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MANDARIN CHESTNUT LOG

Chef :

Original creation by
Philippe RIGOLLOT,
World pastry Champion,
M.O.F. Pastry,
Annecy, France

Brands cointreau pour recette
Quantity :

Recipe for 2 moulds

log recipe by MOF Philippe Rigollot

1. CHESTNUT SABLÉ

Ingredients

120 g sugar
125 g butter
3,5 g salt
50 g egg yolks
60 g almond powder
80 g chestnut flour
80 g rice flour
9 g starch
2 g baking powder

Step

Soften the butter with the sugar and the salt, add the powders,
then the egg yolks. Mix until homogenous. Spread between
two sheets of 14 x 49 cm. Cook in the oven at 150°C for 20/25
minutes, then cut in half out of the over. Set aside in a dry area.

2. CHESTNUT SPONGE

Ingredients

92 g butter
27 g chestnut puree (Ravifruit)
0,5 g salt
25 g sugar
27 g cream for the gastronomy (35% fat)
15 g inverted sugar
95 g egg yolks
80 g chestnut flour
5 g baking powder
88 g egg whites
67 g sugar

Step

Mix the softened butter, the chestnut puree, the salt and the
sugars well with the leaf attachment. Pour gradually the cream
and the egg yolks. Once the dough forms a ribbon, carefully add
the chestnut flour and the baking powder, then the whipped
egg whites. Spread over a baking tray of 50 x 20 cm and cook to
185°C for 12 minutes.

3. ATIVAO CHOCOLATE CREAM

Ingredients

300 g milk
300 g cream for the gastronomy (35% fat)
120 g egg yolks
60 g sugar
275 g Ativao couverture chocolate Weiss (67%)

Step

Carry out an English cream with the milk, the cream, the egg yolks
and the sugar. Cook to 85°C then sieve. Weigh 720 g, then gently
pour onto the chopped couverture by emulsifying. Mix without
incorporating air. Keep cold. Pour into a stainless steel frame
49 cm long and 10 cm wide with a sponge on the bottom and a
sponge on top.

4. CLEMENTINE COMPOTE

Ingredients

400 g clementine compote (Ravifruit)

Step

Spread the clementine compote over the sponge, then freeze.

5. CHESTNUT CHANTILLY WITH COINTREAU®

Ingredients

235 g chestnut cream
315 g chestnut puree (Ravifruit)
157 g chestnut paste
70 g cream for the gastronomy (35% fat)
9,5 g gelatine powder 200 blooms
47 g water
35 g Cointreau® 60% vol.
945 g cream for the gastronomy (35% fat)

Step

Mix together the paste and the puree with the Cointreau®, until
the dough is smooth. Then add the chestnut cream. Heat the
small amount of cream and pour the gelatine (previously soaked
in cold water). Then incorporate in the first mixture and finish by
carefully adding the smooth whipped liquid cream.

6. MANDARIN ICING

Ingredients

1030 g mandarin puree 10% (Ravifruit)
295 g water
320 g glucose
320 g sugar
22 g pectin NH
12 g stabilising agent

Step

Heat to 50°C water, puree and glucose. While whisking, add the
mixture sugar-pectin. Bring to a boil for a minute. Leave to cool
for at least 4 hours in a refrigerator. Reheat, mix and use to 27/
28°C.

7. ASSEMBLY & FINISCHING

Ingredients

No ingredients.

Step

Pour 800 g of chestnut chantilly with Cointreau® per mould.
Spread a few Griottines® Cointreau®.

Assembly of the insert into a 10 x 49 cm frame with a soaked
chestnut sponge with clementine compote, Ativao cream,
chestnut breakings, then close with another soaked chestnut
sponge with clementine compote. Freeze. Then cup the insert
in half and place in the chestnut chantilly with Cointreau®.

Close the mould with the chestnut sablé, then freeze.

Glaze with the mandarin icing, then decorate with rosettes of
chestnut chantilly and chestnut breakings.