Hazelnut chocolate streusel

Ingredients: Hazelnut chocolate streusel

  • 4.9 oz
    82% butter
  • 4.9 oz
    brown sugar
  • 4.9 oz
    hazelnut flour
  • 0.5 oz
    corn starch
  • 3.2 oz
    cake flour
  • 1.1 oz
    CP

Preparation: Hazelnut chocolate streusel

Mix in a food processor until just combined.

Roll to 3 mm thick. Dock excessively to create a rough texture. Chill. Bake for 8-11 min. at 160°C (320°F). Once removed from the oven, immediately cut to 3 cm x 8 cm strips. Set aside in a dry place.

Gianduja praliné cream

Ingredients: Gianduja praliné cream

  • 0.1 oz
    powdered gelatine (180 bloom)
  • 0.4 oz
    cold water

Preparation: Gianduja praliné cream

Bloom gelatine in cold water

Ingredients: Gianduja praliné cream

  • 7.9 oz
    35% cream

Preparation: Gianduja praliné cream

Bring to the boil

Preparation: Gianduja praliné cream

Pour the cream over the praliné and gianduja. Add the melted gelatine. Emulsify with an immersion blender. 

Pour into a 17 mm height frame. Freeze. Cut into 1 cm x 8 cm. Set aside on the baked streusel in a cooler. 

Lemon sorbet

Ingredients: Lemon sorbet

  • 5.6 oz
    water

Preparation: Lemon sorbet

Heat to 50°C (122°F).

Ingredients: Lemon sorbet

  • 0.4 oz
    invert sugar
  • 2.6 oz
    sugar
  • 1.3 oz
    powdered glucose
  • 0.1 oz
    sorbet stabilizer

Preparation: Lemon sorbet

Add and heat to 85°C (185°F)

Ingredients: Lemon sorbet

  • 4.4 oz
    fresh lemon juice

Preparation: Lemon sorbet

Mix with sugar syrup. Blend with immersion blender. Place in a cooler to mature overnight.

Blend and churn the following day. Freeze

White chocolate lemon mascarpone cream

Ingredients: White chocolate lemon mascarpone cream

  • 4.1 oz
    fresh lemon juice

Preparation: White chocolate lemon mascarpone cream

Warm. 

Ingredients: White chocolate lemon mascarpone cream

  • 1.7 oz
    sugar
  • 2.1 oz
    egg yolks

Preparation: White chocolate lemon mascarpone cream

Whisk together. Temper into lemon juice. Cook to 85°C (185°F) while whisking.

Ingredients: White chocolate lemon mascarpone cream

Preparation: White chocolate lemon mascarpone cream

Pour lemon mixture over chocolate. Emulsify with an immersion blender. 

Ingredients: White chocolate lemon mascarpone cream

  • 3.5 oz
    35% cream
  • 0.1 oz
    lemon zest

Preparation: White chocolate lemon mascarpone cream

Combine and refrigerate overnight. Remove the zest and whip the cream to soft peaks.

Ingredients: White chocolate lemon mascarpone cream

  • 3.5 oz
    mascarpone

Preparation: White chocolate lemon mascarpone cream

Combine with softly whipped cream. Lightly fold into lemon mixture.

Finishing and presentation

- Place the hazelnut chocolate streusel on the plate.

- Place the gianduja praliné cream on one side of the streusel.

- Pipe the white chocolate lemon mascarpone cream on the other side.

- Place the gianduja plaque with the caramelised hazelnuts on top.

- Add a quenelle of the lemon sorbet.

 

Tip: Serve with a hot chocolate/hazelnut shot or warm praliné foam