Christmas break
Recipe by François Galtier
I. COMPOSITION
- Crumble
- Creamy bergamot
- Special hazelnut mousse
- Glazing with pieces
- White Chocolate Tonka chantilly
- Milk chocolate chantilly
II. CRUMBLE
- 200 g flower
- 200 g almond powder
- 150 g brown sugar
- 150 g butter
- 2 g salt
- 50 g Crispy Crunchies
PROCESS
- Mix all the ingredients except the Crispy Crunchies until you get a
small agglomeration. - Then add the last ingredient and sprinkle on a baking tray.
- Bake around 20 min at 160°C.
III. CREAMY BERGAMOT
- 200 g bergamot puree
- 80 g gelatin mass (1/5)
- 700 g Obsession 30 Belgian white chocolate
- 800 g fresh cream 35% fat
PROCESS
- Warm up the puree and add the gelatin mass
- Pour on Obsession 30 Belgian white chocolate to make a ganache
- Finalize the emulsion with the cold liquid fresh cream and pour into
sphere silicon moulds - Put in the freezer
IV. SPECIAL HAZELNUT MOUSSE
- 80 g milk
- 30 g soya sauce
- 22 g gelatin mass (1/5)
- 100 Obsession 30 Belgian white chocolate
- 25 g Sensation 72 Belgian dark couverture chocolate
- 100 g 100% pure hazelnut paste
- 500 g whipped cream 35% fat
PROCESS
- Warm up the milk, the soya and the gelatin mass
- Pour on the Obsession 30 Belgian white chocolate, the Sensation 72 Belgian dark couverture chocolate and the hazelnut paste to make an emulsion
- At 35°C mix delicately with the whipped cream
V. GLAZING WITH PIECES
- 99 g fresh cream 35% fat
- 72 g sugar
- 410 g glucose syrup
- 180 g gelatin mass (1/5)
- 144 g Obsession 30 Belgian white chocolate
- 88 g Intense 35 Belgian milk couverture chocolate
- 700 g mirror glaze neutral
- SQ roasted chopped almonds
PROCESS
- Boil the cream with the sugar and the glucose.
- Pour on the gelatin to melt it.
- Add Obsession 30 Belgian white chocolate and Intense 35 Belgian milk couverture chocolate.
- Mix well to melt all the chocolate dots and add the mirror glaze at the end.
- Blend the glazing, add almond pieces and use at 35/40°C.
- Don’t mix the glazing with pieces inside.
VI. WHITE CHOCOLATE TONKA CHANTILLY
- 270 g fresh cream 35% fat
- 330 g Obsession 30 Belgian white chocolate
- 400 g fresh cream 35% fat
- 3 g rasped Tonka Bean
PROCESS
- Warm up the first cream and pour on Obsession 30 Belgian white chocolate to make a ganache
- Finalize the mix with the second fresh cream (cold and liquid) and the Tonka bean
- Let cool down in the fridge before whipping
VII. MILK CHOCOLATE CHANTILLY
- 270 g fresh cream 35% fat
- 330 g Intense 35 Belgian milk couverture chocolate
- 400 g fresh cream 35% fat
PROCESS
- Warm up the first cream and pour on the Intense 35 Belgian milk couverture chocolate to make a ganache
- Finalize the mix with the second cold liquid fresh cream
- Let cool down in the fridge before whipping
VIII. ASSEMBLING
- Fill ¾ of sphere silicon moulds with the hazelnut mousse.
- Push the frozen cream inside and finish to fill with the mousse.
- Freeze, remove from the silicon moulds and glaze the ball.
- Whip the 2 Chantilly separately, place some drops of the different Chantilly.
- Decorate with some crumble, some corn flakes, some zests, and some Belgian milk chocolate Spaghettis.
- Finalize the decoration with attachment of the ball made from modeling chocolate colored with gold.