Place the gelatine leaves in a bowl of cold water. In a bowl, pour the 2 egg yolks and the 25g caster sugar. Mix well. In a small saucepan, heat the 160g peeled and mixed yellow peaches. Pour over the previous mixture and stir. Return the mixture to the saucepan and, without stopping stirring, continue cooking like a custard, without exceeding 82-83°C. Remove from the heat and add the gelatine, wrung out and softened. Mix well and set aside.
In another bowl, whip the 140g of very cold liquid cream with an electric mixer. Pour over the previous mixture, whose temperature is below 30°C, and stir gently with a spatula.
Assembly (the day before)
Fill the Silikomart mould with peach mousse. Place in the freezer overnight.
Sweet pastry biscuit ✔70g flour ✔20g icing sugar ✔30g butter ✔1 egg yolk ✔1 pinch of salt
Mix all the ingredients together, film and chill in the fridge. Roll out the pastry between two sheets of baking paper and cut out using a fluted cookie cutter. Place in the freezer for a few minutes while you preheat your oven to 180°C. Place your pastry on a baking tray between two micro-perforated baking mats. Place in the oven for around ten minutes. Leave to cool.
Mix the sugar and pectin NH in a small bowl. Heat the finely diced strawberries 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, then fill a piping bag with the mixture.
Take the frozen entremets out of the freezer and immediately apply the yellow and red velvet sprays. Place the entremet on the sweet biscuit.
Garnish the centre with the strawberry compote.
Using a Saint Honoré piping tip, poach the whipped cream on top. Using an electric mixer, whip the cream (minimum 30% fat) with the mascarpone and a little caster sugar. Chill for at least 3 hours while defrosting.
Vanilla dome ✔25g white chocolate ✔25g liquid cream ✔1.5g gelatin ✔Vanilla powder ✔50g liquid cream 30% MG min
Soften the gelatine in a bowl of cold water. In a saucepan, heat the cream and vanilla. Remove from heat and add the gelatine and melted white chocolate. Mix well. Set aside. Whip the chilled cream with an electric mixer. Gently fold in the cooled mixture. Pour into your silikomart pomponette mold. Freeze for 2 to 3 hours.
Heat the milk. In a bowl, combine the yolks, sugar and cornflour. Pour the hot milk over them. Stir. Pour back into the saucepan. Stir until the cream thickens. Off the heat, add the capful of rum. Mix well. Pour into a bowl, strain and chill.
Sweet dough ✔70 g soft butter ✔130 g flour ✔45 g powdered sugar ✔1 pinch salt ✔1 egg yolk
Mix all ingredients. Roll out the dough thinly between 2 sheets of parchment paper and chill in the fridge for 30 mins. Line the circles and freeze for 10 minutes. Preheat oven to 170°C. Bake for about ten minutes, then brush with egg yolk. Continue baking for a few minutes. Leave to cool.
Place the blueberries in a saucepan and heat over low heat, stirring regularly, for around 5 minutes. Turn up the heat and, as soon as it starts to boil, add the sugar and pectin mixture. Cook for one minute, stirring constantly. Turn off the heat and leave to cool to room temperature.
Assembly
Remove the crème pâtissière from the fridge. Loosen it a little and spread it inside the tartlets. Spread the blueberry compote on top.
Place the vanilla dome in the middle, then add the wild blueberries around it.
I then decorated with mint leaves and a small sheet of edible gold.
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. Let the dough dry out. Pour into a bowl and gradually add the beaten eggs. Poach the choux pastry onto a micro-perforated mat using a fluted tip. Bake at 180°C for 35 to 40 minutes, then place on a wire rack to cool completely.
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Pastry cream ✔300g milk ✔60 g sugar ✔3 egg yolks ✔20 g cornstarch ✔25 g butter ✔Liquid vanilla ✔1 capful of rum ✔Milk chocolate
In a saucepan, boil milk with vanilla. In a bowl, mix the yolks with the powdered sugar. Add the cornflour. Pour in the hot milk and return to the pan. Cook, stirring constantly. The cream will thicken. Remove from the heat, add the butter cut into pieces and the milk chocolate pistoles (according to the desired intensity). Stir until the chocolate has completely melted into the cream.
Assembly Fill your éclairs with pastry cream using a piping tip. Warm up the fondant pâtissier with a little melted milk chocolate and top your éclairs with a ribbon pastry tip.
I decorated my éclairs with a milk chocolate decoration. Heat the milk chocolate in the microwave and fill with a piping bag. Draw parallel lines of chocolate on a square of guitar paper the width of your éclair. Let the chocolate set a little before rolling your éclair in it. Place in a cool place and wait for the chocolate to set completely before carefully removing the guitar paper.
Mix ingredients together. Bake in a 170°C oven. Cut out a 12X12cm rectangle.
Vanilla mousse (85g X3) 90g white chocolate 90g liquid cream 4g gelatin 130g liquid cream 30% fat 1 vanilla pod
Mix the melted white chocolate, hot cream, vanilla and gelatine. Add the whipping cream. Pour over the almond cookie and place in the freezer for 10 minutes.
Mix strawberries and gelatine. Add the whipping cream and pour over the vanilla mousse (approx. 85g). Return to the freezer for 10 minutes.
Assembly
Proceed quickly with the rest of the assembly, otherwise the mousses will start to set, interspersing successive layers of vanilla and strawberry mousse. Place in the freezer overnight or for at least 6 hours.
Strawberry jelly 50g strawberries, mixed and strained 15g water 10g powdered sugar 2g gelatin
Make a strawberry jelly and pour over the frozen cake.
Peel white peaches and cut into quarters. Divide between 6 ramekins.
Heat the milk and cream. Turn off the heat. Add lavender sprigs. Cover the pan and leave to infuse for 15-20 minutes.
In a bowl, add the caster sugar, brown sugar and egg yolks. Mix well. Pour over the hot mixture, having first removed the lavender sprigs (I filtered the mixture through a small sieve). Mix well. Using a spoon, remove the light foam and bubbles from the surface, then divide between 6 ramekins.
Bake for 1 hour at 100°C.
Place in a cool place, filming the ramekins, overnight.
Before serving, sprinkle with brown sugar, blowtorch, then sprinkle again with brown sugar and blowtorch again for a nice crust.
– a strawberry mousse, – a strawberry compote insert, – a creamy strawberry insert – a white chocolate crunch, – a mirror glaze, – a strawberry tail, – sesame seeds.
Mirror glaze ✔70g sugar ✔70g glucose ✔37g water ✔70g white chocolate ✔5g gelatin ✔45g liquid cream ✔red coloring
Assembly ✔Strawberry stems ✔Sesame seeds
The recipe
For 6 entremets
Strawberry compote (the day before) ✔90g mixed strawberries ✔10g sugar ✔2g NH pectin ✔50g diced strawberries ✔2g gelatin
Place the gelatin sheet in a bowl of cold water. Mix sugar and pectin NH in a small bowl. Heat the strawberry coulis with the caster sugar in a saucepan until it comes to a gentle boil. Add the diced strawberries and the sugar-pectin mixture. Cook over medium heat for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and add the gelatine. Line the silikomart pomponette mould and chill for at least 1 hour to allow the gelatine to set. Then place in the freezer for at least 2-3 hours.
Strawberry cream insert (the day before) ✔15g sugar ✔1 egg yolk ✔70g strawberry coulis ✔1g gelatine ✔15g cream
Moisten gelatine in cold water. Heat the strawberry coulis in a saucepan. Mix the egg yolk and sugar in a bowl, without blanching, and add the boiling purée to the mixture. Return to the heat and thicken like a custard. Remove from the heat and add the gelatine and cream. Leave to cool slightly. Fill the Silikomart pomponette mould and place in the freezer for 4 hours.
White chocolate crisp (the day before) ✔100g white chocolate ✔30g crêpes dentelles
Melt the white chocolate in the microwave. Add crumbled crêpes dentelles. Mix well. Roll out between two sheets of baking paper. Place in the freezer for a few minutes, then cut out using a circular cookie cutter.
Strawberry mousse (the day before) ✔100g mixed strawberries ✔20g caster sugar ✔120g liquid cream ✔3g gelatin
Place the gelatine leaves in a bowl of cold water. In a saucepan, heat the strawberry coulis with the powdered sugar. Remove from heat and add the gelatine. Mix and set aside. Whip the cold cream with an electric mixer. Pour over the cooled mixture and stir gently.
To assemble: Fill the silikomart mould halfway with strawberry mousse, working up the sides. Add the frozen insert in the middle, sticking the strawberry compote insert and the creamy strawberry insert together. Top with strawberry mousse and finish with white chocolate crunch. Place in the freezer overnight.
Mirror glaze (the day before) ✔70g sugar ✔70g glucose ✔37g water ✔70g white chocolate ✔5g gelatin ✔45g liquid cream ✔red coloring
Soften the gelatine in a container filled with cold water. Melt the white chocolate in the microwave. Heat water, sugar and glucose in a saucepan. Remove from heat and add the gelatin. Mix well. Pour over melted white chocolate. Add cream and coloring. Blend to homogenize the mixture using an immersion blender without a bell at the end, to limit the formation of air bubbles. Filter on contact and chill.
The next day, bring the glaze to around 35°C and pour over the still-frozen entremets.
Final assembly ✔6 Strawberry tails ✔Sesame seeds
I decorated with sesame seeds and a strawberry tail. Place in a cool place for at least 2-3 hours while defrosting.
Soften the gelatine in a bowl of cold water. Mix the caster sugar and NH pectin in a bowl. Heat the blended melon in a saucepan over a low heat for a few minutes to reduce the water content. Increase the heat and when it boils, add the diced melon and the sugar and pectin mixture. Cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat and add the gelatine, stirring well. Fill the silikomart petits fours mould. Chill for at least 30 minutes for the gelatine to take effect, then freeze for at least 3 hours.
In a bowl, mix the whole egg with the icing sugar. Add the almond 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 biscuit dough onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake the biscuit for around ten minutes at 180°C. The biscuit should come out golden brown. Remove the biscuit from the oven and leave to cool completely before cutting out with a cookie cutter.
Melon mousse (the day before) ✔2 egg yolks ✔25g sugar ✔140g melon ✔100g single cream ✔4g gelatine
Place the gelatine leaves in a bowl of cold water. Pour the 2 egg yolks and 25g caster sugar into a bowl (adjust the amount according to your melon). Mix well. In a small saucepan, heat the 140g of melon mix for a few minutes (3-4 minutes) over a low/medium heat to reduce a little and evaporate some of the water. Pour over the previous mixture and stir. Return the mixture to the saucepan and, without stopping stirring, continue cooking like a custard, without exceeding 82-83°C. Remove from the heat and add the gelatine, wrung out and softened. Mix well and set aside.
In a separate bowl, whip the 100g of cold liquid cream with an electric mixer. Pour over the previous mixture, whose temperature is below 30°C, and stir gently with a spatula.
Assembly Fill the mould with the melon mousse, add the melon compote insert, add a little more mousse if necessary and finish with the almond biscuit. Place in the freezer overnight. I kept some of the leftover mousse for the melon stem.
The next day, unmould the desserts. Use the remaining mousse to make a melon stem. Put back in the freezer to set and harden.
Icing
✔250g white chocolate ✔20g neutral oil ✔green colouring
Melt some white chocolate in the microwave with a little neutral oil in a narrow container that is high enough but can hold your entremet. Add a tiny pinch of green colouring to obtain a pale green white chocolate. Remove a little chocolate and add some green colouring. Fill a piping bag with it. Poach the green chocolate on the star-shaped surface. Using a wooden skewer, dip your dessert into the chocolate (with the melon tail pointing downwards).
Repeat for the remaining cakes. Add more green chocolate to the surface and dip your frozen entremet.
Place the desserts in the fridge for 3 to 4 hours, just long enough for them to defrost.
Post-tasting opinion: I wanted to try this seasonal fruit in a dessert. It looks nice but the melon doesn’t have a strong enough flavour, very pronounced for my taste. Lacks flavour.
Heat the milk. In a bowl, combine the egg yolks, sugar and cornflour. Pour the hot milk over the egg yolks. Stir. Pour back into the saucepan. Stir until the cream thickens. Remove from the heat and add the capful of rum. Mix well. Pour into a bowl, strain and chill.
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 greaseproof paper and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Line the circles with the pastry. Place in the freezer for 10 minutes while you preheat your oven. Place in the oven at 170°C and bake for 15/20 minutes (time may vary depending on the oven).
Mix the sugar and NH pectin in a small bowl. Pour the strawberry and raspberry mixture, cut into small pieces, into a saucepan and heat over a low heat for a few minutes. Then increase the heat and, as soon as it boils, add the pectin and sugar mixture and cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
Top the tartlets with the compote.
Take the crème pâtissière from the fridge. Loosen it a little with a spatula and fill the tartlets.
Add red fruit: strawberries, raspberries and redcurrants.
I decorated the tartlets with mint leaves and chocolate squares made with chocolate transfer paper.
Apricot insert (the day before) ✔50g mixed apricots ✔1 sprig rosemary ✔30g diced apricots ✔10g caster sugar ✔2g NH pectin
In a small bowl, combine the sugar and pectin. Pour the 50g of blended apricots into a saucepan. Add a small sprig of rosemary. Be careful not to add too much. Heat over low/medium heat for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring a little. Increase the heat, and as soon as it starts to boil, add the sugar and pectin mixture. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes. Turn off the heat. Remove rosemary sprig. Add the diced apricots. Mix well. Fill a silikomart small oven insert mould (3/4 full), leave to cool slightly, then place in the freezer for at least 3 to 4 hours.
Almond cookie (the day before) ✔35g powdered sugar ✔35g almond powder ✔10g melted butter ✔25g egg ✔7g flour ✔1 egg white
In a bowl, add the almond powder, powdered sugar, flour and melted butter. Mix well. Add the egg and mix again.
In another bowl, beat the egg whites with an electric mixer. Fold in a small amount to loosen the dough, then gently fold in the rest using a pastry blender. Pour the cookie dough onto a baking sheet lined with baking paper, smoothing with an angled spatula. Be careful not to spread the dough too thin, so that it is at least 5-8 mm thick.
Place in the oven for around ten minutes at 180°C. Time may vary according to oven. The cookie should come out golden-brown. Remove the cookie from the oven and let it cool before cutting it out with a circular cookie cutter the same diameter as the opening of your silikomart mold.
Apricot mousse (the day before) ✔2 egg yolks ✔25g sugar ✔110g apricots ✔90g liquid cream ✔3g gelatin
Place the gelatine in a large bowl of cold water. In a bowl, mix egg yolks, powdered sugar. Pour the 110g of mixed apricots into a saucepan. Heat to a gentle simmer. Pour over the previous mixture, stir and return to the pan. Heat over low/medium heat, stirring constantly, to 82-83°C. Remove from heat and add the wrung-out gelatine. Set aside. In a bowl, whip the chilled cream until stiff and gently fold in the cooled mixture with a pastry blender.
Assembly Fill the silikomart mini Goccia X6 mold with apricot mousse, add the frozen insert, adding a little more mousse if necessary, then finish with the cookie. Place in the freezer overnight.
Mix all ingredients together, film and chill in the fridge. Roll out the dough between two sheets of baking paper and cut out using a round fluted cookie cutter. Place in the freezer for a few minutes while you preheat your oven to 180°C. Place your dough on a baking tray between two micro-perforated baking mats. Bake for ten minutes. Leave to cool.
Spray frozen entremets with yellow and red velvet spray. Place on sweet pastry cookie. Defrost in a cool place for at least 2 to 3 hours.
Mint biscuit (the day before) ✔65 g almond powder ✔65 g icing sugar ✔15 g flour ✔1 egg ✔15 g melted butter ✔100g stiffly beaten egg whites ✔Mint leaves, mixed
Strawberry compote (the day before) ✔80g mixed strawberries ✔20g caster sugar ✔4g NH pectin ✔80g strawberries, cut into pieces ✔5g lemon juice ✔2g gelatine
Mint mousse (the day before) ✔100g cream ✔10g mint leaves ✔2 egg yolks ✔30g sugar ✔120g single cream ✔10g icing sugar ✔3g gelatine ✔qq drops mint flavouring ✔green colouring
Mint biscuit (the day before) Add and mix the ingredients. Pour onto a baking tray. Bake at 170°C. Cut the biscuit into two squares to fit your 12x12cm frame.
Place the 1st biscuit in the bottom of your frame.
Sprinkle with a little melted white chocolate.
Strawberry compote (the day before) Make a strawberry compote and pour it over the biscuit in the frame. Chill for 1 hour before placing in the freezer for a few minutes.
Place the second mint biscuit on top.
Mousse menthe (the day before) Pour the mint mousse over the second biscuit and place in the freezer again.
Strawberry jelly The next day, make the strawberry jelly and cover the surface of the cake.