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Illanka For Monsieur Opalys For Madame
Made with Illanka 63%
Recipe from the Ecole Valrhona
5 stepsmakes 30 small cakes
Recipe Step by Step
01
Whipped Taïnori Ganache
338g whipping cream
38g DE 38/40 glucose
38g invert sugar
296g TAINORI 64%
676g whipping cream
Bring the smaller quantity of cream to the boil with the glucose and invert sugar. Slowly pour the hot liquid onto the partially melted couverture and stir in the center to create an elastic texture with a glossy appearance, signifying the emulsion process is underway. Take care to preserve this texture throughout, gradually adding the liquid. Blend to perfect the emulsion. Add the remaining cold cream and leave to set in the refrigerator for a minimum of three hours or overnight if possible.
02
Whipped Opalys Vanilla Ganache
411g whipping cream
41g invert sugar
41g glucose
279g OPALYS 33%
616g whipping cream
4pces Tahitian vanilla beans
Bring the cream, invert sugar and glucose to the boil and infuse with the split and scraped vanilla beans. Slowly pour the hot liquid onto the melted couverture and stir in the center to create an elastic texture with a glossy appearance, signifying the emulsion process is underway. Continue gradually adding the liquid. Blend to perfect the emulsion. Add the remaining cold cream and blend again. Set aside in the refrigerator overnight to set. Whip.
03
Dark Chocolate Glaze
340g TAINORI 64%
58g chopped almonds
58g grapeseed oil
Melt the couverture and the grapeseed oil and add the chopped, roasted almonds
04
Light Lime Financier
140g light beurre noisette
75g egg whites
1g salt
8g lime zests
22g invert sugar
124g icing sugar
48g cake flour
81g ground almonds
75g egg whites
27g caster sugar
Make a beurre noisette and leave it to cool in a mixing bowl. In a freestanding mixer with a paddle attachment, mix the first quantity of egg whites with the salt, lime zest, invert sugar and icing sugar. Add the sifted flour and ground almonds. Add a small amount of the mixture to the beurre noisette, and then combine the two preparations. hip the second quantity of egg whites, gradually adding the caster sugar until stiff. Gently fold the egg whites into the mixture.
05
Red Fruit Compote
361g mixed red fruits
144g raspberry pulp
144g strawberry pulp
72g blueberry pulp
14g lemon juice
72g caster sugar
7g pectin NH
5
8g powdered gelatin
29g water
Thaw the fruit pulps over a low heat and mix with the red fruits. Rehydrate the gelatin in cold water. At 45°C, add the caster sugar mixed with the pectin. Whisk thoroughly. Boil for five minutes, add the gelatin and stir until dissolved. Leave to cool.
Assembly and finishing
ASSEMBLY: For the lower part of the cake:Pipe 18g of Financier batter into 5.5cm Flexipan half-sphere molds. Bake at 170°C for 20 minutes with the damper closed. Chill rapidly in a blast freezer and then fill up the molds with Red Fruit Compote (15g per mold). Blast freeze. In a freestanding mixer, whip the Whipped Illanka Ganache and Whipped Opalys Ganache until smooth. Pipe 25g of ganache into 6cm Flexipan half-sphere molds and insert the half-spheres of cake into the ganaches. Smooth over and blast freeze. For the upper part of the cake: Pipe 14g of Red Fruit Compote into 4cm Flexipan half-sphere molds and blast freeze. In a freestanding mixer, whip the Whipped Illanka Ganache and Whipped Opalys Ganache until smooth. Pipe 25g of ganache into 5.5cm Flexipan half-sphere molds and insert the half-spheres of Red Fruit Compote into the ganaches.
FINISHING: Spray the upper part with red cocoa butter for Monsieur and white for Madame. Use a toothpick to pick up the lower half-sphere and dip it in the Dark Chocolate Rock Glaze melted to 45°C. Place on a sheet of card. Place the sprayed half-sphere (red or white) on the coated lower half. Decoration: For Monsieur, brush a 6cm Valrhona Solstis shell with cocoa powder to give it a matt appearance. Use a lightly heated heart-shaped cutter to cut out two hearts
in the Solstis hollow shell and place them on top of the red dome. On the cake for Madame, use a lightly heated heart-shaped cutter to cut out two hearts in a Solstis hollow shell and place them on top of the red dome.