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LIKE CAVIAR

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Original creation by
Nicolas PIEROT,
International Consultant
Pastry Chef

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COMPOSITION

Ingredients

• 5 g salty chocolate shortbread dough
• 6 g plums with Port Charlotte®
• 18 g hazelnut praline mousse
• plum caviar
• 5,5 g chocolate soft biscuit

1. SALTY CHOCOLATE SHORTBREAD DOUGH

Ingredients

4 g Fleur de sel
239 g butter (82% fat)
185 g brown sugar
75 g saccharose
3 g vanilla liquid
233 g dark chocolate 65% in pellets
270 g flour T55
46 g cocoa powder
7 g baking powder
Total weight: 1 062 g

Step

In a tank of the beater, put all the ingredients, except the
chocolate pellets. With the paddle, give the mixture a sandy
texture, then add the chocolate. Strain and bake to 150°C for
14 minutes on a baking sheet. After baking, cut into small
pieces.

2. PORT CHARLOTTE® PLUMS

Ingredients

300 g stoned plums
250 g water
150 g saccharose
100 g Port Charlotte® whisky 50%
Total weight: 800 g

Step

Blanch the plums. Make a syrup with saccharose and water.
Add the blanched plums. Flame with Port Charlotte® whisky.
Set aside in the fridge.

3. HAZELNUT PRALINE MOUSSE

Ingredients

225 g hazelnut praline 60%
75 g hazelnut paste
150 g milk
7 g gelatin powder 200 blooms
42 g water (hydration for gelatin)
450 g cream (35% fat)
Total weight: 949 g

Step

Whip the cream and set aside in the fridge. Heat milk to
50°C and add gelatin (previously soaked in water). Pour onto
the praline and hazelnut paste. Mix together and lower the
temperature to 28/30°C. With a whisk, gently fold in whipped
cream and finish with a spatula. Use immediately.

4. PLUM CAVIAR

Ingredients

380 g plum puree
25 g saccharose
4 g Louis François agar-agar
6 g gelatin powder 200 blooms
36 g water (hydration for gelatin)
SQ grape seed oil
Total weight: 451 g

Step

Store in the fridge grape seed oil in a tall container for several
hours before use (4°C). In a small saucepan, heat the plum
puree to 30°C. Add agar-agar gradually and whisk by careffully
avoiding incorporating too much air. Boil for 2 minutes, stirring
regularly. Add the gelatin (previously soaked in water). Remove
from the heat and let cool to room temperature for about
10 minutes.
With a syringe or pipette, pump liquid and pour it drop by drop
in the container, filled with very cold oil. Recover the pearls in
a small strainer and rinse under clear water to remove excess
oil. Set aside.

5. CHOCOLATE SOFT BISCUIT

Ingredients

204 g eggs
65 g inverted sugar
104 g saccharose
52 g hazelnut powder
98 g flour T55
15 g cocoa powder
6 g baking powder
98 g cream (35% fat)
52 g milk couverture
10 g dark couverture
61 g butter (82% fat)
Total weight: 765 g

Step

With a paddle, mix eggs, inverted sugar, saccharose, hazelnut powder, flour, cocoa powder and baking powder. Heat cream and make a
ganache with couvertures. Add melted butter, then incorporate in the first preparation. Pour into Flexipat® and bake to 175°C for about
12 minutes. After the cooling down, cut into small pieces.

6. ASSEMBLY

Ingredients

No ingredients.

Step

Divide pieces of salty chocolate shortbread on the box back, then cover with a thin layer of hazelnut praline mousse.
Sprinkle on chocolate biscuit pieces.
Cover again with a thin layer of hazelnut praline mousse before placing some plums with Port Charlotte® whisky.
Cover with a final layer of mousse before placing plum pearls over the whole surface.