Intermediate
1h30min
15 min
6 portions
White chocolate and citrus financier style tart recipe
An original recipe by L’Ecole Valrhona Gourmet
Utensils:
Saucepan
Piping bag
Hand mixer
Parchment paper
Made with the products below :
1. Pistachio and orange blossom financier cake
Ingredients:
- 90g Confectioner’s sugar
75g Pistachio flour
1g Fleur de sel
75g Egg whites
50g Unsalted butter
15g Orange blossom water
Prep time: 20 min
Rest time: 12h
Cook time: 15 min
Steps:
- Preheat the oven at 355°F (180°C).
- Make the brown butter by placing the butter into a saucepan over medium heat and melting until it no longer crackles.
- All the water contained in the butter will have evaporated, and only the fat and casein will remain.
- The butter will then have taken on a “brown” color and a slightly caramelized scent.
- Sift together the different dry ingredients: confectioner’s sugar, pistachio flour, and fleur de sel.
- Add the tempered egg whites and the brown butter.
- Pour in the orange blossom water and mix everything together.
- Refrigerate for 12 hours before use.
- Pour the mixture into a piping bag.
- Pipe into the ring.
- Bake the financier at 355°F (180°C) for approx. 15 minutes.
2. White chocolate Ivoire 35% and orange blossom whipped ganache
Ingredients:
- 110g Heavy cream 36%
- 10g Acacia honey
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150g Ivoire 35% White chocolate
- 10g Orange blossom water
- 140g Cold heavy cream 36%
Prep time: 30 min
Rest time: 7h
Steps:
- Roughly chop the Ivoire 35% white chocolate.
- Boil the cream and honey mixture in a saucepan.
- Slowly pour the boiling mixture in 3 batches over the Ivoire 35% white chocolate, mixing in the center to create an elastic, shiny core, the sign that an emulsion is beginning to form.
- Maintain this texture throughout the mixing process.
- Then, add the orange blossom water.
- Mix at the end one final time, then set aside.
- Mix the ganache base with the cold cream.
- Allow to set in the refrigerator for a minimum of 3 hours, before whipping the mixture to obtain a texture consistent enough for the ganache to be used in a piping bag.
- Beat the ganache with a hand mixer.
- Using a piping bag, pipe balls of whipped ganache onto a guitar sheet or a sheet of parchment paper in a circle formation (diameter of 20cm), then cover with a second sheet to slightly flatten the balls.
- Freeze the ganache spheres for at least 4 hours.
3. Whole fruit citrus compote
Ingredients:
- 500g Citrus fruit pulp of your choice (orange, grapefruit, etc.)
- 75g Sugar
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Rest time: until the compote cools down
Steps:
- Peel the citrus fruits.
- Then, using a sharp knife, cut off the two ends of the citrus fruit.
- Remove the skin.
- Using the knife, cut out each citrus quarter so as to extract the pulp and detach it from the skin.
- Roughly chop, then slowly stew with the sugar in a saucepan over medium heat for at least 30 minutes, stirring regularly, like when making a compote or jam.
- Store in the refrigerator.
4. White chocolate and citrus financier assembly
Ingredients:
Prep time: 20 min
Steps:
- Place the whipped ganache circle onto the financier cake.
- Fill the center of the crown with the citrus compote.
- Garnish with citrus segments, pistachio pieces, and a few edible flowers.