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Citrus Cape Cakes

Citrus Cape Cakes

lngredients: Ivoire 35%

Procedures: 5

For two 11 x 57cm frames or 44 small cakes.

CITRUS ALMOND STREUSEL

  • 70g european butter
  • 70g soft brown sugar
  • 70g all–purpose flour
  • 70g ground almonds
  • 1ea lemon (zested)
  • 1.5ea oranges (zested)
  1. Sift the dry ingredients together.
  2. Cut the chilled butter into cubes.
  3. Process all the ingredients with a paddle attachment until the mixture comes together.
  4. Chill for a minimum of 30 minutes.
  5. Push the dough through a 4mm grid or a candy rack to obtain small, evenly-sized pieces.
  6. Chill or freeze until ready to bake. Bake at 150–160°C (300–320°F) with the damper open until the streusel is an even golden color.

COCONUT DACQUOISE

  • 150g almond flour
  • 70g all–purpose flour
  • 145g confectioner's sugar
  • 75g coconut (grated)
  • 360g egg whites
  • 285g sugar
  • 15g egg white powder
  1. Sift the almond flour, the flour and the confectioner's sugar together.
  2. Add the grated coconut.
  3. Whip the egg whites, adding the sugar mixed with the egg white powder.
  4. Finish by carefully folding the two mixtures together. Bake at 180°C (350°F) in a convection oven for 15–20 minutes.

IVOIRE LEMON WHIPPED GANACHE

  • 15g lemon zest
  • 680g whipping cream
  • 230g whipping cream
  • 25g invert sugar
  • 25g glucose DE 38/40
  • 430g Ivoire 35%
  1. Wash the lemons and remove the zest.
  2. Add it to the larger quantity of cream and leave to infuse overnight in the refrigerator.
  3. Heat the smaller quantity of cream with the invert sugar and the glucose, and then make a ganache by emulsifying with the IVOIRE 35% chocolate.
  4. Blend to perfect the emulsion.
  5. Strain the cream to remove the lemon zests and add to the ganache. Blend.
  6. Leave to set overnight in the refrigerator before whipping.

CITRUS JELLY

  • 65g sugar
  • 6g pectin NH
  • 115g orange juice
  • 30g lemon juice
  • 90g grapefruit juice
  • 30g orange concentrate
  • 30g mandarin concentrate
  • 5g powdered gelatin
  • 40g orange segments
  1. Mix the sugar with the pectin NH.
  2. Bring the citrus juices and concentrates to a boil and then add the pectin and sugar mixture.
  3. Bring to a boil once again.
  4. Add the rehydrated gelatin and the orange segments cut into quarters, and then pour into a frame to a height of 1–1.5 cm.
  5. Leave to set in the refrigerator, and then blast freeze for a few minutes to facilitate cutting.

CITRUS ABSOLU SPRAY GLAZE

  1. Bring the ABSOLU CRISTAL to a boil with the orange juice. Blend and strain.
  2. Spray immediately using a spray gun at around 80°C (176°F).