Ingredients:
- Unsalted butter, for greasing parchment paper
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon unbleached all-purpose
- Flour plus more for dusting
- 3/4 cup raw almonds
- 2 large eggs
- 1/3 cup plus 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 (9.7-ounce) bar semisweet chocolate (62 percent), cut into small chunks
- 11/4 cups heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger root
- 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise, seeds scraped, bean and seeds reserved
- Candies rose petals for garnish (optional)
- Special equipment: 4 (3-inch) square cake rings molds; parchment paper