Making an Edible Forest Floor | The Best Laid Schemes Episode 4 | Edible Moss and Chocolate Mushroom

In this episode of The Best Laid Schemes, a cooking series inspired by the lands and lochs of Scotland, I’m making a dish inspired by Scotland's forests. The edible forest floor dish is made up of a chocolate mousse mushroom, a chocolate log filled with rosemary and chocolate whipped ganache, edible moss made from blitzed up rosemary shortbread, chocolate twigs made using a technique that involves cold vodka to set the chocolate rapidly, a dense chocolate sponge cake and edible chocolate leaves.

CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
0:56 Chocolate Cake Recipe
1:45 Edible Moss (Rosemary Shortbread Crumb)
2:48 Edible Chocolate Logs (Filled with rosemary and chocolate ganache)
4:20 Chocolate Mousse Mushrooms
6:07 Mirror Glaze for Chocolate Mushrooms
6:53 Edible Chocolate Leaves (Painted Gold)
7:14 Chocolate Twigs Garnish
7:40 Plating the Edible Forest

If you want to check out other episode's in the series head here:
   • The Thistle | The Best Laid Schemes Episode 1  

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MUSIC IN TODAY'S EPISODE:
And We Walk After
By: Trevor Kowalski
https://open.spotify.com/track/4j99qY...

Maps
By: August Wilhelmsson
https://open.spotify.com/track/7kL6hB...

Ashes to Wind
By: Katharine Petkovski
https://open.spotify.com/track/4dQVGQ...


I've lived in Scotland for the past few years and wanted to create this series as a love letter to the place I call home. I had originally intended to film and create the series in Scotland but when I came back to Canada during the pandemic I found myself unable to return. I decided, instead of feeling down about it, I would create something.

This is the first of what are hopefully many seasons of Chef Studio, an immersive food and cooking show focused on creating dishes inspired by the world around us. Each season, the subject will change and the subject can be almost anything. This season is inspired by the lands and lochs of Scotland.