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Chestnut and vanilla log

Bûche marron et vanille

Chestnut and vanilla log

– a praline crunch,
– a hazelnut cookie
– a chestnut insert,
– chestnut cream,
– chestnut glaze,
– vanilla mousse,
– mirror icing.

Material used

– Silicone log mould – small – 18 x 8 cm – Silikomart

– Ancel 210 bloom gelatin (gold quality)

– Dune-shaped log end plate (meilleurduchef)

– Silicone sponge mat for buche

– Kitchen thermometer

Ingredients

Almond/hazelnut praline
✔almonds
✔hazelnuts
✔sugar powder

Brown insert
✔100g chestnut paste
✔130g chestnut cream
✔Butter pomade
✔Rhum

Hazelnut biscuit
✔70g hazelnut powder
✔70g powdered sugar
✔Egg
✔Farina
✔Egg whites
✔levure

Praline crisp
✔Chocolat au lait
✔Crêpes dentelles
✔Praliné hazelnut/almond

Vanilla mousse
✔100g white chocolate
✔300g liquid cream 30% MG
✔3g gelatin
✔vanilla

Mirror glaze

The recipe

Hazelnut biscuit
✔70g hazelnut powder
✔70g caster sugar
✔Egg
✔Farina
✔Egg whites
✔yeast

Mix all ingredients together. Fill the sponge cake mat and place in the oven.

Cut the cookie to a size smaller than your mold.

Brown insert
✔100g chestnut paste
✔130g chestnut cream
✔Butter pomade
✔Rhum

Mix all the ingredients, fill a piping bag and poach on the cookie. Add pieces of marron glacé and poach a little chestnut cream. Keep in the freezer until ready to assemble.

Vanilla mousse
✔100g white chocolate
✔300g liquid cream 30% MG
✔3g gelatin
✔vanilla

Make a vanilla mousse.

Assembly

Fill silikomart mould with vanilla mousse. Add the chestnut-covered cookie. Top with mousse and finish with praline crunch. Place in the freezer overnight.

Prepare the mirror glaze and store in a cool place.

The next day, remove the log from the freezer, unmold and immediately apply the mirror icing when it reaches around 35-36°C.

I decorated with two dark chocolate log ends, marrons glacés and edible gold powder.

Chill for at least 6 to 8 hours.

100% chocolate eclair

Eclair 100% chocolat

100% chocolate eclair

– cocoa choux pastry,
– chocolate pastry cream,
– white chocolate fondant.

Material used

– micro-perforated baking mat

– fluted tip

– pastry bag

– filling tip

– Chablon for éclair

Ingredients

Choux pastry
✔60g water
✔60g milk
✔70g flour
✔8g cocoa powder
✔55g butter
✔Salt
✔1 teaspoon sugar
✔2 or 3 eggs (depending on size)

Pastry cream
✔400g milk
✔60 g sugar
✔4 egg yolks
✔25 g cornstarch
✔35 g butter
✔45g chocolate

Icing
✔115g white fondant
✔30g glucose
✔6g cocoa powder
✔5g water

The recipe

For approx. 8 éclairs

Icing
✔115g white fondant
✔30g glucose
✔6g cocoa powder
✔5g water

Pour all ingredients into saucepan. Heat the fondant to 60°C in a bain-marie. Pour onto the silicone chablon placed on a plate and place in the freezer for a few hours.

Pastry cream
✔400g milk
✔60 g sugar
✔4 egg yolks
✔25 g cornstarch
✔35 g butter
✔45g chocolate

Heat the milk.

Mix the yolks, sugar and cornflour in a bowl and heat the milk again.
Pour the hot milk over the sugar/yolk mixture. Stir. Pour back into the saucepan. Stir until thickened. Add the chocolate pieces or pistoles. 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
✔8g cocoa powder
✔55g butter
✔Salt
✔1 teaspoon sugar
✔2 or 3 eggs (depending on size)

+powdered sugar and cocoa butter

Heat the water, milk, butter, salt and sugar in a saucepan. Remove from the heat and add the flour/cocoa mixture 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 a mixture of powdered sugar and cocoa butter powder. Bake at 175°C for 35 to 40 minutes (time may vary according to oven). Place a tea towel over the oven door to allow steam to escape, then cool on a wire rack.

Assembly

Remove the crème pâtissière from the fridge. Loosen a little with a spatula, then fill a pastry bag fitted with a pastry tip. Make two small holes under each éclair.

Fill the eclairs with the crème pâtissière. Place the fondant on each éclair.

Vanilla and hazelnut log

Buche vanille et noisette

Vanilla and hazelnut log composed of

– a praline crunch,
– hazelnut cookie
– a vanilla chantilly,
– praline,
– hazelnut mousse,
– mirror icing.

Material used

– Silicone log mould – small – 18 x 8 cm – Silikomart

– Ancel 210 bloom gelatin (gold quality)

– Dune-shaped log end plate (meilleurduchef)

– Silicone sponge mat for buche

– Kitchen thermometer

Ingredients

Almond/hazelnut praline
✔almonds
✔hazelnuts
✔sugar powder

Chantilly
✔gelatine foil
✔liquid cream
✔sugar powder
✔Vanilla

Hazelnut biscuit
✔Hazelnut powder
✔Sugar
✔Egg
✔Farina
✔Egg whites
✔Sugar powder
✔yeast

Praline crisp
✔Chocolat au lait
✔Crêpes dentelles
✔Praliné hazelnut/almond

Hazelnut mousse
✔White chocolate
✔Liquid cream 30% MG
✔Gelatine
✔praline
✔egg yolk
✔sugar powder

Mirror glaze

The recipe

Hazelnut biscuit
✔Hazelnut powder
✔Sugar
✔Egg
✔Farina
✔Egg whites
✔Sugar powder
✔yeast

Mix all ingredients together. Fill the sponge cake mat and place in the oven.

Cut the cookie to a size smaller than your mold.

Poach the whipped cream and praline onto the cookie. Keep in the freezer until ready to assemble.

Hazelnut mousse
✔White chocolate
✔Liquid cream 30% MG
✔Gelatine
✔praline
✔egg yolk
✔sugar powder

Assembly

Fill the silikomart with hazelnut mousse. Add the cookie covered with chantilly and praline. Top with mousse and finish with praline crunch.

The next day, remove the log from the freezer and apply the mirror glaze.

I decorated with two milk chocolate log ends, hazelnuts and hazelnut skins.

Chill for at least 6 to 8 hours.

Chestnut entremet

Entremet marron

Chestnut Entremet composed of
– a chestnut mousse,
– vanilla cake,
– chestnut cream,
– brown velvet spray.

Material used

– Silikomart mini Raggio X6 mould

– Brown velvet spray

– Tile mould

Ingredients

Chestnut mousse
✔150g chestnut cream
✔120g liquid cream
✔3g gelatin

+ Chestnut cream

Vanilla cookie
✔Vanilla powder
✔Rhum
✔35g flour
✔20g sugar
✔1 egg
✔20g butter

+ Brown velvet spray

Tuile
✔25g sugar
✔12g flour
✔12g melted butter
✔15g egg white

The recipe

For 3 entremets

Vanilla cake
✔Vanilla powder
✔Rhum
✔35g flour
✔20g sugar
✔1 egg
✔20g butter

In a bowl, mix the yolk with the sugar. Add flour, vanilla, a little rum 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 dough onto a baking sheet lined with baking paper. Bake for ten minutes at 180°C. The cookie should come out golden-brown. Remove the cookie from the oven and allow to cool completely before cutting with a cookie cutter to fit your mold. Set aside until ready to assemble.

Chestnut mousse
✔150g chestnut cream
✔120g liquid cream
✔3g gelatine

In a bowl of cold water, soften the gelatine leaves. In a saucepan, heat 40g liquid cream with the chestnut cream. Off the heat, add the wrung-out, softened gelatine. Mix well. Set aside. Using an electric mixer, whip the remaining 110g of cold cream. Gently fold in the cooled mixture.

Assembly

Fill mini raggio mold halfway with chestnut mousse.

Poach chestnut cream.

Top with the remaining chestnut mousse and finish with the vanilla cookie soaked in syrup (water, sugar and a little rum). Place in the freezer overnight.

The next day, remove the frozen entremets from the moulds and immediately apply the brown velvet spray. Chill for at least 3 to 4 hours, until defrosted, before serving.

I decorated with a tuile.

Tuile
✔25g sugar
✔12g flour
✔12g melted butter
✔15g egg white

Mix all ingredients. Line tile mold. Smooth with an angled spatula to remove excess. Bake in a hot oven at 170°C for 6-8 minutes (depending on your oven). As soon as removed from the oven, unmold. Be careful, they harden very quickly and become brittle. Handle with care.

Place the tiles just before serving.

Pear and speculoos entremet

Entremet poire spéculoos

Pear and Speculoos Entremet

– a pear compote,
– a speculoos mousse,
– a speculoos crunch,
– white velvet spray.

Material used

– Essential X6 silikomart mould

– Ancel 210 Bloom gelatin (gold quality)

– Baking paper

Ingredients

Pear compote
✔125g diced ripe pears
✔20g sugar
✔2g NH pectin

Speculoos mousse
✔35g speculoos paste
✔85g whipping cream
✔40g liquid cream
✔2g gelatin

Speculoos crisp
✔25g white chocolate
✔30g speculoos dough
✔20g crêpes dentelles

White velvet spray

The recipe

For 4 desserts

Pear compote
✔125g diced ripe pears
✔20g sugar
✔2g NH pectin

In a saucepan, heat the diced pears. In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar and NH pectin. As soon as it starts to boil, pour over the diced pears and, without stopping stirring, cook for 2 minutes. Set aside until ready to assemble.

Speculoos crisp
✔25g white chocolate
✔30g speculoos dough
✔20g crêpes dentelles

Melt the white chocolate in the microwave. Add crumbled crêpes dentelles and speculoos paste. Mix gently. Roll out between two sheets of baking paper and place in the freezer. Remove from freezer and cut out with a cookie cutter to fit the diameter of your mold. Place in the freezer until ready to assemble.

Speculoos mousse
✔35g speculoos paste
✔85g whipping cream
✔40g liquid cream
✔2g gelatin

Place the gelatine sheet in a bowl of cold water. In a saucepan, heat the 40g cream with the speculoos paste. Blend well to obtain a homogeneous mixture. Remove from heat and add the wrung-out gelatin. Set aside.

Pour the 85g chilled cream into a bowl and whip with an electric mixer. Incorporate the previous mixture once it has cooled slightly (to around 30-35°C). Mix gently with a spatula.

Proceed with assembly.

Fill the Essentials 80 mould halfway with speculoos mousse, working up the sides. Add the pear compote. Finish with a little speculoos mousse and not the crunchy cookie.

Place in the freezer overnight or for at least 6 hours. The next day, unmold your entremets and immediately apply the white velvet spray.

I decorated my entremet with a pear made from white chocolate colored yellow.

Filo hazelnut millefeuille

Millefeuille filo noisette

Filo hazelnut millefeuille

– filo pastry,
– hazelnut custard,
– coloured white fondant.

Materials used

– Ancel 210 bloom gelatine

– Tefal baking tray

– Baking paper

– Angled spatula

– Pastry bags

– Plain tip

Ingredients

Filo pastry
1 packet filo pastry
Melted butter
Icing sugar

Hazelnut praline
150g hazelnuts
75g caster sugar

Hazelnut pastry cream
220g hazelnut praline
400g milk
4 yolks
60g sugar
20g cornflour
2g gelatine
30g butter

Assembly
150g white fondant
A few pistoles of milk chocolate

The recipe

For 5-6 millefeuilles

Hazelnut praline
150g hazelnuts
75g caster sugar

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 closed container. Just make sure you blend it again before use, as the hazelnut oil will rise to the surface.

Hazelnut pastry cream
220g hazelnut praline
400g milk
4 yolks
60g sugar
20g cornflour
2g gelatine
30g butter

Heat the milk. Place the gelatine in a large bowl of cold water.

Mix the yolks, sugar and cornflour in a bowl. Pour the hot milk over the sugar/yolk mixture. Stir. Pour back into the saucepan. Stir until thickened. Add the hazelnut praline and the well-squeezed gelatine, previously softened in a bowl of cold water. Mix well. Finally, add the butter, cut into pieces. Set aside in a bowl, filter and chill.

Filo pastry
1 packet filo pastry
Melted butter
Icing sugar

Roll out the first sheet of filo pastry on a sheet of baking paper. Brush with melted butter. Sprinkle with icing sugar. Place another sheet on top and repeat the operation. Butter and dust with icing sugar. Repeat with all the other sheets (10-12 sheets).

Then cut out strips about 4cm wide.

Then cut the strips in half. There should be 3 sheets per millefeuille.

Sprinkle with a little icing sugar again. Place a second sheet of baking paper and another baking tray on top. Place in the oven at around 200°C until nicely coloured. Allow to bake for at least 25 to 30 minutes.

Collect the crème pâtissière. Loosen it slightly with a spatula. Line a piping bag fitted with a plain tip. Poach it onto two biscuits. Place the two biscuits on top of each other. Set aside.

Assembly
150g white fondant
A few pistoles of milk chocolate

Heat the white fondant in a bain marie without exceeding 40°C.

Quickly scoop a little of the white fondant into a piping bag. Set aside. Add a few milk chocolate pistoles to the pan to colour the white fondant.

Spread the chocolate fondant over the 3rd biscuit using an angled spatula. Quickly make lines with the white fondant. Using a wooden skewer, stretch the white lines. Place this third biscuit on top of the other 2.

Two-tone chocolatine

Two-tone chocolatine

Materials used

– Brush

– Tefal baking tray

– Micro-perforated baking mat

– Cutter

Ingredients

Tempering
✔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

✔Chocolate sticks

Cocoa tempera
✔90 g pre-made pastry
✔7.5 g unsweetened cocoa powder
✔9 g mineral water

The syrup
✔30g water
✔30g sugar

The recipe

For 5 bicoloured chocolatines or pains au chocolat

Combine the flour, salt, sugar, baking powder, butter, water and milk in the bowl of a food processor. Blend for around ten minutes. Work the dough a little by hand. Take 90g to make the cocoa tempera.

Place in a bowl, filter and leave to grow for 45 minutes at room temperature.

Cocoa tempera
✔90 g pre-made pastry
✔7.5 g unsweetened cocoa powder
✔9 g mineral water

Mix the cocoa powder with the water in the bowl of a food processor to make a paste. Add the 90g of dough taken previously. Knead for 4-5 minutes. Shape into a square, wrap and chill overnight.

After 45 minutes, degas the dough and flatten it with your hands to form a rectangle. Place in a cool place to firm up.

Soften the 125g of butter and form a rectangle (1/2 the size of the pastry). If you don’t have kneading butter, you can use AOP Poitou Charentes butter.

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.

Roll out the pastry into a long rectangle and turn twice. Place in a cool place, covered with cling film.

Carry out a single turn and place in a cool place, filmed, for at least 30 minutes.

Shaping the loaves

The next day, roll out the black dough to the same size as the white. Brush the white pastry with water and place the black pastry on top. Cover with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge for at least 45 minutes.

Roll out the pastry into a rectangle approximately 20cm wide by 40cm long. Cut into 8 x 20 cm strips.

Place 2 or 3 chocolate sticks per rectangle of dough, then roll out the pains au chocolat without pressing the dough too tightly.

Place on a baking tray lined with silpain.

Leave to rise for 2 hours at room temperature.

Bake at 170°C for 20 to 25 minutes. Remove to a wire rack immediately after baking.

The syrup
✔30g water
✔30g sugar

Bring the sugar and water to the boil in a saucepan. Apply hot to the pains au chocolat or chocolatines as soon as they come out of the oven using a brush.

Chestnut pear mushroom

Champignon poire marron

Chestnut pear mushroom

– of chestnut mousse,
– a pear compote,
– a hazelnut crisp,
– a hazelnut biscuit
– a white chocolate shell,
– brown velvet spray.

Material used

– Silikomart baba mould 11 cavities
– Silikomart half sphere mould X8
– Silikomart half sphere mould 15 cavities
– Ancel 210 Bloom gelatine (gold quality)
– Brush

Ingredients

Hazelnut biscuit
✔35 g hazelnut powder
✔1 egg
✔35 g sugar
✔10g butter
✔7 g flour
✔1 egg white

Hazelnut crisp
✔20g white chocolate
✔30g hazelnut praline
✔29g crêpes dentelles

Hazelnut praline
✔150g hazelnuts
✔75g caster sugar

Pear compote
✔190g of ripe pears
✔2g pectin
✔10g sugar

Chestnut mousse
✔150g chestnut cream
✔120g liquid cream
✔3g gelatine

Shell
✔White chocolate
✔Cocoa powder

Green mousse
✔1 whole egg
✔50 g sugar
✔50 g flour
✔1/2 sachet yeast
✔Green colouring

The recipe

For 4 mushrooms

Hazelnut praline
✔150g hazelnuts
✔75g caster sugar

Place the hazelnuts on a baking tray and cook in the oven 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 closed container. Just make sure you blend it again before use, as the hazelnut oil will rise to the surface.

Hazelnut biscuit
✔35 g hazelnut powder
✔1 egg
✔35 g sugar
✔10g butter
✔7 g flour
✔1 egg white

In a bowl, mix the whole egg with the sugar. Add the hazelnut powder, flour and melted butter. Mix well. In another bowl, beat the egg whites with a mixer. Gently fold them 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.

Hazelnut crisp
✔20g white chocolate
✔30g hazelnut praline
✔29g crêpes dentelles

Melt the white chocolate in the microwave. Add the 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 the same biscuit cutter as for the biscuit. Place in the freezer until ready to assemble.

Pear compote
✔190g of ripe pears
✔2g pectin
✔10g sugar

In a saucepan, heat the ripe pear cubes for a few minutes. In a small bowl, combine the caster sugar and the NH pectin. Increase the heat and as soon as it starts to boil, pour over the diced pears. Cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Leave to cool slightly, then pour into the half-spherical cavities of the silikomart mould (15 cavities). Place in the freezer for at least 3/4 hours.

Chestnut mousse
✔150g chestnut cream
✔120g liquid cream
✔3g gelatine

In a large bowl of cold water, add the gelatine leaves. Heat, in a saucepan, 30g of liquid cream. with the chestnut cream Add the softened and wrung-out gelatine off the heat.

Whip the remaining 120g of cold cream with an electric mixer. Gently fold into the previous mixture when the temperature is below 30°C.

Assembly

Fill the feet of the mushrooms in the 11-cavity silikomart baba mould with chestnut mousse. Add the hazelnut crisp and finish with the hazelnut biscuit. Place in the freezer.

Fill the silikomart half sphere x8 cavity mould halfway with chestnut mousse, add the pear insert and fill with the remaining chestnut mousse.

Place in the freezer overnight.

The next day, quickly unmould the desserts. Keep in the freezer.

Shells
✔200g white chocolate
✔10g neutral oil
✔Cocoa powder
✔Brown velvet spray

Heat the white chocolate with a small amount of neutral oil in a small glass (enough to hold the stem of the mushroom). Using a pick, dip the mushroom stems completely into the chocolate. Scrape the stem over the rim of the glass to remove any excess chocolate and place on a baking tray covered with baking paper. Repeat the operation with the mushroom heads, but this time only dip the base, just 2-3 mm, to create a shell and consolidate the underside of your mushroom head.

Quickly place everything back in the freezer for a few minutes.

Remove only the stems and use a brush or fork to mark the base of the mushroom in an irregular pattern, then use a brush to apply cocoa powder to the stem.

Apply brown velvet spray to the mushroom heads.

Heat the tip of a knife and melt the upper part of the mushroom stem a little before placing the mushroom head on top so that the two parts fuse together.

Keep in a cool place.

Green mousse
✔1 whole egg
✔50 g sugar
✔50 g flour
✔1/2 sachet yeast
✔Green dye
✔Scent: vanilla, rum

In a bowl, beat the whole egg and sugar with an electric mixer until frothy. Add the green colouring and whisk again. Stir in the flour and baking powder and mix gently with a pastry blender. Pour the mixture into a silicone container, cover with cling film and microwave for 3 minutes at around 600 watts.

Leave to cool, then cut out pieces of mousse and place around the mushroom stems.

Place the desserts in the fridge until defrosted and ready to eat.

Banana and cocoa soufflé

Soufflé banane cacao

Banana and cocoa soufflé

Equipment used

– soufflé mould

– Tefal baking tray

– Angled spatula

Ingredients

Soufflés
225g ripe bananas
4 yolks
160g egg whites
50g caster sugar
15g rum
+
caster sugar
Butter
Cocoa powder

The recipe

For 4 soufflés (depending on the size of your moulds)

Soufflés
225g ripe bananas
4 yolks
160g egg whites
50g caster sugar
15g rum

In a bowl, add the bananas, powdered sugar and a few drops of lemon juice to prevent darkening. Mix well. Then add the egg yolks. You can add a little alcohol. I used rum. Mix well and chill.

Use straight-edged soufflé moulds.

Melt a little butter in a microwave oven. Generously butter the soufflé moulds with a brush from bottom to top, trying to leave a collar of butter at the top to help the soufflé rise. I chilled my molds and brushed on a second layer of butter. Then pour in a little powdered sugar, tilting the mold to distribute it evenly. Repeat with cocoa powder. Place the molds in a cool place.

Pour the egg whites into another bowl. Beat them with an electric mixer and gradually fold in the powdered sugar. Take a small amount of egg white and add to the previous mixture. Mix well. Pour in the remaining egg whites and mix gently with a spatula to prevent the whites from falling back.

Preheat oven to 200°C.

Pour the mixture into each soufflé mould. Tap the mold on the table to expel any air.

Using an angled spatula, smooth the surface, then use your thumb to wipe the edge of the mold clean. Place the ramekins on a baking tray and place in the oven immediately.

Allow 13 to 14 minutes for baking. Time may vary according to oven and size of molds. Be careful not to open the oven during baking.

Sprinkle with powdered sugar and cocoa powder. Serve immediately!

Pear and hazelnut eclair

Eclair poire noisette

Hazelnut pear eclair made with

– choux pastry,
– hazelnut praline pastry cream,
– pear jelly.

Material used

– micro-perforated baking mat

– fluted tip

– piping bag

– piping bag

– lightning bolt

Ingredients

Choux pastry
✔60g water
✔60g milk
✔70g flour
✔55g butter
✔Salt
✔1 teaspoon sugar
✔2 or 3 eggs (depending on size)

Hazelnut praline
✔150g hazelnuts
✔75g caster sugar

Hazelnut praline pastry cream
✔450g milk
✔4 yolks
✔35g sugar
✔20g cornflour
✔2g gelatine
✔35g butter
✔100g hazelnut praline

Pear jelly
✔75g mixed ripe pear
✔10g water
✔2g gelatine

The recipe

For about 6 éclairs

Pear jelly
✔75g mixed ripe pear
✔10g water
✔2g gelatine

Place the gelatine in a large bowl of cold water. Pour 75g of mixed ripe pear and a little water into a saucepan. Bring to the boil, stopping the heat as soon as it begins to boil. Remove from the heat, add the gelatine and mix well. Pour onto a silicone mould and place in the freezer for a few hours.

Hazelnut praline
✔150g hazelnuts
✔75g caster sugar

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 closed container. Just make sure you blend it again before use, as the hazelnut oil will rise to the surface.

Hazelnut praline pastry cream
✔450g milk
✔4 yolks
✔35g sugar
✔20g cornflour
✔2g gelatine
✔35g butter
✔100g hazelnut praline

Heat the milk.

Mix the yolks, sugar and cornflour in a bowl and heat the milk again.
Pour the hot milk over the sugar/yolk mixture. Stir. Pour back into the pan. Stir until thickened. Add the hazelnut praline. 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

Remove the hazelnut praline pastry cream from the fridge. Loosen it slightly with a spatula, then fill a piping bag fitted with a piping tip. Make two small holes under each éclair and top with the cream. Place the frozen pear jelly on top of each éclair. I decorated with a piece of chocolate and a little edible gold leaf.