Separate the egg whites from the yolks. Beat the egg whites with an electric mixer, adding the sugar gradually. Then add the egg yolks. Mix gently with a spatula. Sift in the flour. Mix again. Fill a piping bag fitted with a plain tip. Poach the sponge biscuits on a sheet of baking paper and sprinkle with icing sugar. Bake at 180°C for 8 to 10 minutes. Leave the biscuit to cool and cut into two hearts.
Place the gelatine leaves in a large bowl of cold water for around ten minutes. In a small bowl pour the milk and heat it in the microwave. Add the softened and wrung-out gelatine. Mix well and set aside. Separate the egg whites from the yolks in two bowls. Beat the yolks with the mascarpone and half the sugar (40g) using an electric mixer. Add the milk and gelatine mixture. Mix well and set aside.
Beat the egg whites in the second bowl with an electric mixer, gradually incorporating the remaining 40g sugar. Gently fold the egg whites into the mascarpone cream.
Syrup ✔20g water ✔20g sugar ✔A little alcohol
In a saucepan, add the water, sugar and bring to the boil. Turn off the heat and add a little alcohol.
Assembly Brush the top of your biscuits with syrup. Place your pastry frame on a plate. Insert the first (largest) syrup-soaked biscuit.
Add the halved strawberries all around, then the mascarpone cream, pushing it up over the strawberries. Add the chopped strawberries in the middle. Top up with more mascarpone cream. Add the second soaked biscuit. Smooth over the frame. Fill a piping bag with the remaining mascarpone cream. Poach the top evenly all around.
Soften the gelatine in a bowl of cold water. In a saucepan, pour the strawberry purée, blended and strained to remove the seeds, and the sugar then heat without boiling. Remove from the heat and add the gelatine when the temperature has dropped below 70°C. Leave to cool, then pour over the cake in the middle. Return to the fridge.
Using the remaining strawberry jelly, dip two strawberries into the jelly. Leave to cool on greaseproof paper before placing on the cake.
Choux pastry ✔60g water ✔60g milk ✔70g flour ✔55g butter ✔Salt ✔1 teaspoon sugar ✔2 or 3 eggs (depending on size)
Pastry cream ✔300g milk ✔60g sugar ✔3 egg yolks ✔20 g cornflour ✔25g butter ✔Liquid vanilla ✔1 capful of rum
Montage ✔ White chocolate ✔ Silver food paper ✔ White pastry fondant
The recipe
For 7-8 eclairs
Choux pastry ✔60g water ✔60g milk ✔70g flour ✔55g butter ✔Salt ✔1 teaspoon sugar ✔2 or 3 eggs (depending on size)
In a saucepan heat the water, milk, butter, salt and sugar.Off the heat, add the flour.Dry the dough.Pour into a bowl and then add the beaten eggs, gradually.Poach the choux pastry on a micro-punched mat with a fluted tip. Bake at 180°C for 35 to 40 minutes.
Pastry cream ✔300g milk ✔60g sugar ✔3 egg yolks ✔20 g cornflour ✔25g butter ✔Liquid vanilla ✔1 capful of rum
In a saucepan, boil the milk with vanilla. In a bowl, mix the yolks with the powdered sugar. Add the cornflour. Pour in the hot milk and return the mixture to the pan. Cook without stopping stirring. The cream will thicken. Remove from the heat, add the butter cut into pieces.
Assembly Fill your éclairs with pastry cream using a piping tip. Heat up the fondant pâtissier and coat your éclairs with a ribbon nozzle.
I decorated my eclairs with a white chocolate decoration and silver foil.
Make a homemade praline and fill 5 cavities of the silikomart petit fours mould with 20g of praline and place in the freezer for at least 6 to 8 hours.
Make the cream with the homemade praline and pour it into the Silikomart small oven mould X15 cavities (about 20g per cavity) and place in the freezer for at least 4 hours.
Praline crisp 20g milk chocolate 40g of praline 30g of crêpes dentelles
Mix the ingredients together. Cut out squares of crisp to fit your mould. Place in the freezer.
Vanilla mousse 5 g gelatine 35 g egg yolks 36 g sugar 120 g whole milk 30g whipping cream 1 vanilla pod 200 g whipping cream
Mix the yolks and sugar in a bowl. Pour in the milk and hot cream and return to the pan. Cook until 83°C. Add the gelatine off the heat. Whip the cream and add it to the previous mixture.
Assembly
Fill the silikomart cube mould with vanilla mousse. Add the insert (praline and creamy praline). Complete with the mousse and finish with the crunchy mixture. Place in the freezer overnight.
Mirror glaze 70g sugar 70g glucose 70g milk chocolate 37g water 6g gelatine 45g of liquid cream
Remove the cakes from the freezer and cover the surface with the icing below 35°C.
For the lemon madeleine biscuit (the day before) ✔30g butter ✔25g egg ✔50g caster sugar ✔Vanilla liquid ✔20g milk ✔5g single cream ✔35g flour ✔1/2 sachet of yeast ✔25g egg whites ✔Zest of one lemon
Lemon curd (the day before) ✔35g lemon juice ✔3g gelatine ✔16g butter ✔25g sugar ✔35g eggs
Lemon mousse (the day before) ✔100g Curd ✔120g single cream
Sweet dough ✔130g flour ✔45g icing sugar ✔10g almond powder ✔70g butter ✔1 pinch of salt ✔1 egg yolk
Italian meringue ✔60g caster sugar ✔22g water ✔60g egg whites
The recipe
For the lemon madeleine biscuit (the day before) ✔30g butter ✔25g egg ✔50g caster sugar ✔Vanilla liquid ✔20g milk ✔5g single cream ✔35g flour ✔1/2 sachet of yeast ✔25g egg whites ✔Zest of one lemon
In a mixing bowl, work the butter into the powdered sugar. Add the egg and vanilla. Mix well. Add the milk and cream and whisk again. Sift in the flour and baking powder. In another bowl, beat the egg whites and add them gently to the previous mixture. Finally, add the lemon zest. Pour onto a baking tray covered with baking paper. Smooth with an angled spatula.
Bake at 170°C until lightly coloured. Leave to cool completely and then cut out biscuits to fit your silikomart.
In a saucepan, heat the lemon juice with the caster sugar and egg until the cream thickens. Remove from the heat and add the gelatine, previously softened in a bowl of cold water and wrung out, the butter. Set aside to cool.
Lemon mousse ✔100g Curd ✔120g single cream
Whip the chilled liquid cream with an electric mixer and gently fold into the previous mixture with the lemon curd.
Assembly
Place your biscuit in the Silikomart rainbow mould on the rectangular side. Fill the rest of the mould with lemon mousse. Place in the freezer overnight.
Sweet dough ✔130g flour ✔45g sugar ✔1 pinch of salt ✔70g butter ✔1 yolk
Mix all the ingredients together, wrap and chill. Roll out the dough thinly between 2 sheets of baking paper. Using the cutter supplied with the mould. Use both sides of the cutter for both sides. Place in the freezer while you preheat your oven. Bake between two micro perforated baking mats at 170° for about 12 minutes. Leave to cool.
Italian Meringue ✔60g caster sugar ✔22g water ✔60g egg whites
Heat the water and sugar in a saucepan to 118°C. Using an electric mixer, start beating the egg white and then pour the syrup over it when it reaches the desired temperature. Continue beating until the meringue has cooled. Fill a pastry bag with a piping bag.
Assembly Poach the meringue over the lemon mousses and then use a blowtorch to colour it. Use the remaining meringue to stick the sweet pastry biscuits on either side of the tartlet. Place the tartlets in the fridge until ready to eat. I decorated the tart with fresh mint leaves.
Choux pastry ✔60g water ✔60g milk ✔70g flour ✔55g butter ✔Salt ✔1 teaspoon sugar ✔2 or 3 eggs (depending on size)
+Icing sugar / chopped pistachios
In a saucepan heat the water, milk, butter, salt and sugar. 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 covered with a micro perforated baking mat. Sprinkle the icing sugar over the top, followed by the chopped unsalted pistachios.
Bake at 180°C for 35 to 40 minutes (time may vary depending on the oven).
Leave to cool on a wire rack, then cut the éclairs in half lengthways.
Pour the unsalted pistachios onto a baking tray and place in the oven at 150°C for 15 minutes to roast. In a saucepan, pour the caster sugar and make a caramel. When the caramel has a nice colour, pour it onto a sheet of baking paper or silicone mat and leave to cool. Place the pistachios (having rubbed them to remove the skins) and the cooled caramel, cut into pieces, in the bowl of a blender and blend until you have a praline.
Pistachio pastry cream ✔250g milk ✔50g caster sugar ✔3 egg yolks ✔25g cream powder ✔1 sheet of gelatine ✔50g butter ✔60g pistachio praline Heat the milk. In a bowl mix the yolks, sugar, cream powder.
Pour the hot milk over it. Stir. Pour back into the pan. Stir until thickened.
Remove from the heat and add the drained gelatine, the butter cut into pieces and the pistachio praline. Mix well. Pour into a bowl, filter it and set aside in a cool place.
Assembly Take the cooled cream and fill a piping bag. Poach on the eclairs. Fill a second piping bag with the remaining pistachio praline and place it on the eclairs. Place in a cool place until ready to eat.
In a bowl pour the egg, brown sugar, cream, vanilla powder. Then add the melted butter. Sift in the flour. In another bowl, beat the egg whites with an electric mixer. Gently fold in the egg whites. Spread the mixture over 1 cm, smooth it out with an angled spatula and bake at 170°C for 10 minutes, then cut the cold biscuit to the diameter of your moulds.
Heat the sugar in a pan. When it turns golden, add the butter gradually. Stir. Finally add the hot cream. Cook over low heat for about 6 minutes so that the caramel thickens. Strain and put in a cool place. Place 1 to 2 spoonfuls on each biscuit and place in the freezer.
Popcorn-infused liquid cream ✔40g corn ✔200g of liquid cream
Pour corn kernels into a pan with a little oil. Place a lid on it and heat. When all the popcorn has popped, add some liquid cream. Heat the cream, turn off the heat and leave to infuse for at least 1 to 2 hours. Strain the popcorns by crushing them as much as possible to recover the infused cream.
Popcorn mousse ✔60g liquid cream infused with popcorn ✔2 egg yolks ✔30g caster sugar ✔Vanilla powder or vanilla pod ✔3g gelatine ✔100g full cream 30% MG min.
In a bowl of cold water, place the gelatine leaves. In a bowl, add two egg yolks with powdered sugar and mix. Return the infused cream to the heat and pour it gradually into the bowl. Stir and return to the pan. Cook without stopping to stir, without exceeding 82 to 83°C. Remove from the heat, add the gelatine, mix and set aside to cool slightly. In the meantime, whip the 100g of cold liquid cream with an electric mixer. Mix in the previous mixture and stir gently with a spatula.
Assembly
Fill the silikomart Naturae Corncobs with popcorn mousse. Add the vanilla biscuit with the caramel on the inside. Place in the freezer overnight.
The next day, remove the cakes from the moulds and immediately apply a yellow velvet spray.
I made white chocolate leaves coloured in green to decorate. I served with some popcorn and the remaining caramel.
Choux pastry ✔60g water ✔60g milk ✔70g flour ✔55g butter ✔Salt ✔1 teaspoon sugar ✔2 or 3 eggs (depending on size)
IIn a saucepan, heat the water, milk, butter, salt and sugar. Remove from heat and add the flour. Mix well. Pour into a bowl and gradually add the beaten eggs. Place micro perforated strips in your tartlet pans. Poach the choux pastry in the tartlet circles. Place a second micro-perforated mat on top with weight on it. Bake at 180°C for 45 to 50 minutes (time may vary depending on oven).
Pastry cream ✔300g milk ✔60g sugar ✔3 egg yolks ✔25 g cream powder or cornflour ✔25g butter ✔Liquid vanilla
In a saucepan, boil the milk with a little liquid vanilla. In a bowl, mix the yolks with the powdered sugar. Then add the cream powder or cornstarch. Pour the hot milk over the mixture and return it to the pan. Cook without stopping stirring. Remove from the heat and add the butter cut into pieces.
Whip the cream with an electric mixer with the mascarpone. Add the powdered sugar. Poach the whipped cream all around the top and decorate with strawberries cut in the middle.
Separate the whites from the yolks. Beat the egg whites with an electric mixer, adding the sugar gradually. Then add the egg yolks. Mix gently with a spatula. Sift in the flour. Mix again. Fill a piping bag with a plain tip. Poach the sponge biscuits on a sheet of baking paper and sprinkle with icing sugar. Bake at 180°C for 8 to 10 minutes. Leave the biscuit to cool and cut into two rectangles of 20X11cm.
Milk chocolate shell
250g milk chocolate
Melt milk chocolate in a bain-marie until it reaches 40-45°C. Wait until the temperature drops to 27°C, stirring, then return to the bain-marie very quickly to reach 30-31°C. Fill the cups with chocolate and invert them over your dish to remove the excess. Place in a cool place to allow the chocolate to harden.
Place the gelatine sheets in a large bowl of cold water for about ten minutes. In a small bowl pour the milk and heat it in the microwave. Add the softened and wrung-out gelatine. Mix and set aside. Separate the whites from the yolks in two bowls. Beat the yolks with the mascarpone and half the sugar with an electric mixer. Add the milk and gelatine mixture. Mix and set aside.
Beat the egg whites in the second bowl with an electric mixer, gradually adding the remaining sugar. Gently mix the egg whites with the mascarpone cream. Fill a piping bag with this cream.
Assembly ✔A double espresso ✔brown velvet spray
Soak your biscuits, with a brush, in coffee. Alternate layers of coffee-soaked biscuit and layers of mascarpone cream in your cup. Finish with the mascarpone cream.
Place in the freezer for at least two hours.
Remove your cups from the freezer. Apply brown velvet spray to the top. Carefully cut out the plastic cup with a scissor.
Vanilla dome ✔40g white chocolate ✔40g liquid cream ✔2g gelatine ✔80g liquid cream 30% MG ✔Vanilla bean or vanilla powder
In a bowl of cold water, place the gelatin sheet. In a saucepan, heat the 40g of liquid cream with the scraped and split Black Bourbon vanilla pod. Turn off the heat, cover the pan and leave the vanilla to infuse for 15 minutes. Return the mixture to the heat and then, off the heat, add the gelatine (remove the vanilla pod beforehand). Pour over the melted white chocolate, mix and set aside. Whip the cold cream with an electric mixer. Pour over the previous mixture and stir gently. Fill the silikomart mould with 15 mini trufles and place in the freezer for at least 4 hours.
Sweet dough 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 place in the fridge for 30 minutes. Line the circles with the dough. Place in the freezer for 10 minutes while you preheat your oven. Place in the oven at 170°C and bake for 10 minutes.
Mix the butter with the icing sugar. Add the almond powder and the egg. Mix together and divide between the tartlet bases. Add raspberry pieces. Bake the tartlets at 170° for about 15 to 20 minutes. Leave to cool.
Raspberry Compote
50g raspberries 10g powdered sugar 1g pectin NH
In a small bowl, mix the sugar and the pectin NH. In a saucepan, pour 50g of mixed raspberries and heat. As soon as it boils, add the pectin and sugar mixture and cook for 2 minutes without stopping stirring. Fill a piping bag with the compote.
Remove the vanilla domes from the freezer and apply the white velvet spray immediately. Place the dome in the middle of the tartlet. Place fresh raspberries all around.
Garnish the raspberries with the compote. Decorate all around with fresh mint leaves.
I placed a small square of chocolate on the dome, made with a chocolate transfer sheet.