Heat half the liquid cream in a saucepan. Pour off the heat, in three batches, over the white chocolate previously melted in the microwave. Then pour in the remaining cold liquid cream. and the blended blueberries. Mix, cover with cling film and chill for at least 4 hours.
Cracker ✔40g brown sugar ✔40g butter ✔40g flour ✔Violet dye
Mix all ingredients together, spread between two sheets of parchment paper with a rolling pin, place in the freezer for a few minutes then detail circles the diameter of your choux. Return to the freezer while you prepare your choux.
For the choux pastry ✔60g water ✔60g milk ✔70g flour ✔55g butter ✔salt ✔1 tablespoon sugar ✔2 or 3 eggs (depending on size)
Heat the water, milk, butter, salt and sugar in a saucepan. add the flour all at once, and mix well to dry out the dough for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the beaten eggs gradually, mixing well between each egg. Poach the puffs on a baking tray lined with a micro-perforated baking mat, and place a disk of cracker on each puff. Bake at 170°C for 35 to 40 minutes (time may vary according to oven). Leave to cool.
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Heat the milk in a saucepan. Mix the yolks, sugar and cornflour in a bowl. Pour the hot milk over them. Stir. Pour back into the saucepan. Stir until the cream thickens. Add the mixed blueberries, mix well. Set aside in a bowl, filter on contact and chill.
Assembly Take the crème pâtissière from the fridge. Loosen a little, then fill the cream into a pastry bag fitted with a piping tip. Make a small hole under each choux and top with the cream.
Beat the blueberry ganache with an electric mixer. Using a piping bag fitted with a fluted tip, pipe the ganache onto your upside-down chou.
Strawberry mousse ✔150g strawberries ✔30g caster sugar ✔100g single cream 30% min fat ✔4g gelatine
Place the gelatine in a large bowl of cold water. In a saucepan, heat the strawberry purée with the sugar. Remove from the heat and add the softened, wrung-out gelatine. Mix well and set aside. Whip the cold cream with a mixer and gently fold into the previous mixture. Line the silikomart kit tarte ring square 8 cm mould and place in the freezer for at least 3 hours.
Sweet pastry ✔70g flour ✔30g caster sugar ✔40g butter ✔1 egg yolk ✔1 pinch of salt
Mix all the ingredients together, film and chill in the fridge for 1 hour. Roll out the pastry between two sheets of greaseproof paper, then cut out circles using a pastry cutter. Bake at 180°C for approximately 15/20 minutes between two micro-perforated baking mats. Keep an eye on them and take them out as soon as they start to colour. Leave to cool.
Pour the blended strawberries into a saucepan and heat through. In a small bowl, combine the caster sugar and pectin. Add this mixture to the saucepan and mix well. Bring to the boil and cook for 1 minute. Leave to cool.
Frost the still-frozen strawberry mousses when the glaze is below 40°C, then place them on the tartlets.
Whip the cream and mascarpone with an electric mixer. Gradually add the caster sugar. Fill a piping bag with this whipped cream using a saint-honoré tip and poach onto the tartlet. Decorate with strawberries and chill until ready to eat.
Blackberry jelly ✔45g mixed and strained blackberries (80g blackberries) ✔10g water ✔10g sugar ✔1g gelatine
+ White velvet spray
The recipe
For 3 desserts
Almond biscuit (the day before) ✔35g icing sugar ✔35g almond powder ✔10g melted butter ✔25g egg ✔7g flour ✔1 egg white
In a bowl, add the almond powder, icing sugar, flour and melted butter. Mix well. Add the egg and mix again.
In another bowl, beat the egg whites with an electric mixer. Fold in a small amount to loosen the mixture, then gently fold in the rest using a pastry blender. Pour the biscuit dough onto a baking tray lined with baking paper, smoothing with an angled spatula. Do not spread the dough out too much, so that it is at least 5 to 8 mm thick.
Bake the biscuit for around ten minutes at 180°C. The time may vary depending on the oven. The biscuit should come out golden brown. Take the biscuit out of the oven and leave it to cool before cutting it out with a circular cookie cutter to the diameter of the opening in your silikomart mould.
Place the gelatine in a large bowl of cold water. Pour the 110g of blackberries mixed with the caster sugar into a saucepan. Bring to the boil. Remove from the heat and add the wrung-out gelatine. Set aside. In a salad bowl, whip the cold cream until stiff and gently fold in the cooled mixture using a pastry blender.
Assembly
Pour the blackberry mousse into the Silikomart mini dot mould. Add the almond biscuit. Place in the freezer overnight.
The next day, remove the cakes from the moulds and immediately apply the white velvet spray.
Blackberry jelly ✔45g mixed and strained blackberries (80g blackberries) ✔10g water ✔10g sugar ✔1g gelatine
Place the gelatine in a large bowl of cold water. Blend 80g of blackberries and strain through a fine sieve to remove the skin. Pour into a saucepan with the water and caster sugar and heat through. Remove from the heat and add the gelatine, wrung out and softened. Leave to cool slightly before pouring into the hollow of each dessert. Chill for at least 2 hours before serving.
I decorated it with a blackberry and fresh mint leaves.
Rose water jelly Water Rose petals 2g gelatine 20g caster sugar Pink colouring A few drops of rose water flavouring
Crystallised rose petals Rose petals 1 egg white Powdered sugar
The recipe
Crystallised rose petals Rose petals 1 egg white Powdered sugar
Take some untreated rose petals. Brush both sides of each petal with egg white and cover with caster sugar. Leave to dry at room temperature for at least 24 hours.
Mix the ingredients together in the order shown. Bake in a 170°C oven. Cut into 12x12cm squares.
Rose mousse 90g cream 90g white chocolate 4g gelatine 130g liquid cream 25g rose petals A few drops of rose water flavouring
Heat the cream in a small saucepan. Turn off the heat, add the rose petals and leave to infuse for 30 minutes. Strain the cream and pour over the melted chocolate. Add the gelatine, the drops of rose water flavouring and the whipped cream. Pour 1/3 over the biscuit and set the rest aside.
Heat the mixed strawberries with the sugar. Add the gelatine. Set aside. Whip the cream. Add the strawberry coulis. Pour over the rose mousse (85g) and set aside.
Assembly
Proceed quickly with the rest of the assembly otherwise the mousse will start to set. Place in the freezer overnight or for at least 6 hours.
Rose water jelly Water Rose petals 2g gelatine 20g caster sugar Pink colouring A few drops of rose water flavouring
Infuse the rose petals with the water and sugar. Remove the petals, return to the heat and add the gelatine, a few drops of rosewater flavouring and the pink colouring.
Leave to cool slightly and pour over the frozen cake. Place in the fridge. Defrost for at least 6 hours if serving whole.
Cut the strawberries into very small cubes. Pour the diced strawberries into a saucepan and heat over a low heat for a few minutes. Mix the caster sugar and pectin in a small bowl. Increase the heat and pour this mixture over the strawberries and cook for a further 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Fill a piping bag with the compote and set aside.
Place the gelatine leaves in a bowl of cold water. In a bowl, pour the 2 egg yolks and the 25g caster sugar. Mix well.
In a small saucepan, heat the 160g peeled and mixed yellow peaches. Pour over the previous mixture and stir. Return the mixture to the saucepan and, without stopping stirring, continue cooking like a custard, without exceeding 82-83°C. Remove from the heat and add the gelatine, wrung out and softened. Mix well and set aside.
In another bowl, whip the 140g of very cold liquid cream with an electric mixer. Pour over the previous mixture, whose temperature is below 30°C, and stir gently with a spatula.
Assembly
Fill the silicone mould 3/4 full with peach mousse. Poach the strawberry compote. Top with peach mousse. Place in the freezer overnight.
Mix all the ingredients together, film and chill in the fridge. Roll out the pastry between two sheets of baking paper and cut out using a cookie cutter. Place in the freezer for a few minutes while you preheat your oven to 180°C. Place your pastry on a baking tray between two micro-perforated baking mats. Place in the oven for around ten minutes. Leave to cool.
The next day, unmould your desserts and immediately apply the yellow and pink or red velvet sprays.
Blend the strawberries. Place the gelatine in a bowl of cold water. Pour the blended strawberries with the caster sugar into a small saucepan and heat to a gentle simmer. Remove from the heat and add the gelatine, wrung out and softened. I added a small amount of colouring because the strawberries lose their colour when heated. Mix well. Leave to cool a little before filling the openings in your dessert.
Strawberry mousse (the day before) ✔130g strawberries ✔3g gelatine ✔25g caster sugar ✔100g single cream 30% M.F. ✔a few drops of rose water flavouring
Mounting ✔Spray velvet white ✔Pink velvet spray ✔20g white chocolate
The recipe
For 4 desserts
Strawberry compote insert (the day before) ✔15g sugar ✔2g NH pectin ✔90g strawberries
In a small bowl, mix the sugar and pectin. Pour the 90g of diced strawberries into a saucepan . Heat over a low/medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring a little. Increase the heat and, as soon as it starts to boil, add the sugar and pectin mixture. Cook for 2 minutes, stirring regularly. Turn off the heat. Fill 4 cavities of the silikomart small oven insert mould (3/4 full), leave to cool slightly then place in the freezer for at least 3 to 4 hours.
Dahlia petal flower ✔An untreated dahlia flower ✔Sugar powder ✔1 egg white ✔20g white chocolate
Take a dahlia flower and carefully remove the petals. In a small bowl, lightly mix an egg white and brush it onto both sides of the flower petal. Cover the entire petal with the egg white. Immediately dip the petal in a bowl of sugar to coat both sides evenly. Shake the petal lightly to remove the excess sugar and place it flat on a baking tray. Repeat the operation for all the petals. Be patient, as this takes a little time… Leave to dry for at least 24 hours, if possible in the sun. As they dry, the petals lose some of their colour.
The next day, melt some white chocolate in the microwave. Place a small spoon on a square of baking paper and harmoniously place your crystallised petals. I used some kitchen roll around the petals to keep them slightly raised while the chocolate hardened. Allow to set before handling. Store in a dry place, away from moisture (not in the fridge).
In a bowl, add the almond powder, icing sugar, flour and melted butter. Mix well. Add the egg and mix again.
In another bowl, beat the egg whites with an electric mixer. Fold in a small amount to loosen the mixture, then gently fold in the rest using a pastry blender. Pour the biscuit dough onto a baking tray lined with baking paper, smoothing with an angled spatula. Do not spread the dough out too much, so that it is at least 5 to 8 mm thick.
Bake the biscuit for around ten minutes at 180°C. The time may vary depending on the oven. The biscuit should come out golden brown. Take the biscuit out of the oven and leave it to cool before cutting it out with a circular cookie cutter to the diameter of the opening in your silikomart mould.
Strawberry mousse (the day before) ✔130g strawberries ✔3g gelatine ✔25g caster sugar ✔100g single cream 30% M.F. ✔a few drops of rose water flavouring
Place the gelatine in a large bowl of cold water. Pour the 130g of blended strawberries into a saucepan. Bring to the boil. Remove from the heat and add the wrung-out gelatine. Set aside. In a salad bowl, whip the very cold liquid cream and gently fold in the cooled mixture using a pastry blender.
Assembly Fill the silikomart mini Goccia X6 mould with strawberry mousse, add the frozen insert, add a little more mousse if necessary and finish with the biscuit. Place in the freezer overnight.
The next day, remove the frozen entremets from the moulds. Immediately apply the velvet spray. I used one white and one pink.
At the last minute, just before serving, add the flowers made from the crystallised dahlia petals.
Peaches in syrup 3 yellow peaches Water 150g caster sugar Liquid vanilla
Take 3 large yellow peaches and cut them in half without peeling. Cook in a large saucepan with water, caster sugar and liquid vanilla for about 15 minutes. Cooking time depends on the ripeness of your peaches. Insert the tip of a knife to check for doneness.
Remove the peaches from the pan and keep the cooking juices to drizzle over the peaches after the tart is cooked. I left the peach juices to heat through so that they reduced. Gently peel your peaches and leave them on a paper towel.
Sweet pastry 130g flour 40g icing sugar 8g almond powder 60g butter 1 egg yolk 1 pinch of salt
Mix all the ingredients together, form into a ball, wrap in cling film and chill in the fridge for 1 hour.
Roll out the dough thinly between 2 sheets of greaseproof paper. Cut into the shape of your tart tin. Place in the freezer for 10 minutes. Prick with a fork.
Cook the raspberries over a low heat, then add the NH sugar and pectin mixture. Cook for a further 1 minute. Pour half over the biscuit. Place in the freezer.
Mix the yolks and sugar. Add the mixed peaches. Cook. Add the gelatine and whipping cream. Pour half over the compote and place in the freezer for 10 minutes.
Assembly
Proceed quickly with the rest of the assembly otherwise the mousse will start to set. Place in the freezer overnight or for at least 6 hours.
Raspberry jelly 50g raspberry coulis 10g caster sugar 20g water 2g gelatine Pieces of white peach
Add pieces of white peach. Make a raspberry jelly and pour over the frozen cake and peaches.
In a saucepan, heat the strawberry puree with the sugar. Remove from the heat and add the gelatine, previously softened in a bowl of cold water and squeezed dry. Set aside. Whip the cold cream with a mixer and gently fold it into the previous mixture. Fill the silikomart kit tarte ring square 8 cm and place in the freezer for at least 3 hours.
For the mascarpone whipped cream quenelle ✔20g caster sugar ✔100g single cream 30% fat ✔50g mascarpone cheese
Whip the cold cream and mascarpone with an electric mixer. Gradually add the caster sugar. Fill the silicone mould in the shape of dumplings and place in the freezer.
Sweet pastry ✔70g flour ✔30g caster sugar ✔40g butter ✔1 egg yolk ✔1 pinch of salt
Mix all the ingredients together, roll out and put in the fridge. Roll out the dough with a rolling pin and cut out with a cookie cutter in the shape of a tray. Place in the freezer for a few minutes while you preheat your oven to 180°C. Place your pastry on a baking tray between two micro-perforated baking mats. Place in the oven for about ten minutes. Leave to cool.
Pour the mixed strawberries into a saucepan and heat through. In a small bowl, mix the sugar and pectin. Add this mixture to the pan and mix well. Bring to the boil and cook for 1 minute. I added a few drops of red colouring because the strawberries lose their colour when heated. Leave to cool.
Glaze the frozen strawberry mousse when the glaze is below 40°C and place on the tarts. Place the frozen whipped cream quenelle and decorate with gold leaf. Set aside in a cool place until ready to eat.
Creamy caramel insert (the day before) ✔30g sugar ✔10g water ✔8g glucose ✔10g hot liquid cream ✔1 egg yolk ✔50g cold liquid cream ✔2g gelatin
Heat the sugar, water and glucose in a saucepan. When the caramel is colored, pour in the hot cream. Mix well. In a bowl, combine the yolks and cold cream. Pour the caramel over the yolks, stir and return to the pan. The caramel will thicken slightly. Remove from the heat and add the gelatine, softened in cold water and squeezed dry. Fill the silikomart small oven mould with the cream and place in the freezer for at least 4 hours.
Pour the egg, brown sugar, cream and vanilla powder into a bowl. Then add the melted butter. Mix well. Sift in the flour. In another bowl, beat the egg whites with an electric mixer. Gently fold in. Spread out over 1 cm, smoothing with an angled spatula. Bake for around ten minutes at 170-180°C. Time may vary according to oven. The cookie should come out golden brown. Take the cookie out of the oven and let it cool before cutting it out with a circular cookie cutter the diameter of the opening in your silikomart mold.
Pour corn kernels into a saucepan with a little oil. Cover and heat. When all the popcorn has popped, add some liquid cream. Heat the cream, turn off the heat and leave to infuse for at least 1-2 hours. Strain the popcorns, crushing them as much as possible to recover the infused cream.
Popcorn mousse (the day before) ✔60g popcorn-infused liquid cream ✔2 egg yolks ✔30g caster sugar ✔Vanilla powder or vanilla pod ✔3g gelatin ✔100g full-fat liquid cream 30% MG min.
Place gelatine leaves in a bowl of cold water. In a bowl, add two egg yolks with powdered sugar and mix. Return the infused cream to the heat and pour gradually into the bowl. Stir and return to the pan. Cook, stirring constantly, without exceeding 82-83°C. Remove from the heat, add the gelatine, mix and set aside to cool slightly. In the meantime, whip the 100g of cold cream with an electric mixer. Incorporate the previous mixture and stir gently with a spatula.
Assembly Fill the silikomart mini Goccia X6 mold with popcorn mousse, add the frozen caramel cream insert, add a little more mousse if necessary, and finish with the vanilla cookie. Place in the freezer overnight.
Heat the sugar in a saucepan. When it begins to brown, gradually add the butter. Mix well. Finally, add the hot cream. Cook over a low heat for 6 minutes, until the caramel thickens. Strain and chill. Fill a piping bag with the caramel.
Spray frozen entremets with white velvet spray.
Top with caramel and decorate with a few caramelized popcorns.
Defrost in a cool place for at least 2 to 3 hours.