Chocolats-Pralus

Chocolats-Pralus, 9" x 11 1/2" Watercolor more...
The other night, when I took one bite of Pralus Équateur...I was instantly transported. To the point where I stopped dead in my tracks and had to sit down, figuratively speaking.

This is the most chocolaty chocolate I have ever tasted. It came from a stack of 10 - Pralus calls it the Pyramide Des Tropiques. Pure unadulterated chocolate from 10 different places of origin: Papouasie, Indonesia, Sao Tome & Principe, Trinidad, Venezuela,Tanzania, Ghana, Madacascar, Columbia and Ecuador. Each square is 3" x 3" and 1/4" thick. About 1.6 ounces each, the whole stack totaling 1.1 pounds.

It was Pralus' rainbow colors that first attracted me, but I'd never tasted it before...

Many fine chocolates are wrapped in black or brown paper, sophisticated but not so friendly as these brilliantly colored bars.

This is from Pralus's website. The complexity and layering of textures here is much like what you'll experience when you taste this knock-out chocolate.

When I'm in awe, my camera shakes... At the Paris Salon du Chocolat opening, François Pralus was celebrating with champagne. I want to toast him after finally tasting his chocolate. He learned his skills early, working with his father, Auguste Pralus, a master pastry chef. Now he has his own cacao plantation in Madacascar and travels the world seeking the best of cacao beans. Many of his bars contain 80% chocolate.

These are Pralus' Napolitains - a mini version of the big square stack. I've tasted lots of chocolate, but never like this...I'm in awe. Thank you Pralus for the experience!!
I'd like to share my thrilling news about being on Blogs of Note, thank you for the link! Also, I'll be hanging my watercolors at the New York Chocolate show.

*Please, if you happen to be in New York come by and say hello at stand #39. I'd love to meet you.