Apple mousse ✔90g apples ✔10g water ✔10g sugar ✔2g gelatine ✔80g liquid cream
Yellow velvet spray Red velvet spray
Chocolate tail ✔20g Milk chocolate ✔Cocoa powder
For 4 desserts
Caramel cream ✔3 g glucose syrup ✔6 g water ✔20 g caster sugar ✔40 g full-fat liquid cream (min. 31% fat) ✔1 egg yolk ✔0.5g gelatin ✔50g apple cores
Pour water, glucose and sugar into a saucepan. At the same time, heat the cream. As soon as the caramel has a nice brown color, add the hot liquid cream. Bring to the boil to melt the caramel completely.
Whisk the yolk in a bowl, pour the caramel over it and return to the pan, stirring constantly but not exceeding 82°C.
Remove from heat and add the gelatine. Mix well. Add the diced apples. Pour into silikomart insert mould.
Mix praline, melted white chocolate and crêpes dentelles. Roll out between two sheets of baking paper. Place in the freezer for a few minutes and cut out using a cookie cutter slightly smaller in diameter than the mold. Set aside in the freezer until ready to assemble.
Apple mousse ✔90g apples ✔10g water ✔10g sugar ✔2g gelatine ✔80g liquid cream
Place the gelatine sheet in a large bowl of cold water. In a saucepan, cook the apple pieces with a little water and powdered sugar. If necessary, add a little water during cooking to prevent the apples from sticking to the pan. When the apples are cooked. Remove from heat, add the gelatine and blend. Set aside.
In a bowl, whip the cold cream with an electric mixer. Add the cooled compote and stir gently with a spatula. Assemble.
Assembly
Fill the Pavoni mould with apple mousse halfway up the sides. Add the caramel cream insert. Top with a little apple mousse and finish with the hazelnut praline crunch. Place in the freezer for at least 6 hours or overnight.
The next day, unmold the entremets and place them face down to quickly apply the yellow and red velvet sprays. Gently turn over with a spatula.
Chocolate tail ✔20g Milk Chocolate ✔Cocoa powder
Melt a little milk chocolate. Fill a piping bag with it. Poach the seeds on the entremets.
On a piece of baking paper, sprinkle a little cocoa powder. Poach the remaining chocolate on top to form the apple tails, and sprinkle with a little cocoa powder again. Leave to set in the fridge. Insert the tails into the entremet when it has thawed a little. Keep in a cool place until ready to eat.
Hazelnut and pear entremet – a hazelnut mousse, – a pear compote, – a hazelnut praline crunch, – brown velvet spray, – hazelnut praline, – a hazelnut caramel plate.
Place the hazelnuts on a baking tray and bake at 150°C for 15 minutes. Pour the caster sugar into a saucepan and make a caramel. Pour onto a sheet of greaseproof paper and leave to cool. Place the hazelnuts, which have been 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 obtain the praline. You’ll have some praline left over for other recipes. It keeps very well in a sealed container. Just make sure you blend it again before use, as the hazelnut oil will rise to the surface.
In a small bowl, combine the sugar and NH pectin. Heat the finely diced pears in a saucepan over a low heat for a few minutes. Stir occasionally. Then increase the heat to a gentle boil. Add the sugar and pectin mixture. Cook over a medium heat for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Leave to cool.
Mix the praline, melted white chocolate and crêpes dentelles. Roll out between two sheets of baking paper. Place in the freezer for a few minutes and cut to the shape of your mould. Keep in the freezer until ready to assemble.
Hydrate the gelatine in very cold water. In a saucepan, heat the 30g of liquid cream with 55g of hazelnut praline to around 60/65°C. Remove from the heat, add the drained gelatine, stir and set aside.
Whip the 120g of cold cream with a mixer and add to the previous mixture, which should be lukewarm and below 35°C.
Assembly
Fill the tin halfway. Add the pear compote. Add a little hazelnut mousse on top and finish with the praline crumble. Place in the freezer for at least 4 hours or overnight.
Unmould the cakes and immediately apply the brown velvet spray.
Garnish the hollow of the entremet with a little hazelnut praline. To decorate, I made a caramel in which I added a few hazelnuts.
Orange mousse ✔2.5g gelatine ✔40g orange juice ✔35g egg ✔30g sugar ✔40g butter ✔100g single cream
Coral velvet spray
The recipe
For 4 tarts
Sweet pastry ✔45g soft butter ✔85 g flour ✔30 g caster sugar ✔1 pinch of salt ✔1 egg yolk
Mix all the ingredients together, film and place in a cool place. Roll out the pastry thinly with a rolling pin between 2 sheets of greaseproof paper. Line the Silikomart tart circles, having first placed a strip of Forosil in the mould (optional) and prick the pastry with a fork. Place in the freezer while you preheat your oven. Bake the tartlets on a micro-perforated baking mat at 170°C for around 15 minutes. Leave to cool.
Heat the egg, sugar and orange juice in a saucepan. Cook at 82°C, stirring constantly. Check the temperature using a kitchen thermometer. When the mixture has cooled to 60°C, add the cold butter cut into pieces. Blend and chill.
Top the tartlets with the orange cream.
Orange mousse ✔2.5g gelatine ✔40g orange juice ✔35g egg ✔30g sugar ✔40g butter ✔100g single cream
Heat the egg, sugar and orange juice in a saucepan. Cook at 82°C, stirring constantly. Check the temperature using a kitchen thermometer. When the mixture has cooled to 60°C, add the cold butter cut into pieces. Blend and set aside.
Pour the cold cream into a bowl and whip with an electric mixer. Add the previous mixture when it is below 30°C. Mix gently with a spatula. Fill the silicone mould 3/4 full. Place in the freezer overnight or for at least 4 hours.
Remove the frozen mousses from the moulds and apply the velvet spray immediately. Place each mousse on a tartlet.
I added a little cocoa powder on top in the middle.
Choux pastry ✔60g water ✔60g milk ✔70g flour ✔55g butter ✔Salt ✔1 teaspoon sugar ✔2 or 3 eggs (depending on size)
Orange pastry cream ✔400g milk ✔30 g sugar ✔4 egg yolks ✔25 g cornstarch ✔35 g butter ✔Zest of an orange ✔1 capful of Grand Marnier ✔1 juice of an orange
Icing ✔115g white fondant ✔30g glucose ✔Orange coloring
Assembly ✔ White fondant ✔Orange coloring ✔Almond paste
The recipe
For approx. 7-8 éclairs
Icing ✔115g white fondant ✔30g glucose ✔Orange coloring
Pour all ingredients into saucepan. Heat white fondant to 60°C in double boiler. Remove a small portion of white fondant and place in piping bag. Add colorant to the remaining fondant. I used orange colorant. Mix well. Pour onto the silicone template placed on a baking sheet. Using the piping bag, pipe the white fondant over the top, creating webs. Place in the freezer for a few hours.
Orange pastry cream ✔400g milk ✔30 g sugar ✔4 egg yolks ✔25 g cornstarch ✔35 g butter ✔Zest of an orange ✔1 capful of Grand Marnier ✔1 juice of an orange
Heat the milk.
In a bowl, combine the yolks, sugar and cornflour. Pour the hot milk over the sugar/yolk mixture. Stir. Pour back into the saucepan. Stir until thickened. Add the zest and juice of one orange. Optional: add a small capful of Grand Marnier. Stir to combine. Remove from heat and add butter, cut into pieces. Set aside in a bowl, strain and chill.
Choux pastry ✔60g water ✔60g milk ✔70g flour ✔55g butter ✔Salt ✔1 teaspoon sugar ✔2 or 3 eggs (depending on size)
Heat the water, milk, butter, salt and sugar in a saucepan. Remove from the heat and add the flour all at once. Mix well to dry out the dough for 2 to 3 minutes.
Add the beaten eggs gradually, mixing well between each egg.
Poach the éclairs on a baking sheet lined with a microperforated baking mat, using a fluted tip and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Bake at 175°C for 35 to 40 minutes (time may vary according to oven). Cool on a wire rack.
Assembly
Remove the crème pâtissière from the fridge. Loosen it slightly with a spatula, then fill a pastry bag fitted with a pastry tip. Make two small holes under each éclair and top with the cream. Take the fondants from the freezer and place them on top of the éclairs. Set aside in a cool place.
Pour the hazelnuts onto a baking tray and bake at 150°C for 15 minutes. In a saucepan, pour the powdered sugar and make a caramel. Pour onto a sheet of parchment paper and leave to cool. Place the hazelnuts, rubbed to remove as much skin as possible, and the chopped caramel in the bowl of a blender and blend until praline is obtained. You’ll have some praline left over for other recipes. It keeps well in a closed container. Just make sure you blend it again before use, as the hazelnut oil will rise to the surface.
Place the gelatine in a bowl of cold water. In another bowl, mix the egg yolks with the sugar until they whiten slightly. Bring 100g of cream to the boil in a saucepan. Remove from the heat and pour the hot cream over the previous mixture. Return to the pan and cook over a low heat until 82ºC. Remove from the heat and add the gelatine. Pour the hot cream over the hazelnut praline and stir. Fill a pastry circle less than 18cm in diameter, to which you’ve previously added some cling-film (I used a 14cm circle), with the praline cream. Place in the freezer for at least 4 hours.
Mix the whole egg with the sugar in a bowl. Add hazelnut powder, flour and melted butter. Mix well. In another bowl, beat the egg whites with a mixer. Gently fold into the mixture using a pastry blender. Pour the cookie dough onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake for ten minutes at 180°C. The cookie should come out golden-brown. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely before cutting with a cookie cutter.
Praline crisp ✔30g white chocolate ✔60g praline ✔30g crêpes dentelles
Melt the white chocolate in the microwave. Add crumbled crêpes dentelles and praline. Mix gently. Roll out between two sheets of baking paper and place in the freezer. Remove from the freezer and cut out using a 16cm cutter. Place in the freezer until ready to assemble.
In a bowl of cold water, soften the gelatine leaves. In a saucepan, heat the cream with the sachet of instant coffee. Place the 2 egg yolks and powdered sugar in a bowl. Mix well. Pour in the hot cream, stir and return to the pan for a few minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat and add the gelatine, wrung out and softened. Stir to combine. Set aside. Whip the chilled cream with an electric mixer. Gently fold in the cooled cream.
Assembly
Fill 18cm silikomart silicone mould with coffee mousse. Add the hazelnut cream insert. Top with a little coffee mousse and finish with the hazelnut cookie and chocolate praline crunch. Freeze overnight.
Mirror glaze ✔100g sugar ✔100g glucose ✔55g water ✔65g 30% MG min liquid cream ✔100g white chocolate ✔4 2g gelatine leaves
In a large bowl of cold water place the gelatine leaves. In a saucepan, heat the sugar, water and glucose to boiling. Remove from heat and add the gelatine, wrung out and softened. Pour this mixture over the melted white chocolate. Stir well. Add the liquid cream. Use a hand blender without a bell jar to ensure a smooth mixture. Divide the icing between three containers. Leave the first one plain and color the other two with coffee extract, varying the intensity. Pour all three glazes into the same tall container without stirring. Remove the entremet from the freezer and unmold. Cover the surface with the glaze, cooled to 35°C.
Place in a cool place for at least 6 hours to defrost.
Melt the white chocolate in the microwave. Add crumbled crêpes dentelles and pecan praline. Mix gently. Roll out between two sheets of baking paper and place in the freezer. Remove from freezer and cut out using a cookie cutter. Place in freezer.
– puff pastry – pastry cream – small cubes of candied orange
Materials used
– Brush
– Tefal baking tray
– Cutter
– Rolling pin
Ingredients
Raised puff pastry ✔260 g flour ✔5 g salt ✔25 g caster sugar ✔10 g fresh baker’s yeast ✔60 g (6 cl) cold milk ✔60 g (6 cl) cold mineral water ✔30 g cold PDO Poitou Charentes butter
+ ✔125 g Lescure or PDO tourage butter
✔ Candied orange peel
For the pastry cream ✔120g milk ✔1 egg yolk ✔20g caster sugar ✔8g cornflour
For the gilding ✔1 egg yolk ✔1 teaspoon single cream
The syrup ✔30g water ✔30g sugar
The recipe
Leavened puff pastry
The distemper ✔260 g flour ✔5 g salt ✔25 g caster sugar ✔10 g fresh baker’s yeast ✔60 g (6 cl) cold milk ✔60 g (6 cl) cold mineral water ✔30 g cold PDO Poitou Charentes butter + 125 g tourage butter
Combine the flour, salt, sugar, yeast, butter; water and milk in the bowl of a food processor. Blend for around ten minutes. Place in a bowl, line and leave to rise for 45 minutes at room temperature.
Deaerate the dough then flatten it with your hands to form a rectangle. Place in a cool place to firm up.
Soften the 125g of butter and shape into a rectangle (the size ⅓ of the pastry).
On a lightly floured work surface, roll out the pastry into a rectangle and place the butter in the middle. The butter should be at a temperature of between 12 and 15°C and the tempera at between 6 and 8°C. Cover both ends of the pastry with the butter without overlapping.
Rotate your pastry by 90°C. Roll out the dough into a long rectangle and turn twice. Fold the left side 1/3 towards the centre and then the right side 2/3 without overlapping. Then fold the whole in half. Cut both sides with a cutter. Place in a cool place with cling film.
Roll out the pastry into a long rectangle. Make a single turn and chill, covered with cling film, for at least 30 minutes.
For the pastry cream ✔120g milk ✔1 egg yolk ✔20g caster sugar ✔8g cornflour
Heat the milk in a saucepan. In a bowl, whisk together the yolk, sugar and cornflour. Pour the hot milk over this mixture. Stir and pour back into the saucepan. Stir until the cream thickens. Set aside in a cool place.
Finely dice the pieces of candied orange.
Roll out the pastry into a rectangle. Trim the edges of the rectangle with a box cutter if necessary. Cut out strips. Cover with the crème pâtissière and diced candied orange. Roll out the pastry and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
Place them on a baking tray lined with baking paper, spacing them well apart as they will increase in size. Place your baking tray in the oven with a pan filled with hot water or at a very low temperature (< 30°) for approximately 1h30 to 2h00.
For the gilding ✔1 egg yolk ✔1 teaspoon single cream
Brown with a mixture of egg yolk and cream then bake at 170°C for 20 to 25 min.
When removed from the oven, place the raisin breads on a wire rack and immediately apply the hot syrup.
Syrup
Pour 30g sugar and 30g water into a small saucepan. Bring to the boil. Turn off the heat. Brush the syrup over your snails immediately.
– choux pastry, – rum pastry cream – raisins, – coloured white fondant.
Material used
– micro-perforated baking mat
– fluted tip
– piping bag
– piping bag
– lightning bolt
Ingrédients
Choux pastry ✔60g water ✔60g milk ✔70g flour ✔55g butter ✔Salt ✔1 teaspoon sugar ✔2 or 3 eggs (depending on size)
Pastry cream ✔400g milk ✔60 g sugar ✔4 egg yolks ✔20 g cornflour ✔35 g butter ✔40g rum
+ 50g sultanas
Icing ✔115g White fondant ✔30g glucose ✔Red wine colouring
The recipe
For about 8 éclairs
Icing ✔115g White fondant ✔30g glucose ✔Red wine colouring
Pour all the ingredients into the saucepan. Heat the white fondant to 60°C in a bain marie, then add colouring. I used ‘red wine’ colouring. Mix well. Pour onto the silicone mould on a baking tray and place in the freezer for a few hours.
Pour the 50g of sultanas into a small saucepan with water. Bring to the boil. Turn off the heat and add 3 capfuls of rum. Strain and set aside.
Pastry cream ✔400g milk ✔60 g sugar ✔4 egg yolks ✔20 g cornflour ✔35 g butter ✔40g rum
Heat the milk.
Mix the egg yolks, sugar and cornflour in a bowl and bring the milk back to the boil. Pour the hot milk over the sugar/yolk mixture. Stir. Pour back into the saucepan. Stir until thickened. Remove from the heat and add the rum. Mix well. Finally, add the butter, cut into pieces. Set aside in a bowl, filter and chill.
Choux pastry ✔60g water ✔60g milk ✔70g flour ✔55g butter ✔Salt ✔1 teaspoon sugar ✔2 or 3 eggs (depending on size)
+Icing sugar and cocoa butter
Heat the water, milk, butter, salt and sugar in a saucepan. Remove from the heat and add the flour all at once. Mix well to dry out the dough for 2 to 3 minutes.
Then gradually add the beaten eggs, mixing well between each egg.
Poach the éclairs on a baking tray lined with a micro perforated baking mat, using a fluted tip and sprinkle with a mixture of icing sugar and cocoa butter powder. Bake at 175°C for 35 to 40 minutes (time may vary depending on oven). Straddle the oven door with a tea towel to allow the steam to escape. Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Assembly
Drain the grapes on kitchen paper.
Remove the crème pâtissière from the fridge. Loosen it a little with a spatula, then line a piping bag fitted with a piping tip, making two small holes under each éclair.
Spread the raisins inside the eclairs (I tried mixing the raisins in the cream but they didn’t fit through my small piping tip, so I recommend putting the raisins on their own before the cream).
Finally, top the éclairs with the rum pastry cream. Place the fondant on each éclair. Decorate with the raisins. Set aside in a cool place.
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