Tulakalum Tartlet

Mix the dry ingredients with the very cold, cubed butter until it resembles crumbs. As soon as the mixture is completely smooth, add the cold eggs. As soon as you obtain an even dough, stop mixing. Store in the refrigerator or spread out immediately. Bake at 300°F (150°C).

Bring the cream, the milk and the invert sugar to the boil. Slowly combine with the chocolate. Immediately mix using an immersion blender to make a perfect emulsion. Use your ganache straight away or leave it to set until you are satisfied.

Melt the butter. Sift together the flour, confectioner's sugar, salt and baking powder. Mix the eggs and invert sugar using a flat beater or food processor. Add the sifted dry ingredients, the milk, and the hot clarified butter at a temperature of 115-120°F (45-48°C) – This temperature is important here. Leave to cool then store in the refrigerator for 24 hours.

Heat the smaller portion of cream, the glucose and the invert sugar. Slowly combine the hot mixture with the melted chocolate. Immediately mix using an immersion blender to make a perfect emulsion. Add the larger portion of cold whipping cream. Mix again. Leave to set in the refrigerator, preferably for 12 hours. Whisk until the texture is consistent enough to use in a piping bag.

Peel and slice the bananas diagonally. Mix the passion fruit purée with the brown sugar, liquid butter and lemon juice until you obtain a marinade. Incorporate the bananas and leave them to marinate for 30 to 40 minutes. Pour this whole mixture into a dish and cook at 390°F (200°C) for approx. 12-15 minutes. While still hot, add in the rehydrated gelatin and the rum, then mix using an immersion blender. Store in the refrigerator.

Bring the water, sugar, and scored vanilla bean to the boil. Leave to cool, then add the rum

Use the pastry to line 75 x 75mm square tart cases, then bake them at 300°F (150°C) until they take on an attractive golden color. Make the whipped ganache, banana compote, sponge and syrup. To make the sponge, spread 800g of mixture on a 60 x 40cm tray and bake at 375°F (190°C) for approx. 7 to 8 minutes. Once the sponge has been baked and cooled down, soak each sheet of it in 150g of syrup and cut it into 5 x 5cm squares. Make some very fine pre-set TULAKALUM chocolate squares the exact same size as your tartlets on a sheet of baking paper (you need two squares for each tartlet). Scrunch up a sheet of baking paper, then flatten it out so it still has a little bit of texture. Place one out of every two chocolate squares on the scrunched up paper, then heat them up as slowly as possible under a sugar heating lamp until they take on the paper’s texture. Cover the tartlets’ bases with a thin layer of TULAKALUM then, before it sets, sprinkle on some COCOA NIBS.