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Chestnut Entremet

Chestnut Entremet with

– chocolate sponge cake
– chestnut mousse
– whipped cream mousse

For the sponge cake
2 eggs
70g caster sugar
70g flour
30g dark chocolate
Mix the eggs and caster sugar with a mixer until doubled in size. Add the melted chocolate. Mix. Sift in the flour and mix.
Pour onto a baking tray and bake at 180°C for about ten minutes.

For the chestnut mousse
300g chestnut cream
300g of liquid cream
3 sheets of gelatine (2g each)
Whip the liquid cream to a whipped cream. Add the gelatine, previously softened and melted in a tablespoon of hot milk. Add the chestnut cream and mix.

For the whipped cream mousse
150g of liquid cream with a minimum of 30% fat content
15g icing sugar
1 sheet of 2g gelatine
Whip the cream with a mixer. Add the icing sugar. Add the gelatine, previously softened and melted in a tablespoon of hot milk.

Assemble the cake in your pastry ring. First the sponge cake and then the chestnut mousse. Leave to set in a cool place. Then finish with the whipped cream. Decorate with an iced chestnut and a chocolate leaf.

Apple crumble

Ingredients for the shortbread
140g flour
115g brown sugar
100g butter
1 tsp cinnamon powder
Mix all the ingredients with your fingers.

Fry the chopped apples in a pan with sugar, cinnamon and a little water and lemon juice until golden brown.

Take baking circles and place them on a baking tray. Line with baking paper to make it easier to unmould. Place the apple pieces on top, packing them well. Then sprinkle a good layer of shortcrust pastry on top.

Bake at 170°C for 35 to 40 minutes.

I accompanied this dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. For decoration, I added an apple stalk and a mint leaf.

Mango and coconut tartlet

– Sweet pastry
– Coconut dacquoise
– Mango jelly
– Coconut mousse
– Mango mirror glaze

For the coconut mousse
150g of liquid cream
100g coconut milk
20g sugar
2 sheets of gelatine
Heat the milk and sugar. Remove from the heat and add the softened and wrung-out gelatine. Whip the cream with a mixer and gently fold in the previous mixture. Fill the mould and place in the freezer.

For the sweet pastry
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 put it in the fridge for 30 minutes. Line the circles and prick the pastry with a fork. Bake the tartlets at 160° for 12 minutes.

For the Coconut Dacquoise
40g egg whites
10g caster sugar
40g grated coconut
30g icing sugar
Whip the egg whites and fold in the powdered sugar. Add the coconut and icing sugar. Fill the tart bases, leaving some room for the jelly. Place in the oven for about 12 minutes.
Remove from the oven and leave to cool.

For the mango jelly
75g mango puree
10g sugar
½ leaf gelatine
Heat the purée with the sugar. Remove from the heat and add the gelatine, softened and wrung out. Add a generous spoonful to each tartlet and smooth.

For the mirror glaze
2 sheets of gelatine
75g caster sugar
75g glucose
75g mango puree
75g white chocolate
40g unsweetened condensed milk
Heat the sugar, glucose and mango puree. Remove from the heat and add the softened and wrung-out gelatine. Pour over the melted chocolate. Add the unsweetened condensed milk and blend together. Use at 35°C on the coconut mousse domes.

Place the dome on the tartlet and add the grated coconut all around. Decorate with a dark chocolate flower.

Chocolate, pear and caramel tartlet

– sweet pastry
– hazelnut cream
– caramel
– diced pears
– chocolate mousse
– chocolate icing

For the chocolate mousse (the day before)
1 sheet of gelatine (2g)
40 g milk
60 g milk chocolate
85 g liquid cream
Whip the cream with a mixer and set aside in a cool place. Heat the milk in a saucepan. Remove from the heat and add the gelatine, previously softened in cold water and squeezed out. Mix.
Pour the milk over the chocolate and mix. Add the whipped cream. Pour into the silicone mould and place in the freezer.

For the glaze
70 g water
110 g caster sugar
25 g glucose syrup
70 g liquid cream
50 g milk chocolate
50 g dark chocolate
3 sheets of gelatine (6g)
In a saucepan, heat the water, sugar and glucose to 103°. Add the hot cream and then the gelatine off the heat. Mix well. Pour over the chocolates and blend with a mixer.

For the caramel
50 g of liquid cream
75 g sugar
22 g butter
Heat the cream. Prepare a dry caramel with the sugar. Remove from the heat and add the hot cream little by little, stirring constantly. Finally add the butter in small pieces.

For the sweet pastry
65 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, put the filmed pastry aside in a cool place for 1 hour and then line your tartlet moulds. Bake at 170°C for 15 minutes.

Hazelnut cream
35 g soft butter
35 g icing sugar
35 g hazelnut powder
35 g egg
Mix the butter, sugar, hazelnut powder and egg. Pour into each tartlet and return to the oven for 15 minutes.

Place a spoonful of caramel in each tartlet and then dice the pears. Frost the chocolate mousse and place on the tartlet. Decorate with a hazelnut, a gold leaf and chopped almonds all around.

Chestnut tartlet

– sweet pastry
– whipped cream with mascarpone
– Chestnut cream
– Chestnut glaze and edible gold leaf

For the sweet pastry
70 g soft butter
130 g flour
45 g icing sugar
1 pinch of salt
1 egg yolk
Mix all the ingredients together. Roll out the dough thinly between 2 sheets of baking paper and put it in the fridge for 30 minutes. Prick the pastry with a fork. Bake the tart shells at 160° for 20 minutes. Leave to cool.

For the whipped cream
20 cl of liquid cream
80 g mascarpone
25 g caster sugar
1 capful of liquid vanilla
Whip the cream with the mascarpone in a mixer. Add the caster sugar and vanilla. Fill the tarts with whipped cream. Smooth.

For the chestnut cream
150 g chestnut paste (mix canned cooked chestnuts)
150 g chestnut cream
25 g butter
1 tablespoon of rum
Mix the chestnut paste, chestnut cream, butter and rum. Fill a piping bag and pipe on the whipped cream.

Decorate with a marron glacé and an edible gold leaf

Strawberry and whipped cream tart

– sweet pastry
– strawberry compote insert
– mascarpone whipped cream mousse
– mirror icing

Strawberry Compote
150g strawberries
15g caster sugar
3g pectin
Cut the strawberries into small pieces and place in a saucepan with the sugar and pectin mixture. Bring to the boil and pour into a plastic-lined pastry ring. Place in the freezer.

Whipped cream mousse
50g cream
2 sheets of gelatine
100g cold cream
80g mascarpone
30g caster sugar
Place the gelatine sheets in a bowl of cold water. Heat the 50g of cream with the caster sugar in a saucepan. Remove from the heat and add the softened and wrung-out gelatine. Whip the cold cream and mascarpone with an electric mixer. Mix in the previous mixture and stir gently.

Mirror glaze
50g water
100g sugar
80g glucose
3 sheets of gelatine
40g unsweetened condensed milk
50g white chocolate
Pink colouring
Heat the water, sugar and glucose in a saucepan. Remove from the heat and add the gelatine, previously softened in a bowl of cold water. Pour over the melted chocolate. Mix well. Add the condensed milk and the colouring. Blend with an immersion blender. Strain and keep in a cool place overnight.

Sweet pastry
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 pastry thinly and put it in the fridge for 30 minutes. Line a pie dish with the pastry and prick it with a fork. Bake at 160° for 20 minutes. Leave to cool.

Assembly
Place ¾ of the whipped cream in the silikomart ring 19 mould. Add the strawberry insert and then pour in the remaining whipped cream. Smooth with a spatula and place in the freezer overnight. The next day, proceed with the icing by heating it to 35°C maximum.

Strawberry and nougatine tart

– sweet pastry
– almond cream
– whipped cream
– fresh strawberries and nougatine

For the sweet pastry
100 g flour
40g icing sugar
8g almond powder
60g butter
1 egg yolk
1 pinch of salt
Red colouring
Mix all the ingredients together, make a ball, roll it out and place in a cool place for 1 hour. Roll out the dough and bake at 170°C for 10 minutes, then poach the almond cream and continue baking.

For the almond cream
50g of softened butter
50g sugar
50g almond powder
1 egg
Mix all the ingredients together.

For the nougatine
150g caster sugar
65g oven-roasted flaked almonds
Make a caramel then pour in the almonds. Stir well, spread between two sheets of paper and quickly cut out the nougatine before it cools completely.

Make a whipped cream and pipe it onto the cooled tart. Place the strawberries and nougatine on top. You can add a few mint leaves

Chocolate panna cotta

Ingredients
50g dark chocolate
250g of liquid cream
2 x 2g gelatine sheets
15g caster sugar

Place the gelatine sheets in a bowl of cold water.

Pour the cream, sugar and chocolate into a saucepan. Heat and stir.

Remove from the heat and add the gelatine.

Fill the verrines and chill for at least 4 hours.

Serve with a little whipped cream and a square of chocolate.

Coffee panna cotta

Ingredients
250g of liquid cream
2 x 2g gelatine sheets
15g caster sugar
Soluble coffee or better still espresso coffee

Place the gelatine sheets in a bowl of cold water.

Pour the cream, sugar and coffee into a saucepan. Heat and stir.

Remove from the heat and add the gelatine.

Fill the verrines and chill for at least 4 hours.

Add a poached whipped cream on top and a chocolate coffee bean to decorate.

Coconut macarons

For the shells
150g almond powder
150g powdered sugar
55g of egg white
40ml of water
150g powdered sugar
55g of egg white

In a saucepan, pour the water and powdered sugar. Heat this mixture to a temperature of 118°C.

Mix the almond powder and powdered sugar. Add the 55g of egg whites and mix.

Whip the remaining 55g of egg whites in the bowl of the food processor when the water and sugar mixture reaches 100°C.

Pour the syrup over the egg whites and mix until warm.
Pour the egg whites in two or three times over the powders.

Poach the shells and leave to crust for 30 minutes.

Bake at 150°C for 14 to 15 minutes.

For the coconut ganache
100g of white chocolate
50g of liquid cream
30ml of coconut cream
Grated coconut (previously roasted in the oven)

Let the shells cool down well before taking them off.

Garnish the shells with the coconut ganache previously whipped with an electric mixer and wait 24 hours (if possible).