Planet Plantation

This dessert literally looks like a mini-plantation, including edible earth. Taste-wise, it combines intense chocolate taste with the refreshing acidity of passion fruit and yuzu. The combination of textures is also very interesting, with smooth creamy textures contrasting beautifully with crunchy roasted cocoa beans. When serving, the herb planted in the middle should be 'watered' with the apple-cucumber-lime juice to make the story complete.
Level:
Medium

Edible chocolate earth

Ingredients: Edible chocolate earth

Preparation: Edible chocolate earth

Caramelize together.
Blend shortly.

Ingredients: Edible chocolate earth

  • 0.1 oz
    bergamot zest
  • 1.8 oz
    cocoa flavoured shortcrust

Preparation: Edible chocolate earth

Mix in roughly with the blender.

Chocolate Mousse

Ingredients: Chocolate Mousse

  • 3 l
    40% cream

Preparation: Chocolate Mousse

Beat up until ¾ stiff.

Ingredients: Chocolate Mousse

  • 1.3 lb
    egg yolks
  • 1.0 lb
    sugar

Preparation: Chocolate Mousse

Beat into a ruban.

Preparation: Chocolate Mousse

Melt chocolate and cocoa butter together.
Then add to egg yolk mixture and fold in carefully.
Fold in this mixture into the cream.

Ingredients: Chocolate Mousse

  • 2.2 lb
    egg white
  • 1.1 lb
    sugar

Preparation: Chocolate Mousse

Beat into Italian meringue.
Fold in last.

Passion-yuzu crémeux

Ingredients: Passion-yuzu crémeux

  • 4.2 oz
    passion fruit pulp
  • 8.1 oz
    yuzu pulp
  • 4.2 oz
    sugar
  • 5.8 oz
    egg yolks

Preparation: Passion-yuzu crémeux

Heat under continuous beating.
Beat into sabayon.

Ingredients: Passion-yuzu crémeux

  • 0.2 oz
    powdered gelatin

Preparation: Passion-yuzu crémeux

Add to the previous mixture and mix in.
Leave to cool until 32°C.

Ingredients: Passion-yuzu crémeux

  • 30 drop(s)
    bergamot extract

Preparation: Passion-yuzu crémeux

Mix in.

Ingredients: Passion-yuzu crémeux

  • 12.3 oz
    35% cream

Preparation: Passion-yuzu crémeux

Beat up until half stiff.
Mix in the fruit-cream mixture.

Plantation juice

Ingredients: Plantation juice

  • 1.1 lb
    Apple juice
  • 1.1 lb
    liquidised cucumber juice
  • 7.1 oz
    lime juice

Preparation: Plantation juice

Mix together.

Ingredients: Plantation juice

  • 1 l
    water
  • 1.1 lb
    sugar
  • Q.S.
    vanilla
  • Q.S.
    lemon grass
  • Q.S.
    lemon zest
  • Q.S.
    lime zest

Preparation: Plantation juice

Heat together until 85°C and leave to infuse.
Sieve and leave to cool.
Mix the previous juice with 150 of this syrup and store in the fridge.

Finishing and presentation

Pipe a layer of Passion-Yuzu crémeux on a plate. Cover with a layer of chocolate mousse. Plant in a shoot of East Indian Cress. Sprinkle edible chocolate earth on top. Water just before serving with plantation juice.