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Plated desserts
Illanka Chocolate Wave
Made with Illanka 63%
An original recipe from L’Ecole ValrhonaServes 25
7 stepsRecipe Step by Step
01
300 g Chocolate Cigarette Pastry
76g butter
15g COCOA POWDER
75g egg whites
60g flour 45
75g icing sugar
Cook the butter until it is nutty brown. Leave to cool and then add the icing sugar, half the egg whites, the flour and the COCOA POWDER sifted together.
Add the remaining egg whites. Be sure not to whip the mixture. Shape and bake at 200-210 °C (392-410 °F) for a few minutes depending on the size
02
Chocolate Streusel
62.3g butter
62.3g ground almonds
46.7g raw cane sugar
46.7g flour
0.7g salt
15.6g COCOA POWDER
15.6g ILLANKA 63%
Mix the light brown sugar with the almond meal, flour, salt, COCOA POWDER and grinded cocoa nibs in a kitchen mixer with the paddle attachment.
Cut the butter in small cubes and add it in. Mix until little dough balls are forming and stop. Sprinkle streusel on a tray with silicon mat. Bake at 150/160°C (302-320°F) vent opened, to a warm golden color. Leave to cool down.
Leave to cool down.
03
ILLANKA Cremeux
630g basic custard
285g ILLANKA 63%
After having made the Basic Custard, partially melt the couverture and start to emulsify with the hot custard, using a rubber spatula to create a glossy mixture with a certain elasticity.
Add the remaining custard and blend to perfect the emulsion. Set aside in the refrigerator.
04
Basic Custard
262.2g whipping cream 35%
262.2g milk
104.9g egg yolks
52.4g caster sugar
Boil the cream together with the milk and pour this over the eggs previously mixed with the sugar (not whitened).
Cook the mixture at 82-84°C (179.6-183.2˚F) until it coats the back of a spoon.
Strain through a fine strainer and use immediately, or cool rapidly and store.
05
Lemon Mint Gel
4g fresh mint
40g juice of lime
200g ABSOLU CRISTAL NEUTRAL GLAZE
1g lime zest
Blend all the ingredients together.
Set aside in the refrigerator.
06
Mint Infusion
476.8g milk
25.5g fresh mint
Heat the milk to 60°C (140°F) and infuse with the fresh mint leaves for around 20 minutes.
Strain and use immediately.
07
Mint foam
45.1g caster sugar
3.6g X58 Pectin
451.3g mint infusion
Heat the infusion. Mix the sugar and pectin together and add to the infusion when it reaches 40°C (104°F).
Bring to a boil, and then immediately place in a syphon. Set aside in the refrigerator.
Add two gas cartridges. Shake and leave to rest for 10 minutes before using.
Assembly and finishing
Spread the Pâte à Cigarette over a 2.5 x 20 cm template on a silicon mat and bake at 210°C (410°F) in a fan oven for about three minutes.Straight from the oven, place the strips of Pâte à Cigarette on a tuile pan to create waves. Place some 2.5 cm diameter PVC tubes in the freezer, then use a cone filled with tempered dark chocolate to make “eyelashes” by going back and forth along the frozen PVC tubes.Leave the chocolate eyelashes to set at around 20°C (68°F) for at least one hour. Carefully remove the eyelashes from the tube, taking care not to break them.Place two wavy strips on a flat plate. Use a piping bag with a 10 mm nozzle to pipe three 10 g balls of ILLANKA Crémeux in the three waves.Place 10 g of Chocolate Streusel on the balls of ILLANKA Crémeux. Use a soupspoon to add a dash of Lemon Mint Gel parallel to the dessert and in the spaces between the crémeux. To finish, use the syphon to add some Minted Foam in the free spaces between the two strips.Decorate with the chocolate eyelashes. Serve immediately.