Vodka Alcoholic Cocktail Party Cocktail Lemon Bon Appétit Drink
Yield Makes 2 drinks
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Mix first 4 ingredients in glass measuring cup. Let stand 10 minutes. Strain into martini shaker or another cup. Mix in cassis. Add ice; shake or stir until very cold. Strain into glasses. Garnish with lemon.
LEMON CREAM BONBONS
I used to save these special treats just for Christmastime. But they're so easy and in such demand with my family that I now keep them on hand all year-round. As pretty as sugarplums, they make lovely gifts, too.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 30m
Yield about 4 dozen.
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese, lemon zest, juice and extract. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar. Cover and freeze for 2 hours., Using a small ice cream scoop, drop mixture by 1-in. balls onto waxed paper-lined baking sheets. Cover and freeze for 1 hour., Working with a few frozen balls at a time, dip into melted chocolate; allow excess to drip off. Place on waxed paper-lined baking sheets. Let stand until set., Spoon melted candy coating into a heavy-duty resealable plastic bag. Cut a small hole in the corner of bag; drizzle coating over candies. Store in the refrigerator. Remove from the refrigerator just before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 105 calories, Fat 7g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 10mg cholesterol, Sodium 28mg sodium, Carbohydrate 11g carbohydrate (10g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 1g protein.
LEMON BON BONS
Make and share this Lemon Bon Bons recipe from Food.com.
Provided by grandma2969
Categories Dessert
Time 2h15m
Yield 4 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- mix butter with sugar till light and fluffy -- add cornstarch and flour, mixing well.refrigerate until easy to handle.about 1-2 hours.
- preheat oven to 350* --
- shape dough into 1" balls.
- Place balls on nuts scattered on waxed paper.
- flatten with bottom of glass .
- put cookies, nut side down on ungreased cookie sheet.
- bake 15 minutes.
- frost with bon bon frosting.
- to prepare BON BON FROSTING:.
- blend sugar, butter and lemon juice.till smooth.if desired, add yellow food coloring.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 900.5, Fat 57.2, SaturatedFat 30.7, Cholesterol 124.5, Sodium 337.1, Carbohydrate 94.1, Fiber 2.6, Sugar 40, Protein 5.9
LEMON-SCENTED MASCARPONE TRIFLE WITH CREME DE CASSIS
This is wonderful! Another Giada De Laurentis recipe, from Sicilian Summer. There is a cooling time of 30 minutes. We made some slight changes to the original as we were experimenting and they paid off! We enjoyed this Trifle immensely.
Provided by Manami
Categories Dessert
Time 35m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the sugar with the lemon juice.
- Cook until the sugar has dissolved, about 5 minutes.
- Let cool.
- In a medium bowl, combine the cooled sugar mixture with the mascarpone cheese and the lemon zest.
- Now, add almonds, if using.
- Using an electric mixer, whip on medium speed until the mixture is light and fluffy.
- To build the trifle, line the bottom of a trifle bowl with a layer pound cake.
- Brush the pound cake with some creme de cassis liqueur.
- Spoon a layer of the cheese mixture over the pound cake, and then a layer of berries.
- Repeat the layers until all the ingredients are used, finishing with a top layer of berries.
- Chill in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
- Garnish with chopped mint leaves &/or flavored whipped cream &/or almonds.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 275.8, Fat 10.1, SaturatedFat 5.8, Cholesterol 110.5, Sodium 199.6, Carbohydrate 45.4, Fiber 1.2, Sugar 19.1, Protein 3.1
CASSIS SORBET
Provided by Shelley Wiseman
Categories Salad Ice Cream Machine Fruit Dessert Freeze/Chill Vegetarian Summer Gourmet Fat Free Kidney Friendly Vegan Pescatarian Dairy Free Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Kosher
Yield Makes 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Bring sugar, corn syrup, and 1/2 cup nectar to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved, then boil 1 minute. Transfer to a metal bowl and stir in crème de cassis and remaining 2 1/2 cups nectar. Set bowl in a larger bowl of ice and cold water and let mixture stand, stirring occasionally, until cold, about 10 minutes. Freeze in ice cream maker, then transfer to an airtight container and put in freezer to harden, at least 1 hour.
Tips:
- Follow the recipe carefully: Baking is a precise science, so it's important to follow the recipe exactly. This means using the right ingredients in the right amounts and following the instructions carefully.
- Use fresh ingredients: Fresh ingredients will always give you the best results. If you can, use organic ingredients whenever possible.
- Don't overmix the batter: Overmixing the batter can make the bonbons tough. Mix the batter just until the ingredients are combined.
- Chill the batter before baking: Chilling the batter before baking will help the bonbons to hold their shape. You can chill the batter for up to 24 hours.
- Bake the bonbons at the right temperature: The bonbons should be baked at a moderate temperature (325 degrees Fahrenheit). This will help them to bake evenly and prevent them from burning.
- Don't overbake the bonbons: The bonbons are done baking when they are just set. If you overbake them, they will be dry and crumbly.
- Let the bonbons cool completely before frosting: Let the bonbons cool completely before frosting them. This will help the frosting to set properly.
- Store the bonbons in an airtight container: The bonbons can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days.
Conclusion:
Lemon cassis bonbons are a delicious and elegant treat that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. They are perfect for any occasion, from a simple get-together to a formal party. With a little planning and effort, you can easily make these bonbons at home. So next time you're looking for a special treat, give lemon cassis bonbons a try!
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