Welcome to How To Cook That I'm Ann
Reardon and today I'm in my mini kitchen
which is only 1/12 of the normal scale
it is tiny and you guys requested that I
try and make miniature sugar bowls if
you're new around here to fill you in I
invented balloon drip sugar bowls back
in 2016 and I'll link you to that video
in the end but that was using
normal-sized balloons that I'm not sure
if it's even possible to make the
miniature size but let's find out
together weigh out your sugar and tip it
into a saucepan then take that to the
sink and add just enough water to make
it look like wet sand oops that's a
little bit much it'll be okay...
light your stove close it up and add
your pan to the heat. Leave that
unstirred for the sugar to dissolve and
while that is cooking put some baking
paper on to your bench then put a bowl
down to hold your balloon the right way
up and this is filled with water. If you
remember from the original video that I
did the water helps to disperse the heat...
with it being this small though there's
not much water in it so it might not
cool it enough to stop the balloon from
popping and I don't really want to have
sugar all over my mini kitchen but you
guys asked for it so I'm going to try!
Once the sugar is boiled for a while it
will start to turn golden so quickly at
that point you need to add in your
coloring. I'm just using a tiny bit of
pink ... wow the heat is going up that tiny
spoon very fast then we have to pour
that over the balloons ... here we go the
moment of truth are they going to pop??
They're looking good 😊I don't think they're going
to ... I think they're gonna hold. We
definitely needed the baking paper
underneath that to protect the counter
though and now we just have to leave
them to cool. To get your pan clean just
fill it with water and then you can just
leave that to one side and the sugar
will dissolve in about an hour or you
could spend ages trying to scrub it off
but this way it just magically cleans itself.
These are so tiny they have cooled
pretty quickly. Turn the tap to the side
take your balloon over to the sink and
make a tiny cut with scissors try and
get all that water down the sink
preferably not all over your kitchen and
you'll see that balloon is just going
down and as it gets to the end there
just give it a bit of a pull and pull
the balloon out and it worked! We have a
mini balloon bowl. Do the same with the
other one I don't have any miniature
scissors but even if I did I don't think
I could get my fingers to actually work
with them because they'd be too small.
You can store your balloon bowls in an
airtight container until you're ready to
use them. I like to fill mine with a few
scoops of ice cream ...
and a generous drizzle of chocolate
ganache you can make this just by mixing
equal parts by weight of hot cream and
some milk chocolate and stir it until
it's smooth. Add some freshly chopped
fruit ... raspberries and strawberries are
always nice together and then a
sprinkling of chopped nuts.
So yes you can make miniature sugar
bowls. I think these would look fabulous
in a party you'd need to make lots of
them of course and fill them with
something that doesn't melt maybe a
little piping of Chantilly cream and a
fresh raspberry on top of each one that
would be lovely.
or something chocolaty you use your
imagination. Click here to go to my
channel here for the original sugar
bowls recipe video here for more mini
baking and here for the latest video
make it a great week and I'll see you on
Friday.