TOP 4 recipes for French Christmas chocolates Mediant. Mendiants Cooking Tips and Secrets. Video recipes.
Mediants (Mendiants) - sweets of French origin, which include two ingredients: chocolate, dried fruits / nuts. They are small chocolate discs that represent 4 monastic orders: Augustinians, Dominicans, Carmelites and Franciscans. Each dried fruit and nut has to do with the color of the monastery's clothing. Traditionally, hazelnuts represented the Augustinians, light raisins, the Dominicans, almonds, the Carmelites, and dried figs, the Franciscans. But these days these candies have moved away from traditional combinations and are prepared with a wide variety of fillings. This article offers TOP-4 of the best recipes for French Mediant sweets, which are especially often prepared for Christmas in European countries.
Tips and Secrets
- A variety of additives are used as a filler: all types of nuts and dried fruits, dried berries, chocolate beads, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, flax and sesame seeds, coconut flakes, fruit peels and zest.
- Traditionally, medians are made in the form of chocolate round discs. But if you wish, you can give the delicacy any shape.
- For the recipe, use any chocolate bars made from black, milk or white chocolate.
- You can also make your own chocolate. For this, fresh, unroasted cocoa beans and cocoa butter are used. It is better to replace sugar with liquid honey. You can also add spices to the mixture: vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, red chili.
- When melting chocolate bars or preparing chocolate, do it in a water bath at an average temperature of no higher than 40 degrees.
- You can melt chocolate in the microwave. At the same time, make sure that it does not boil. Otherwise, he will acquire bitterness, from which it will be impossible to get rid of.
Dark Chocolate Mediants
The Mendiants filling set can vary according to preference. They are delicious and look good on a holiday table with other Christmas treats.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 105 kcal.
- Servings - 12
- Cooking time - 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- Black bitter chocolate 70% - 100 g
- Candied orange peel - 12 pcs.
- Pistachios - 12 pcs.
- Dried cranberries - 12 pcs.
- Raisins - 12 pcs.
- Hazelnuts - 12 pcs.
- Almonds - 12 pcs.
Preparation of dark chocolate medians:
- Break the chocolate into pieces and melt in a water bath or in a microwaves.
- Line a baking sheet with baking parchment and draw 12 small circles. It is more convenient to use a glass for this.
- Spoon the chocolate along the marked contour, giving the candy a round shape.
- Put 1 piece of all types of dried fruits with nuts in liquid chocolate, pressing them slightly. It is convenient to break the hazelnuts in half into 2 parts.
- Leave the dark chocolate mediants to cool at room temperature, then refrigerate for 20 minutes.
Chocolate medians with nuts
Handmade chocolates - Mediants with nuts. A delicate delicacy is simply prepared, and you can choose a set of nuts to your taste.
Ingredients:
- Dark chocolate - 100 g
- Cashews - 12 pcs.
- Almonds - 12 pcs.
- Walnuts - 12 pcs.
- Pine nuts - 24 pcs.
- Hazelnuts - 12 pcs.
Cooking chocolate medians with nuts:
- Cut the dark chocolate into medium pieces and melt in the microwave to a liquid consistency.
- Pour the melted chocolate in circles (12 pieces) on a sheet of parchment using a teaspoon.
- Place the nuts on top of the candies and press them into the treat.
- If the nuts are raw, pre-fry them in a clean, dry frying pan and peel them off.
- Place the prepared medians in the refrigerator for solidification.
Milk Mediants with candied fruits and dried fruits
Milk Mediants are easy to prepare at home. The main thing is to take good quality chocolate.
Ingredients:
- White chocolate - 100 g
- Candied fruits - 12 pcs.
- Raisins - 12 pcs.
- Pitted dried cherries - 12 pcs.
- Dried cranberries - 12 pcs.
Pumpkin seeds - 12 pcs
Preparation of Milk Mediants with Candied and Dried Fruits:
- Break the chocolate into pieces and heat in a convenient way to completely melt.
- Pour chocolate in circles on a sheet of parchment (not greased with anything) (there should be about 12 of them in total).
- Put candied fruits, dried fruits and pumpkin seeds on top of the chocolate.
- Leave Mediants with candied fruits and dried fruits in a cool place until they solidify. Then carefully peel the candy off the paper.
Assorted mediants
The most delicious Mediants are assorted chocolates of different types and with a wide range of different fillings.
Ingredients:
- Dark chocolate - 50 g
- White chocolate - 50 g
- Almonds - 12 pcs.
- Cashews - 12 pcs.
- Raisins - 12 pcs.
- Coconut flakes - 1 tsp
- Candied fruits - 12 pcs.
- Dried apricots - 6 pcs.
Cooking assorted medians:
- Chop dark and white chocolate into pieces and melt separately in a water bath.
- Draw 12 circles on a piece of parchment.
- Pour white and dark chocolate alternately into each circle with a spoon so that the candy turns out to be colored: black and white.
- Place nuts, dried fruits and candied fruits on top of the chocolate circles. Pre-cut dried apricots into pieces.
- Place the assorted medians in the refrigerator to freeze the chocolate.
