Mission accomplished!

Who would have thought i could have actually pulled this one off... but i think it looks damn good!
Today was a busy one, first made the peanut meringue base and while that was cooking i started on the peanut caramel, looked sooooooo yummy and gooey! Then finally finished off by tempering the chocolate... not sure what the point of that is. Either i failed miserably or it's just some technical process that makes people sound fancy when trying to melt chocolate because mine basically turned out the same if i had just melted it normally. Tempering pretty much involves melting the chocolate to 43'C then removing half the choc to cool and returning it to the hot chocolate and then mixing to 23'C, sound pointless??? i thought so but oh well i did it anyhow

These pics below show each different part of the dessert before it was put together: (the photo of the peanut caramel looks a bit gross, but i swear in real life it looks and tastes one hundred times better!)

Peanut dacquoise (base) and caramel mousse











Chantilly cream











Peanut caramel











Choc plaques











Although, it was not an easy feat... there were a few problems along the way
Originally didn't think the caramel mousse would set properly, and luckily it did!
Then i came to realise that the chantilly cream really didnt set properly, so whenever i put the final 'masterpiece' together it kept melting (so i just popped it in the freezer a bit longer but didnt really seem to solve anything so just got over it, was definitely not making another one)
Other than that, i would say it was pretty smooth sailing! The choc melted fine, and the peanut caramel came out perfectly.

Heres the final product :) and i am very very pleased, still cant believe i actually made that!
If only i spent this much time doing uni work instead of cooking!

Now i just need to find someone brave enough to eat it!
Plenty of left-overs in the fridge so for all those willing, eat up...