Summer Celebration At La Maison Du Chocolat

In November 1977, at 225 Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Paris, Robert Linxe gave material expression to his passion for chocolate by creating the first La Maison du Chocolat shop. This summer, La Maison du Chocolat on Piccadilly, is joining its 11 sister stores across the globe to celebrate 30 years of creating elegant, luxury chocolates.

As part of this celebration La Maison du Chocolat is announcing some special additions. The new products on offer from 17th May include the incredible Sevillane, extraordinary ice creams and sorbets, indulgent summer tarts and summer bouchees and a special edition of the beautiful Macaron.

Sevillane

Inspired by the flamenco dancers of Seville, the Sevillane hosts a sensual explosion for the nose and taste buds through its five mouth-watering flavours and a variety of textures. Sevillane’s dark chocolate ganaches come in four amazing flavours, mango, raspberry, exotic fruits and the forth is wild strawberries with fresh mint. A further fifth flavour is the praline with lemon zest. Every Sevillane box has its own cooler bag to protect the chocolates from the scorching summer expected in 2007.

The Sevillane’s delightful, peach and caramel coloured box is designed to open like a flamenco dancer’s fan and comes in two sizes, one for an indulgent or sharing mood and the other smaller box, for a more intimate moment. The La Maison du Chocolat cooler bags make the Sevillane and other summer products ideal for picnics in the Park and post-work Barbecues, shared with a loved one or friends over a lively Sauvignon Blanc.

Ice cream and sorbets

La Maison du Chocolat’s refreshing ice creams and sorbets are set to return this summer. This year, customers can enjoy the traditional flavours of summer with a chocolate ice cream, a chocolate sorbet, a vanilla ice cream, a caramel ice cream and a chocolate and lemon sorbet.

As well as these familiar flavours three additional flavours have been created to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the company – an apricot sorbet, a raspberry sorbet and a mango and passion fruit sorbet. All are available to purchase and eat in store or take away as individual portions either in La Maison du Chocolat’s hand made crispy cones or with a spoon in a small cup. Larger pots are also available to take home, ideal for catering or dinner parties.

Summer tarts

La Maison du Chocolat’s creativity does not stop with chocolate and ice cream. Its unrivalled inspiration and energy for flavour is translated into its fine tarts and pastries which are hand made in store daily.

The ‘Sable’ tart is an excellent dark chocolate cherry ganache with real pieces of cherry available in individual slices for a personal treat or a larger tart suitable for four people to share.

The ‘Dacquoise’ tart is a vibrant dark chocolate ganache with a creamy apricot decoration, available as a whole tart suitable for four people.

Other summer products

La Maison du Chocolat has created a beautiful summer macaron with fruit and chocolate based on the Andalousie chocolate made with a dark chocolate and lemon ganache, ideal for a secret treat at work or as a kind gift for a colleague or loved one.

The Sevillane and summer range is available from 17th May 2007 at the incredible La Maison du Chocolat Piccadilly store and Harrods concession.

The Sevillane and summer Bouchees are also available for next day delivery in the UK via the La Maison du Chocolat website - Lamaisonduchocolat.co.uk.