GOURMET PAINT PALETTE
lngredients: 50% PECAN PRALINÉ
Procedures: 8
An original recipe by l’Ecole Valrhona
New - Pecan Praline Jelly
- 600g Whole UHT milk
- 40g Caster sugar
- 6g Pectin X58
- 300g PECAN PRALINÉ
- 22g Cocoa Butter
- Mix the sugar and pectin X58 together.
- Warm the milk and whisk in the sugar-pectin mixture.
- Bring to the boil while stirring. Gradually pour the hot milk over the chopped melted cocoa butter and praline, mixing all the while with a spatula to obtain a smooth, shiny, elastic texture - This is a sign that you are starting to make an emulsion.
- Immediately mix using an electric mixer to make a perfect emulsion.
- Continue to gradually add the milk, taking care to maintain the emulsion until mixing is complete.
- Leave to cool to 85°F (30°C) and pour out.
- If necessary, you can reheat the jelly to 140°F (60°C) and pour out at 85°F (30°C).
- IMPORTANT: This jelly cannot be frozen.
IMPORTANT: This jelly cannot be frozen.
- 400g 50% PECAN PRALINÉ
- 40g Glucose DE 60
- 120g Dextrose
- 120g Water
- 3g Orange zest
- Heat the water, glucose, dextrose and orange zest together, and bring to the boil.
- Pour the cooled syrup over the praline to make an emulsion.
- Store in the refrigerator.
Half-Candied Orange & Passionfruit Compote
- 400g Orange
- 30g Brown sugar
- 30g Dry butter 84%
- 100g Caster sugar
- 50g Inverted sugar
- 5g Cornstarch
- 300g Passionfruit pulp
- Wash and brush the oranges. Boil for 30 minutes in a large pan of water until they lose their bitterness.
- Drain. Roughly chop the oranges and fry them in butter with the brown sugar.
- Leave them to caramelize on a low heat, add the sugars and cover with one-third of the passionfruit pulp.
- Leave to reduce until almost all the liquid has evaporated. Cover with another third of the passionfruit pulp and leave to reduce.
- Crush the oranges until you have a fine pulp. Then add the cornstarch mixed with the remaining passionfruit pulp.
- Boil for a few minutes, stirring vigorously all the while to stop the texture from becoming grainy.
- Mix in an electric mixer before use, and store in the refrigerator.
Cocoa Nib Nougatine
- 150g Caster sugar
- 2.5g Pectin NH
- 130g Dry butter 84%
- 10g Water
- 50g Glucose
- 180g COCOA NIBS
- Mix the sugar and pectin together, then add in the butter, water and glucose.
- Cook on a low heat - Do not stir too much until the mixture starts to thicken. Leave to boil for a few seconds.
- Add the cocoa nibs.
- Bake at 375-390°F (190-200°C) Leave to cool.
Pecan Streusel (Gourmet)
- 30g Butter
- 30g Powdered blanched almonds
- 30g Brown sugar
- 20g Pecan nuts
- 10g French white pastry flour
- Chop up the pecans, then mix all the ingredients together using the mixer blade on your electric mixer.
- As soon is the pastry is homogeneous, roll out to a thickness of 0.5cm and freeze.
- Cut out 0.5cm cubes and bake at 300°F (150°C) for 15 minutes. Set aside.
Chocolate Biscuit - Calculated for a 1600 x 400mm frame
- 120g Egg yolks
- 300g Eggs
- 230g Caster sugar
- 190g Egg whites
- 85g Dark brown sugar
- 75g French white pastry flour
- 70g COCOA POWDER
- 50g LIQUID CLARIFIED BUTTER
- Beat together the egg yolks, eggs and sugar with a whisk.
- At the same time, beat the egg whites with the dark brown sugar.
- Gradually mix these two mixtures together, then add the sifted cocoa powder and flour.
- Incorporate a small portion of the mixture into the warmed liquid butter until homogeneous, then finish mixing the two together.
- Pour out into a frame and bake in a fan-assisted oven at 355°F (180°C).
Bahibé 46% Cream Mix - Crème anglaise
- 420g UHT cream 35%
- 420g Whole UHT milk
- 170g Egg yolks
- 83g Caster sugar
- Bring the cream and milk to the boil and pour into the premixed egg yolk-sugar combination (without blanching). Thicken the mixture at a temperature of 185°F (85°C), strain through muslin and use immediately.
Bahibé 46% Cream Mix
- 1000g Crème anglaise
- 480g BAHIBE 46%
- Once the crème anglaise has been heated and strained through a chinois, create an emulsion by pouring it slowly onto the melted couverture chocolate. Immediately mix using an electric mixer to make a perfect emulsion.
- Leave to stiffen in the refrigerator.