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Date: 20 March 2009 03:43:33
So the first trial of Perky Nanas went ok. The marshmallow bit was encouraging - it was banana-flavoured and marshmallowy. It needs to be chewier and a bit more banana-flavoured. This is easy to achieve - just add more bananas and gelatine. I suppose. I am not sure if this will also make it a bit denser, but I hope it will. Next time I think I may substitute the melted banana mix for some of the water that goes in with the gelatine.
The chocolate coating is a bit of a problem. Cooking chocolate won't work - melting point is too low. I tried regular dark chocolate yesterday and it was still too melty. I have a suspicion that I'll need to use couverture chocolate. But I'm not quite sure because I've never used it before and don't know if will do what I want it to. Also I need to get some from somewhere. Preferably by tomorrow because my holidays end on Sunday and I have to do something with my half tray of yellow marshmallow stuff before then...
Not quite ready to post a recipe yet as there is still a reasonable amount of refining to do.