What the heck are Zebra Domes?!?

[Blue Eeyore]

Everyone keeps talking about how wonderful the Zebra Domes are at Boma. What the heck are they!?!?

 

[nasmith]

Kahlua mousse on a light sponge cake with a thin chocolate (white, with dark stripes - hence "zebra") ganache coating in the shape of a dome. Yummy. You can get them at Boma's on the Buffet - also at Mara in the ready foods case ( along with the chocolate Mousse). Here's the recipe- but I think this is one labor-intensive cooking job - much better to just go to AKL and get some!

Boma Zebra Domes
Yield: 16 servings

Ingredients:

1 pound milk chocolate
¼ cup espresso coffee
5 egg yolks
¼ cup + 1 tablespoon sugar
6 sheets gelatin
½ cup Kahlua Liqueur
4 cups heavy cream
¾ cup white chocolate ganache
¼ cup dark chocolate ganache


Method:

1. Melt milk chocolate.
2. Whip heavy cream to soft peaks.
3. Mix yolks with sugar.
4. Soften gelatin leaves in cold water.
5. Mix gelatin with Kahlua and coffee. Set bowl over hot water bath to dissolve the gelatin.
6. Fold 1/3 of whipped cream into the chocolate.
7. Add the yolks, then the gelatin mixture.
8. Fold in the rest of the cream.
9. Pour mousse in flexipan domes almost to the top.
10. Place sponge circle (1/4" thick yellow cake cut in a circle) on top. Leave in the freezer to set.
11. Once hard, unmold and place in glazing racks.
12. Make white chocolate ganache and chocolate ganache.
13. Put chocolate ganache in a pastry bag. Ladle white chocolate ganache to cover each dome. Simultaneously, pipe a stripe design of chocolate ganache over the dome.
14. Refrigerate to allow the glaze to set.
15. Decorate the bottom edge with coffee crunch.
16. Place a chocolate covered coffee bean on the center of each dome.

Note: One sheet of gelatin is equal to one teaspoon of unflavored powdered gelatin dissolved in ¼ cup of water.

 

[Blue Eeyore]

Thanks so much for the info... way more than I expected, lol. They sound delightful, but I'm happy to hear that if I don't get to Boma, that I can get them anyway. YAY!

 

[Micca]

They remind me of Tira Misu and they are terrific It's a buffet...you can go back for more