The Fifth Taste
Flourless Chocolate Sponge
390g egg white
300g caster sugar
0.5g Murray river sea salt
305g egg yolk
190g almond meal
110g Callebaut Cocoa Powder
50g Callebaut Cocoa Nibs
1. Whip the egg yolks on medium speed in the kitchen aid till pale in colour
2. In a second bowl, whip the eggwhites together with the sugar and the sea salt to soft peaks
3. Sift the cocoa powder and mix it with the almond meal
4. Fold the eggwhites slowly through the yolks, followed by the cocoa powder/almond mixture
5. Spread the batter gently onto a 70x40cm silpat mat and sprinkle the cocoa nibs on top
6. Bake at 170°C for 8 minutes in the convection oven with full fan
7. Remove from the tray immediately after baking and set aside to cool
8. Cut triangular shapes out
Nougatine
25g butter
20g caster sugar
6g Tasmanian leatherwood honey
14g glucose syrup
15g Piedmont Hazelnuts
10g Callebaut Cocoa Nibs
5g black sesame seeds
5g white sesame seeds
2g pectin NH
1. Melt the butter together with the caster sugar, honey and glucose syrup
2. Combine the chopped hazelnuts, cocoa nibs, black and white sesame seeds and pectin dry
3. Mix this into the molten butter/honey mixture and spread into two round Ø15cm silicon moulds
4. Bake at 180°C for 10 minutes in the convection oven with full fan or until nicely caramelised
5. Spray the nougatine from both sides with spraying chocolate
Royaltine
80g Cacao Barry Hazelnut Praliné
45g Cacao Barry Ghana milk chocolate
54g Cacao Barry Pailleté Feuilletine
8g butter
40g Piedmont hazelnuts
1. Melt the butter together with the couverture and combine it with the hazelnut praline
2. Add the pailleté feulletine and mix well
3. Chop the hazelnuts coarsely and press them gently onto the top
Ginger scented Berry Centre
120g blueberry purée 120g
96g raspberry purée 96g
10g kalamansi lime purée
2g fresh grated ginger
70g caster sugar 70g
4g gelatine (gold leaf)
1. Hydrate the gelatine
2. Bring the fruit purees, the ginger and caster sugar together to a boil and let them simmer for 2 minutes
3. Dissolve the gelatine into the warm mix
4. Fill into two triangular Perspex and blast freeze
Chocolate & Tarragon Cremeux
Tarragon Infusion
225g pure cream (35%)
225g milk
60g fresh French tarragon
291g tarragon infusion 291g
42g caster sugar 42g
94g egg yolk 94g
130g Cacao Barry Tanzanie dark chocolate
1. Chop the tarragon and bring it together with the cream and the milk to boil
2. Blitz in the food processor and boil again
3. Strain the fibre out and set aside
4. make an anglaise with the tarragon infusion, caster sugar and egg yolk
5. Strain the anglaise and pour it over the dark couverture chocolate, creating a ganache
Alto El Sol Dark Chocolate Mousse
144g caster sugar
76g water
270g egg yolk
104g egg white
306g Callebaut Select dark chocolate
316g Cacao Barry Alto El Sol dark chocolate
854g pure cream (35%)
1. Whip the cream to soft peaks and set aside in the refrigerator
2. Whip the egg whites and yolks until soft peaks
3. Combine sugar and water and boil to 120°C
4. Pour the hot sugar solution onto the eggs and keep whipping until it reaches a temperature of 40°C
5. Melt the dark couverture and fold it gently into the egg mix
6. Fold this mixture into the cream
Raspberry & Chocolate Mirror Glace
200g raspberry juice
300g caster sugar
300g glucose syrup
200g condensed milk
24g gelatine (gold leaf)
116g water
150g Callebaut Select white chocolate
150g Callebaut Select 53.8% dark chocolate
1. Hydrate the gelatine in the water
2. Boil the raspberry juice, caster sugar and glucose
3. Add condensed milk and gelatine mass
4. Pour over the chocolate and cover the surface with plastic wrap
5. Adjust consistency with water if desired
Dark Chocolate Mirror Glace
45g water (1)
225g pure cream (35%)
340g caster sugar
115g Callebaut Cocoa Powder
175g apricot jam
55g water (2)
24g gelatine (gold leaf)
90g nappage (mirror glace)
1. Hydrate the gelatine
2. Bring the water (1), cream & sugar to a boil
3. Add the sift cocoa powder and continue to boil till it 104°C
4. Heat the apricot jam and water (2) to 80°C and mix well
5. Strain the cocoa powder mixture through a fine meshed chinois
6. Combine it with the apricot jam and nappage
7. Let this mix cool down to 60°C, add the gelatine and mix well
Spraying Chocolate
400g Callebaut Select 53.8% dark chocolate
400g Callebaut Mycryo
1. melt the mycryo and couverture together and mix well
Finishing
1. Start by preparing the flourless chocolate sponge
2. Prepare the royaltine as described in the recipe and spread it into two triangular perspex
3. Prepare the ginger scented berry centre and the nougatine as described in the recipes
4. Prepare the chocolate & tarragon cremeux, divide it into the two triangular stainless steel frames on top of the chocolate flourless sponge and blast freeze
5. Prepare two triangular stainless steel frames with silicon inserts
6. Prepare the alto el sol dark chocolate mousse and pipe it 10mm high into the frames
7. Place the ginger scented berry centre on top and press it gently in
8. Pipe another 10mm layer of the mousse on top and then insert the nougatine, followed by another thin layer of mousse
9. Insert the tarragon/cremeux layer sponge first, followed by another thin layer of mousse and the royaltine
10. Blast freeze, take the cakes out of the rings, prepare the raspberry & chocolate mirror glace and dark chocolate mirror glace and glace with a marbled effect