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Chop up the chocolate, and melt it in a bowl suspended over a hot water bath.
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Put the granulated sugar and water in a heatproof bowl, and microwave to heat it and dissolve the sugar.
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Add the mizu-ame syrup to the Step 2 bowl, and mix to dissolve the syrup over a hot water bath.
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Add the syrup from Step 3 to the Step 1 melted chocolate.
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Mix well until it forms a single lump.
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(If the lump of chocolate becomes very oily on the surface, absorb some of it with paper towels.)
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If you are using white chocolate, you can add a tiny bit of food coloring at this point and knead it in well.
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If the chocolate dough is too soft it's hard to form, so wrap it up in plastic and chill it for a while.
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It's easiest to work with when it's rather stiff.
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Form into balls depending on the number and size of the pieces you want to make.
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The inner petal pieces should be small, and the other pieces should be bigger.
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Sandwich the chocolate balls between plastic, and press them flat using the heels of your palms or your fingers.
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Make the top part of the petals rather thin for pretty results.
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The chocolate will have softened from the heat of your hands, so place a chilled kitchen towel under the plastic.
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Roll up the smallest petal piece to form the center.
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Wrap medium-sized petal pieces around the center, pressing the bottom part tightly to make it stick.
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Keep on adding petals while balancing out the flower.
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Add large petals depending on how open you want the rose to be.
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Turn it over and cut off the bottom so that it will sit flat on whatever you're using this as decoration for.
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Here is a leaf.
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Roll up a piece of the chocolate dough, and form into a rough leaf shape.
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Peel it off the plastic, place on a cutting board and cut out into a leaf shape.
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Use a butter knife to add the veins.
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If you pinch the middle of the leave to give it dimension, it will look great.
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The roses are done.
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It will keep its shape like decorations made with marzipan, so you can form the chocolate dough into anything you like.
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Have fun.
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Gateau au cholate -Glacage (chocolate coating) -
