Spread the pistachios on a baking tray and bake at 150°C for 15 minutes. In a saucepan, add the caster sugar and make a caramel. Pour onto a sheet of baking paper and leave to cool. Place the pistachios and the chopped caramel in the bowl of a food processor and blend until you have a praline.
Mix the praline, melted white chocolate and crumbled crêpes dentelles. Roll out between two sheets of baking paper and place in the freezer for a few minutes. Cut into rectangles to fit your tin. Place in the freezer.
Orange Blossom Mousse ✔50g single cream ✔50g white chocolate ✔120g chilled single cream ✔18g orange blossom water ✔2g gelatine
Melt the white chocolate in the microwave or in a bain-marie.
Heat the 50g of single cream in a small saucepan. Pour over the melted white chocolate. Mix well. Add the gelatine (well-squeezed and previously softened in a bowl of cold water) and the orange blossom water. Set aside.
Whip the very cold single cream (120g) using an electric whisk.
Gently fold in the cooled mixture using a spatula.
Assembly
Fill the silicone mould with orange blossom mousse, making sure to cover the sides well.
Pipe the pistachio praline using a piping bag.
Spread the remaining orange blossom mousse.
Finish with the crispy pistachio praline biscuit.
Place in the freezer overnight.
The next day, turn the desserts out of their moulds and immediately apply the white velvet spray.
I placed the dessert on my serving plate. I arranged some small white chocolate eggs on top. I served the dessert with red berries.
The sponge cake ✔2 eggs ✔55 g sugar ✔30 g flour ✔30 g cornflour
In a bowl, whisk the eggs and sugar, place the bowl over a bain-marie and whisk until the mixture reaches 55°C.
Pour into the food processor bowl and whisk until completely cooled. The mixture will double in volume.
Then sift the flour and cornflour over the mixture. Stir gently.
Pour onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Smooth the surface with an offset spatula.
Place in an oven preheated to 210°C, then immediately reduce the temperature to 180°C and bake for 8–9 minutes. Once cooled, turn out onto a sheet of baking paper and carefully remove the baking paper used during baking.
Cut out two circles that are smaller than your tin. Set them aside for assembly.
Diplomat cream ✔200 g milk ✔35 g sugar ✔2 egg yolks ✔18 g butter ✔17g cornflour ✔liquid vanilla or vanilla pod ✔2.5g gelatine + ✔125g single cream
Heat the milk and vanilla in a saucepan. In a bowl, mix the egg yolks, sugar and cornflour. Pour in the hot milk, stir, then return to the saucepan. Mix until the cream thickens. Remove from the heat, add the diced butter and the gelatine (previously softened in a large bowl of cold water) and mix. Cover with cling film and leave the cream to cool completely.
Whip the liquid cream (min. 32% fat) using an electric whisk. Add the cooled custard; it must be at the same temperature as the whipped cream.
Assembly Place your dessert ring on your plate. Place a 4.5 cm high sheet of Rhodoid, held in place with a piece of tape. Arrange halved strawberries all around the edge. Place your first sponge cake layer at the bottom. Brush this layer with a sugar syrup flavoured with rum or kirsch.
For the syrup
In a small saucepan, combine 30g caster sugar and 30g water, then heat until boiling. Remove from the heat and add a small dash of alcohol. Mix well.
Pipe some diplomat cream, a few strawberries cut into pieces, some cream, the second sponge cake layer soaked in syrup and finish with a little cream. Smooth the surface with an offset spatula, cover with cling film, then chill for at least 2 hours to allow the cream to set and give your strawberry cake its structure.
Whip the cream. In a mixing bowl, pour in the well-chilled single cream (minimum 30% fat content to ensure it whips properly) and the mascarpone. Whisk with an electric mixer, gradually incorporating the caster sugar. Fill a piping bag fitted with a plain nozzle.
Pipe the whipped cream onto the top of your strawberry cake.
Remove the ring and the plastic film before serving.
Mix all the ingredients together. Fill the tuile mould. Smooth with an offset spatula to remove any excess. Bake in a preheated oven at 170°C for 7–8 minutes (this may vary depending on your oven). Remove from the mould immediately after taking them out of the oven. Be careful, as they harden very quickly and become brittle. Handle with care. Set aside until ready to assemble.
Chill until ready to serve.
Pour the mango coulis around the edge of your panna cotta and place the tuile on top. Finish with the remaining diced mango.
I placed a small piece of edible gold leaf on top.
Strawberry mousse ✔90g blended and strained strawberries ✔10g sugar ✔50g single cream ✔1.5g gelatine
Soak the gelatine in very cold water.
Heat the strawberry purée (blended strawberries) and sugar, then remove from the heat and stir in the squeezed gelatine. Leave to cool until the temperature is below 30°C.
In a separate bowl, whip the remaining single cream with an electric mixer, then fold it into the cooled mixture (which should be below 35°C).
Assembly
Fill the silicone mould with strawberry mousse. Chill for at least 4 hours until the jelly has set, then place in the freezer.
In a small bowl, mix the caster sugar and NH pectin.
In a saucepan, heat the 60g of blended strawberries for a few minutes. Add the sugar and pectin mixture and continue cooking for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat and add a little red food colouring, as the strawberries lose their colour during cooking. Stir. Set aside to cool slightly.
Mix all the ingredients together. Fill the lace-patterned tuile mould. Smooth the surface with an offset spatula to remove any excess. Bake in a preheated oven at 170°C for 6–8 minutes (this may vary depending on your oven). Remove from the mould immediately after taking out of the oven. Be careful, as they harden very quickly and become brittle. Handle with care. Set aside until ready to plate up.
Dressage
Using the Silikomart Honey stencil, spoon the compote onto each serving plate. Turn out the strawberry bars and place them quickly onto the plates. Chill until ready to serve.
Just before serving, place the tuile and a scoop of strawberry sorbet on top.
Spread the pistachios 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 baking paper and leave to cool. Place the pistachios and the caramel, cut into pieces, in a blender and blend until you obtain a praline.
Melt the white chocolate in the microwave. Add the crumbled crêpes dentelles and pistachio 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 cookie cutter the same diameter as your mould. Place in the freezer until ready to assemble.
Cut the strawberries into small cubes. In a small bowl, mix the pectin and caster sugar. Pour the strawberries into a saucepan and heat over a low heat for a few minutes. Then increase the heat, pour in the sugar and pectin mixture and continue cooking for two minutes, stirring constantly. Turn off the heat, add the remaining diced strawberries and set aside until ready to assemble.
Soften the gelatine sheet in a bowl of cold water.
Blend the strawberries (and strain to remove the seeds: optional). Pour the strawberries into a saucepan with the caster sugar and heat. Remove from the heat, add the squeezed and softened gelatine. Mix and set aside. Pour the well-chilled liquid cream into a bowl and whip with an electric mixer with the sugar.
Assembly
Fill your clover mould with strawberry mousse, making sure to cover all the edges halfway up.
Add the strawberry compote.
Top with the remaining strawberry mousse.
Finish with the pistachio crunch.
Place in the freezer overnight.
The next day, remove your desserts from the moulds and immediately apply the green velvet spray. Place on your serving plate. Sprinkle pistachio powder around the edges.
I added a ladybird and a chocolate flower that I found on the annikids.com website.
For the homemade caramel 40g caster sugar 50g heated single cream 13g semi-salted butter
The recipe
Caramel apples 2 Golden Delicious apples 40g caster sugar 50g butter 100g caster sugar 50g single cream 1 sheet of gelatine (2g)
Place the gelatine sheet in a large bowl of cold water.
In a saucepan, sauté the diced apples with the butter and sugar. In another saucepan, make a caramel with the 100g caster sugar. Add the hot cream, then remove from the heat and add the gelatine.
Mix the caramel with the diced apples.
Place in the Pavoni Slake mould and then in the freezer.
Vanilla whipped cream
Make whipped cream with very cold liquid cream with a minimum fat content of 30%, a little caster sugar and vanilla powder. Fill the Silikomart quenelle mould and place in the freezer for at least 3 hours.
Mix the white chocolate, melted in the microwave, with the speculoos paste.
Add the crêpes dentelles. Roll out between two sheets of baking paper. Place in the freezer for a few minutes and cut out using the cookie cutter provided with your Pavoni Slake mould. Keep in the freezer until ready to assemble.
For homemade caramel 40g caster sugar 50g heated single cream 13g semi-salted butter
Melt the sugar in a saucepan. When it turns a nice amber colour, remove from the heat and add the heated single cream. Mix well and return to the heat to melt all the caramel. Remove from the heat and finally add the butter. Leave to cool completely.
Presentation
Spread the caramel onto your serving plate using a spatula and the Silikomart stencil. Carefully remove the stencil.
Place the speculoos crisp on a plate. Remove the apple cubes from the mould and place them on top of the crisp.
Remove the whipped cream quenelle from the mould and place it on the plate.
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 out using a cookie cutter slightly smaller than the mould. Set aside in the freezer until ready to assemble.
Heat the diced pears with the vanilla in a saucepan. Mix the caster sugar and NH pectin in a small bowl. As soon as it starts to boil, pour over the diced pears and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Set aside until ready to assemble.
Soften the gelatine sheet in a bowl of cold water. Heat the 65g milk in a small saucepan. When it starts to simmer, set aside. Pour the water and 30g caster sugar into another saucepan and bring to the boil until you obtain a brown caramel. Remove from the heat and pour the hot milk over the caramel, whisking continuously.
In a bowl, beat the egg yolk with 10g of sugar until pale. Add a little of the caramel milk from the saucepan and 4g of cornflour. Mix together. Pour the mixture back into the saucepan and cook over a low heat, stirring constantly, until it thickens. Remove from the heat.
Pour this cream into a bowl, add the drained gelatine, mix and leave to cool slightly.
Whip the well-chilled liquid cream with an electric mixer. Gently fold into the previous mixture. Set aside.
Proceed with assembly.
Assembly
Pour the caramel mousse into the moulds, making sure to fill them halfway up the sides.
Add the pear compote.
Top with the caramel mousse.
Finish with the crunchy hazelnut biscuit.
Place in the freezer overnight.
The next day, remove your desserts from the moulds and immediately apply the brown velvet spray.
Soften the gelatine in a large bowl of cold water.
In a saucepan, heat the blended pear with the caster sugar and a little lemon juice. You can add a tablespoon of water if necessary. As soon as it starts to boil, remove from the heat and add the drained and softened gelatine.
Fill 3 cavities of the Silikomart quenelle silicone mould, place in the fridge until the jelly sets, then in the freezer. Fill a piping bag with the remaining jelly and pipe into the hollow of your dessert.
Mix all the ingredients together. Fill the tuile mould. Smooth with an offset spatula to remove any excess. Bake in a hot oven at 170°C for 7-8 minutes (may vary depending on your oven). Remove from the oven and turn out immediately. Be careful, they harden very quickly and become brittle. Handle with care. Set aside until ready to assemble.
Place your desserts on your serving plate. Fill the hollow of the dessert with pear jelly.
Place your tuiles on your plate just before serving your dessert.
Remove your pear jelly and pear sorbet quenelles from their moulds. I added chocolate leaves.
Separate the egg whites from the yolks. Beat the egg whites with an electric mixer, gradually adding the sugar. Then add the egg yolks. Mix gently with a spatula. Sift the flour on top. Mix again.
Fill a piping bag fitted with a plain nozzle. Pipe the biscuits onto a sheet of baking paper in two circles.
Sprinkle with icing sugar. Bake at 180°C for 8 to 10 minutes.
Allow the biscuit to cool and cut it into two circles; one the same size as your circle and the other slightly smaller.
Place the gelatine leaf in a large bowl of cold water for about ten minutes. Pour the milk into a small bowl and heat it in the microwave. Add the softened and squeezed gelatine. Mix and set aside.
Separate the egg whites from the yolks into two bowls. Using an electric mixer, beat the yolks with the mascarpone and half the sugar (40g). Add the milk and gelatine mixture and the capful of pear liqueur. Mix and set aside.
In the second bowl, beat the egg whites with an electric mixer, gradually adding the remaining 40g of sugar.
Gently fold the egg whites into the mascarpone cream. Proceed with assembly.
Assembly ✔Syrup (pear juice in syrup, pear liqueur)
I peeled, cored and cooked 4 large pears in a large saucepan with water, caster sugar and liquid vanilla.
Place your ring mould on your plate. Add a sheet of Rhodoid film. Place the first biscuit at the bottom of your ring mould.
Brush the top with syrup.
Cut up the pear pieces in syrup and set aside.
Add the mascarpone cream to a height of approximately 1.5 cm.
Add the second biscuit and soak it in syrup. Place the pear pieces on top, then add the remaining mascarpone cream. Place in the freezer overnight.
Pear jelly ✔140g blended pears in syrup ✔3g gelatine ✔A little lemon juice
Heat the pear purée with the lemon juice, then remove from the heat and add the gelatine, which has been softened and squeezed dry. Cover the dessert and place in the fridge.
I decorated it with flowers (Christmas roses: please note that they are not edible) and a chocolate plaque.
Caramel 140g sugar 50g water 80g butter, cut into pieces
Golden Delicious apples
Whipped cream
Sweet dough 100g flour 30g powdered sugar 45g butter One egg yolk A pinch of salt
Baking
160°C 40 + 40 minutes
The recipe
Caramel 140g sugar 50g water 80g butter, cut into pieces
Make the caramel in a saucepan with the water and sugar. Once it has turned a nice color, lower the heat and add the butter, cut into pieces, a little at a time. Pour it into the mold.
Arrange the apples cut into quarters. Bake for 40 minutes at 320°F.
Sweet dough 140g flour 20g icing sugar 65g butter 1 egg yolk 1 pinch of salt
Mix all the ingredients together, cover with cling film and place in the fridge.
Roll out the dough between two sheets of baking paper.
Cut the dough to the diameter of your pan.
Press down on the apples as soon as they come out of the oven.
Add the sweet pastry, previously rolled out with a rolling pin and cut to the diameter of your mold, on top and bake again for 40 minutes. Allow to cool slightly and remove from the mold.
I served this tart with a little whipped cream on top.
I decorated it with a slice of apple covered in white chocolate.
Soften the gelatine in a large bowl of cold water.
In a saucepan, heat the blended pear with the caster sugar and a little lemon juice. You can add a tablespoon of water if necessary. As soon as it starts to boil, remove from the heat and add the drained and softened gelatine.
Fill the silicone mould, place in the fridge until the jelly sets, then transfer to the freezer.
Melt the white chocolate in the microwave. Add the crumbled crêpes dentelles and speculoos paste. Mix gently. Roll out between two sheets of baking paper and place in the freezer. Remove from the freezer and cut out using a cookie cutter the same diameter as your mould. Place in the freezer until ready to assemble.
Pear mousse ✔110g pears ✔2.5g gelatine ✔110g single cream
Soften the gelatine sheet in a bowl of cold water. Heat the pear purée (blended ripe pears or blended pears in syrup) in a saucepan for a few minutes over a low heat so that the water evaporates a little. Remove from the heat and add the drained and softened gelatine, stirring well. Set aside.
Whip the very cold single cream (minimum 30% fat) with an electric mixer. Add the warm pear purée. (T<approx. 30°C so that the whipped cream does not collapse).
Fill your silicone mould with pear mousse.
Finish with the crispy speculoos biscuit.
Place in the freezer overnight or for at least 6 hours. The next day, remove your desserts from the molds.
Dressage
Place your frozen pear jelly ring on your serving plate.
Place your dessert in the middle. Keep it cool while it thaws and until you’re ready to eat it.
Mix all the ingredients together. Fill the butterfly tuile mold. Smooth with an offset spatula to remove any excess. Bake in a hot oven at 170°C for 7-8 minutes (may vary depending on your oven). Remove from the oven and turn out immediately. Be careful, they harden very quickly and become brittle. Handle with care. Set aside until ready to assemble.
Place your tuile on your dessert just before serving.