Sweet dough ✔70 g soft butter ✔130 g flour ✔45 g icing sugar ✔15 g almond powder ✔1 pinch of salt ✔1 egg yolk
Mirror glaze ✔90 g sugar ✔90 g glucose ✔50 ml water ✔90 g milk chocolate ✔60 ml of liquid cream 30% MG min. ✔4 leaves of gelatine 2g
The recipe
Hazelnut biscuit (the day before) ✔10g butter ✔35g roasted hazelnut powder ✔35g icing sugar ✔7g flour ✔25g egg ✔1 egg white ✔10g caster sugar
Make a hazelnut butter. In a saucepan, melt the butter until it takes on a nice nutty colour and smell. Set aside. In a bowl, mix the whole egg with the icing sugar. Add the hazelnut powder, flour and melted butter. Mix well. In another bowl, beat the egg whites with the powdered sugar. Gently fold them into the mixture with a spatula. Pour the biscuit dough onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake the biscuit for 8 to 10 minutes at 180°C. Remove the biscuit from the oven and allow it to cool before cutting it out with the cookie cutter supplied with the Silikomart mould.
Crisp (the day before) ✔15g milk chocolate ✔30g praline noisettes maison ✔15g crêpes dentelles
Mix all the ingredients together. Spread over the biscuits and place in the freezer.
Pear mousse (the day before) ✔150g mixed pears ✔4g gelatine ✔150g single cream
Place the gelatine in a large bowl of cold water. In a saucepan, heat the mixed pears. Off the heat, add the wrung out and softened gelatine. Set aside. In a bowl, pour the cold cream and whip it with an electric mixer. Add and stir gently the previous mixture.
Assembly (the day before) Pour the pear mousse into the Silikomart mould, making sure that the edges are halfway up. Finish with the hazelnut biscuit, crisp side in.
Sweet dough ✔70 g soft butter ✔130 g flour ✔45 g icing sugar ✔15 g almond powder ✔1 pinch of salt ✔1 egg yolk
Mix all the ingredients together. Roll out the dough thinly between 2 sheets of baking paper and then place in the fridge for 30 minutes. Cut out elongated shapes with the other end of the cookie cutter supplied with the Silikomart mould. Place on a baking tray between two micro-perforated baking mats and bake at 170°C for about 15 minutes until slightly coloured.
Mirror glaze (the day before) ✔90 g sugar ✔90 g glucose ✔50 ml water ✔90 g milk chocolate ✔60 ml of liquid cream 30% MG min. ✔4 leaves of gelatine 2g
In a saucepan, heat the sugar, water and glucose. Off the heat, add the wrung out and softened gelatine. Pour this mixture over the melted chocolate. Stir well. Add the condensed milk. Use a hand blender at low speed without a bell to obtain a smooth mixture. Remove the cakes from the freezer. Cover the surface with the glaze, which has been cooled to 35/36°C.
Then place them on the sweet pastry biscuit, add hazelnut pralines from La Maison de la Noisette all around and place in the fridge for at least 2 to 3 hours to defrost.
Whisk the egg whites with the caster sugar. Sift the coconut powder and icing sugar over it. Stir gently. Poach the dacquoise on a sheet of baking paper about the length of your tin and bake at 170°C for 12-15 minutes. Leave to cool. Cut out 2 rectangles of 20cmX11cm. Place your rectangular pastry frame on a plate and inside your first dacquoise biscuit. Set aside.
Mango and passion fruit compote ✔1 mango ✔4 passion fruit ✔20g sugar ✔4g NH pectin
In a small bowl mix the sugar and NH pectin. In a saucepan, heat the mango and passion fruit purée (having first filtered out the seeds). When it comes to the boil, add the sugar and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat, leave to cool and then pour into your pastry frame over the 1st dacquoise biscuit. Place in the freezer for a few minutes before adding the second biscuit.
White chocolate vanilla mousse ✔80 g full cream ✔80 g white chocolate ✔4 g gelatine ✔160 g whipped cream ✔vanilla pod or vanilla powder
In a bowl of cold water, place the gelatine leaves. In a small saucepan, heat the 80g of liquid cream with the scraped and split vanilla pod. Turn off the heat, cover the pan and leave the vanilla to infuse for 15 minutes. Return the mixture to the heat and then, off the heat, add the gelatine (having first removed the vanilla pod) and the melted white chocolate. Mix and set aside. Whip the cold cream with an electric mixer. Pour in the previous mixture and stir gently. Pour over the second dacquoise biscuit and place in the freezer overnight.
Mango jelly ✔130g mango ✔20g water ✔20g sugar ✔2g gelatine
Soften the gelatine sheet in a bowl of cold water. In a saucepan, pour the blended mango, powdered sugar and water and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat and add the wrung-out gelatine. Leave to cool (< 40°C) then pour over the frozen cake.
Leave in the fridge until the jelly sets. Carefully remove the frame and cut 0.5 cm off each side of the cake, so that the layers are well defined. Cut into individual pieces and thaw in the refrigerator.
Sweetened cocoa paste ✔80 g soft butter ✔130 g flour ✔45 g icing sugar ✔15 g almond powder ✔20 g cocoa powder ✔1 pinch of salt ✔1 egg yolk
Neutral icing ✔2 x 2g gelatine leaves ✔75 g water ✔100 g fine caster sugar ✔25 g glucose syrup
The recipe
For 5 tarts
Pear mousse (the day before) ✔150g mixed ripe pears ✔50g single cream ✔20g caster sugar ✔3g gelatine
In a bowl of cold water, soften the gelatine leaves. In a saucepan, heat the mixed pears with the powdered sugar. Turn off the heat and add the gelatine. Remove from the heat and add the drained gelatine. Mix well. Set aside. Whip the cold cream with an electric mixer. Gently add the cooled mixture. Pour into your silikomart mould. Place in the freezer overnight.
Sweet dough ✔80 g soft butter ✔130 g flour ✔45 g icing sugar ✔15 g almond powder ✔1 pinch of salt ✔1 egg yolk Mix all the ingredients together. Roll out the dough thinly between 2 sheets of greaseproof paper then put it in the fridge for 30 minutes. Line the circles.
Work the softened butter with the icing sugar. Add the almond powder and the egg. Mix and spread into the tartlet bases. Bake the tartlets on a micro perforated baking mat at 175° for about 25 to 30 minutes. Leave to cool.
Neutral glaze ✔2 x 2g gelatine leaves ✔75 g water ✔100 g fine caster sugar ✔25 g glucose syrup
Place the gelatine sheets in a large bowl of cold water. In a saucepan heat the sugar, water and glucose. Off the heat add the wrung out gelatin. Mix well. Wait for the mixture to reach 30 to 32°C before icing the pear mousses.
Place the glazed mousses on the cooled tartlets. Decorate with a small pear cut out of the remaining cocoa paste with a cookie cutter.
Vanilla mousse (the day before) ✔100g cold liquid cream 30% fat min. ✔100g white chocolate ✔100g liquid cream ✔2 sheets of gelatine (4g) ✔1 vanilla bean or vanilla powder
In a bowl of cold water, soften the gelatine leaves. In a saucepan, heat the cream with the vanilla bean previously split in half and scraped. Turn off the heat, cover and leave to infuse for at least 20 minutes. Heat the cream a little more, then take it off the heat and add the gelatine, wrung out. Remove from the heat and add the gelatine and the melted white chocolate. Mix well. Set aside. Whip the cold cream with an electric mixer. Gently add the cooled mixture. Pour into your silikomart ring Klassik tart mould. Place in the freezer overnight.
Sweet dough ✔70 g soft butter ✔130 g flour ✔45 g icing sugar ✔15 g almond powder ✔1 pinch of salt ✔1 egg yolk Mix all the ingredients together. Roll out the dough thinly between 2 sheets of greaseproof paper then put it in the fridge for 30 minutes. Line the circles.
Pecan cream ✔30g pecan powder ✔30g sugar ✔30g egg ✔30g butter Work the kneaded butter with the sugar. Add the pecan powder and the egg. Mix together. Garnish the tarts. Bake at 175°C for 20 minutes. Allow to cool completely.
Pecan Praline ✔100g pecans ✔50g caster sugar Pour the pecans onto a baking tray and bake at 150°C for 15 minutes. In a saucepan, pour the caster sugar and make a caramel. Pour onto a sheet of baking paper and allow to cool. Place the pecans and the chopped caramel in the bowl of a blender and blend until you have a praline.
Spoon the praline onto each tartlet.
Remove the vanilla mousses from the freezer and apply the white velvet spray immediately. Place the mousses on the tarts and chill until ready to eat and defrost (2 hours). I put a pecan nut on top.
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Hazelnut biscuit (the day before) ✔100 g hazelnut powder ✔2 egg ✔3 egg whites ✔100 g icing sugar ✔30 g butter ✔14 g flour ✔14 g caster sugar
Hazelnut praline (the day before) ✔100g hazelnuts ✔50g powdered sugar
Chocolate crisp (the day before) ✔60g hazelnut praline ✔30g milk chocolate ✔30 to 35g of crêpes dentelles
Coffee mousse (the day before) ✔120g cold liquid cream ✔Coffee extract ✔125g milk ✔50g caster sugar ✔3 g gelatine
Chocolate ganache (the day before) ✔60g dark chocolate ✔60g liquid cream
Dark chocolate glaze ✔45g sugar ✔45 g glucose ✔25 ml water ✔45 g dark chocolate ✔30 ml unsweetened condensed milk or cream ✔2 x 2g gelatine leaves
The recipe
For 5 to 6 people
Hazelnut biscuit (the day before) ✔100 g hazelnut powder ✔2 egg ✔3 egg whites ✔100 g icing sugar ✔30 g butter ✔14 g flour ✔14 g caster sugar
Make a hazelnut butter. In a saucepan, melt the butter until it takes on a nice colour and a hazelnut smell. Set aside. In a bowl, mix the whole egg with the icing sugar. Add the hazelnut powder, flour and melted butter. Mix well. In another bowl, beat the egg whites with the powdered sugar. Incorporate a third of the egg whites and mix to loosen the mixture, then gently fold the rest into the mixture with a pastry blender. Pour the biscuit dough onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake the biscuit for 8 to 10 minutes at 180°C. Remove the biscuit from the oven and allow it to cool before peeling it off the paper and cutting out 3 rectangles measuring 20X10cm. Place the first biscuit on a plate inside your rectangular frame.
Hazelnut praline (the day before) ✔100g hazelnuts ✔50g powdered sugar
Place the hazelnuts on a baking tray and bake at 150°C for 15 minutes. In a saucepan, pour the caster sugar and make a caramel. Pour onto a sheet of baking paper and leave to cool. Place the hazelnuts, rubbed to remove as much of the skin as possible, and the caramel cut into pieces in the bowl of a blender and blend until you have praline. You will have some praline left over for another recipe. This can be kept in a closed container. You will just have to mix it well again before use as the oil from the hazelnuts rises to the surface.
Chocolate crisp (the day before) ✔60g hazelnut praline ✔30g milk chocolate ✔30 to 35g of crêpes dentelles Melt the chocolate. Add the crêpes dentelles and the praline. Mix gently. Spread on the biscuit and place in the freezer.
Coffee mousse (the day before) ✔120g cold liquid cream ✔Coffee extract ✔125 g milk ✔50g caster sugar ✔3 g gelatine
Hydrate the gelatine in very cold water. In a saucepan, heat the milk, caster sugar and coffee extract (to be measured according to the desired intensity). Remove from the heat, add the gelatine, mix and set aside. Whip the cold cream with a mixer and add it to the previous mixture. Pour half of it over the crisp and put it back in the freezer for a few minutes.
Chocolate ganache (the day before) ✔60g dark chocolate ✔60g single cream
In a saucepan, heat the liquid cream. Pour the hot cream in batches over the melted chocolate and mix well.
Remove the cake from the freezer. Place a second biscuit on top of the coffee mousse. Pour the chocolate ganache and then the third biscuit. Put back in the freezer for a few minutes before pouring in the remaining coffee mousse. Return to the freezer overnight.
Dark chocolate icing ✔45 g sugar ✔45 g glucose ✔25 ml water ✔45 g dark chocolate ✔30 ml unsweetened condensed milk or cream ✔2 x 2g gelatine leaves
In a saucepan, heat the sugar, water and glucose. Off the heat, add the wrung out and softened gelatine. Pour this mixture over the melted chocolate. Stir well. Add the condensed milk. Use a hand blender to mix the mixture thoroughly. Remove the cake from the freezer. Cover the surface of the cake with the glaze, which has been cooled to 35°C. Leave in the fridge for a few minutes until the icing has set.
Carefully remove the frame and cut 0.5 cm off each side of the cake, so that the layers are well defined. Cut out individual slices and leave to defrost in the fridge. I decorated with edible gold leaf.
✔250 grams of flour ✔12 grams fresh baker’s yeast ✔50 grams of milk ✔50 grams caster sugar ✔50 grams soft butter ✔3g salt ✔1 egg ✔25g rum ✔25g orange blossom ✔orange and lemon peel + ✔1 egg yolk for gilding ✔Sugar beads
The recipe
For a brioche for 6 people
Add all the ingredients to the bowl of a food processor: yeast, flour, sugar, butter, salt, milk, orange blossom, the zest of one orange and one lemon and rum. Blend until all ingredients are well incorporated (at least 8 minutes). Then gradually add the soft butter cut into pieces.
Continue to knead slowly for 10 minutes.
Cover the bowl with a cloth and leave to rise at room temperature for 1 hour.
On the floured work surface, form a ball, then wrap in plastic wrap and chill overnight.
The next day, degas the dough and shape it into a crown. Place on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Leave the dough to rise in the switched-off oven with a large bowl of hot water for at least 2 to 3 hours.
Brush the pastry with egg yolk.
Sprinkle with sugar pearls.
Bake at 160°C for 15 minutes, placing the brioche in a cold, unheated oven (so that it continues to rise and is thus softer and more airy), then turn the oven off for about 10/15 minutes.
Dump ✔100g kneaded butter ✔305g T45 flour ✔10g salt ✔125g cold water ✔3g white vinegar
Pastry cream ✔250g milk ✔Vanilla powder or vanilla pod ✔2 egg yolks ✔40g caster sugar ✔20g cornflour
Pistachio cream ✔65g ointment butter ✔65g icing sugar ✔1 egg ✔85g pistachio powder ✔1 capful of rum
Frangipane cream ✔Pistachio cream ✔110g custard
+a few chopped pistachios
The recipe
Serves 4 to 6
Inverted puff pastry
Mani butter ✔330g butter for turning ✔130g flour
In the bowl of the food processor, add the chopped tourage butter and the flour. Mix with the hook until the mixture is smooth. Spread on a sheet of baking paper and form a rectangle of even height. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour.
Distemper ✔100g butter ✔305g T45 flour ✔10g salt ✔125g cold water ✔3g white vinegar In the bowl of a food processor, add the softened butter, salt and flour. Start mixing and then pour in the cold water with the vinegar. Then pour onto a sheet of baking paper and make a rectangle the same width as the kneaded butter. Use a rolling pin to make an even rectangle. Film and chill for at least 1 hour.
Make 2 double rounds and then 1 single round, leaving the dough to rest in the fridge for at least 2 hours between each round.
On the floured work surface, roll out the kneaded butter into a rectangle. Place the tempera in the middle. Fold the two ends of the beurre manié towards the middle, over the distemper to wrap it completely.
First double or wallet round Roll out the dough lengthwise. Fold the top quarter downwards and then the bottom quarter upwards, leaving a space of about two fingers. Then fold the dough in half by half. Rotate the dough a quarter turn. With a knife, make small cuts in the dough on both sides. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour.
Second double or wallet round – same as above Roll out the dough lengthwise. Fold the top quarter down and then the bottom quarter up, leaving a space of about two fingers. Then fold the dough in half by half. Rotate the dough a quarter turn. With a knife, make small cuts in the dough on both sides. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour.
Single turn Roll out the dough lengthwise again, turn it a quarter turn and fold it in three, first the right side towards the middle and then the left side.
Pastry cream ✔250g milk ✔Vanilla powder or vanilla pod ✔2 egg yolks ✔40g caster sugar ✔20g cornflour
Heat the milk with the vanilla. In a bowl, add the egg yolks, sugar and cornflour. Mix well. Pour the hot milk over the mixture gradually while stirring, then return it to the pan. Return to the heat, over medium heat, stirring constantly until the cream thickens. Pour the cream into a bowl, strain and chill. You will have enough custard left over at the end of this recipe to make and freeze a second circle of frangipane cream.
Pistachio cream 65g of butter 65g icing sugar 1 egg 85g pistachio powder (Mix pistachios) 1 capful of rum Mix all the ingredients together.
Frangipane cream Pistachio cream 110g of pastry cream
Mix the pistachio cream and the custard. I added some chopped pistachios on top for a little crunch. Place the cream on a piece of baking paper. Place a bean on top and freeze overnight.
The next day, roll out your puff pastry into a large rectangle and cut two circles (one slightly larger than the other) in the puff pastry (use a cutter or scalpel to cut the pastry so as not to crush the leaves). Brush the smaller circle with water. Place the frozen pistachio frangipane cream in the middle and cover with the second circle of puff pastry. Press all around to divide the pastry well. Turn the whole thing over on a baking tray, having previously placed a Silikomart silicone mat with a braided effect.
Brush egg yolk over the top only (be careful not to apply egg yolk to the edges) then place in the fridge for at least 10 minutes to allow the yolk to dry. Place your cake in the fridge for 30 minutes before baking.
Bake at 180°C for 30 min then lower the temperature to 160°C for 40 min.
After baking, turn the cake over to get the braided effect on the top. I sprinkled a little caramel powder (obtained by mixing cooled caramel) and put the cake back in the oven at 220°C for a few minutes to colour it.
Dump ✔100g kneaded butter ✔305g T45 flour ✔10g salt ✔125g cold water ✔3g white vinegar
Pastry cream ✔250g milk ✔Vanilla powder or vanilla pod ✔2 egg yolks ✔40g caster sugar ✔20g cornflour
Hazelnut cream ✔65g ointment butter ✔65g icing sugar ✔1 egg ✔85g hazelnut powder ✔1 capful of rum
Frangipane cream ✔Hazelnut cream ✔110g custard
+some chopped hazelnuts
The recipe
Serves 4 to 6
Inverted puff pastry
Mani butter ✔330g butter for turning ✔130g flour
In the bowl of the food processor, add the chopped tourage butter and the flour. Mix with the hook until the mixture is smooth. Spread on a sheet of baking paper and form a rectangle of even height. Cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour.
Distemper ✔100g butter ✔305g T45 flour ✔10g salt ✔125g cold water ✔3g white vinegar In the bowl of a food processor, add the softened butter, salt and flour. Start mixing and then pour in the cold water with the vinegar. Then pour onto a sheet of baking paper and make a rectangle the same width as the kneaded butter. Use a rolling pin to make an even rectangle. Film and chill for at least 1 hour.
Make 2 double rounds and then 1 single round, leaving the dough to rest in the fridge for at least 2 hours between each round.
On the floured work surface, roll out the kneaded butter into a rectangle. Place the tempera in the middle. Fold the two ends of the beurre manié towards the middle, over the distemper to wrap it completely.
First double or wallet round Roll out the dough lengthwise. Fold the top quarter downwards and then the bottom quarter upwards, leaving a space of about two fingers. Then fold the dough in half by half. Rotate the dough a quarter turn. With a knife, make small cuts in the dough on both sides. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour.
Second double or wallet round – same as above Roll out the dough lengthwise. Fold the top quarter down and then the bottom quarter up, leaving a space of about two fingers. Then fold the dough in half by half. Rotate the dough a quarter turn. With a knife, make small cuts in the dough on both sides. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and chill for at least 1 hour.
Single turn Roll out the dough lengthwise again, turn it a quarter turn and fold it in three, first the right side towards the middle and then the left side.
Pastry cream ✔250g milk ✔Vanilla powder or vanilla pod ✔2 egg yolks ✔40g caster sugar ✔20g cornflour
Heat the milk with the vanilla. In a bowl, add the egg yolks, sugar and cornflour. Mix well. Pour the hot milk over the mixture gradually while stirring, then return it to the pan. Return to the heat, over medium heat, stirring constantly until the cream thickens. Pour the cream into a bowl, strain and chill. You will have enough custard left over at the end of this recipe to make and freeze a second circle of frangipane cream.
Hazelnut cream ✔65g butter ✔65g icing sugar ✔1 egg ✔85g hazelnut powder ✔1 capful of rum Mix all the ingredients together.
Frangipane cream ✔Hazelnut cream ✔110g custard
Mix together the hazelnut cream and the custard. I added chopped hazelnuts on top to add a little crunch. Place the hazelnut cream on a piece of greaseproof paper. Place a bean on top and freeze overnight.
The next day, roll out your puff pastry into a large rectangle and cut out two hazelnut shapes (one slightly larger than the other) in the puff pastry (use a cutter or scalpel to cut the pastry and not to crush the leaves). Brush some water on one of the hazelnuts with a brush. Place the frozen frangipane cream in the middle and cover with the second circle of puff pastry. Press all around to divide the pastry well. Turn the whole thing over on a baking tray.
Brush egg yolk over the top only (be careful not to apply egg yolk to the edges) then place in a cool place for at least 10 minutes for the yolk to dry. Brush with more egg yolk and decorate the cake with the back of a knife. Place the cake in the fridge for 30 minutes before baking.
Prick the pastry (small holes with a wooden pick) at the level of your decoration so that the air escapes during baking. Bake at 180°C for 20 minutes and then lower the temperature to 160°C for 40 minutes.