Harvested in October in the Moungo region of Cameroon. This delicious bean is as good as a candy! Releases bitter and fruity notes. Grate it into a creamy sauce, will enhant your cake mixture or hot chocolate.
Crush it with a pestle and mortar to use in your Mexican mole recipes.
We were captivated by these cocoa beans when we had the chance to taste a delicious all-chocolate cake. To also experience this beautiful taste sensation, simply add 30g of crushed cocoa beans into the batter of a chocolate cake.
• cocoa bean truffles: coat your cocoa beans in ganache and then roll them in cocoa powder;
• cocoa bean cookies: sprinkle cocoa bean chips into your cookie dough;
• chocolate mousse with cocoa beans: add cocoa bean chips into your mousse before chilling it in the refrigerator;
• acai bowl: as a topping, sprinkle cocoa bean chips on your acai bowl;
• chocolate brownies with cocoa beans: add crushed cocoa beans into your brownie batter;
• foie gras toasts: sprinkle some crumbled cocoa beans on your foie gras toasts.
Terre Exotique cocoa beans are from Peru and are mainly grown in the jungle regions of San Martin, Amazonas, and in Ayacucho, Junin, and Cuszco.
The cocoa bean is the seed of the cocoa fruit and, once harvested, it is fermented and carefully dried to preserve the nutrients and powerful flavor it possesses.
The cocoa tree can grow up to 10 meters tall and likes to develop in the shade. This tree produces tiny flowers of barely 1 cm that are pollinated by ants. 5 to 6 months later, these small flowers will become cocoa pods nearly 20 cm long containing up to 50 cocoa beans. When the red pods turn orange and the green ones turn yellow, it's harvest time. The beans are extracted from the pods, which is called husking.
Allergen | Absence |
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Native country | PEROU |
Genus and botanical species | Theobroma cacao |
Ingredients | cocoa bean |
Nutritional Info | VN Energie pour 100 g (energy for 100g) : 2490 kJ / 604 kcal |
TRACES EVENTUELLES D'ALLERGÈNES | céleri, sésame, moutarde, fruits à coques. |