SHOPPING LIST: Cooking Skills: Chocolate 2, Chapter 8 (A Chocolate Showpiece)

Everything for the desserts you choose from the earlier chapters, plus small chilled plates and spoons, labels or small cards for allergens, a jug for sauce, fresh berries, a notebook and pen, and fridge space.

A plated chocolate dessert (1 plate)
[ ] 1 pot of chocolate mousse or pot de crème (Cooking Skills: Chocolate 2, chapter 5)
[ ] 1 slice of flourless cake or brownie square
[ ] 2 tbsp chocolate or fruit sauce, warm
[ ] 1 few berries and chocolate curls to finish
[ ] 1 cool, clean plate

A three-dessert chocolate table (10 guests)
[ ] 1 batch chocolate mousse pots (Cooking Skills: Chocolate 2, chapter 5)
[ ] 1 batch flourless chocolate cake (Cooking Skills: Chocolate 2, chapter 6)
[ ] 1 batch bonbons or truffles (Cooking Skills: Chocolate 2, chapter 3 or Cooking Skills: Chocolate 1, chapter 4)
[ ] 1 batch warm chocolate or fruit sauce, curls and shards (Cooking Skills: Chocolate 2, chapters 1 and 3)
[ ] 10 small plates and spoons

Your make-ahead plan
[ ] 1 large sheet of paper or a notes page
[ ] 1 pen
[ ] 1 calendar or phone timer

Your own chocolate creation
[ ] 1 notebook for your chocolate notes
[ ] 1 batch a base recipe from this course or Cooking Skills: Chocolate 1 that you like best
[ ] 1 one new flavour, filling or decoration to try

For the experiments
[ ] Extra chocolate desserts or ingredients
[ ] A kitchen timer