Arriba chocolate Easter nest

This pastry has some classic flavours, such as chocolate mousse and caramel, but in a wonderful presentation for spring or Easter. You should definitely try making the chocolate mousse with Single Origin milk chocolate Arriba, because it yields a lovely light chocolate mousse with fresh and slightly acidic notes. Heads up: this recipe requires some advanced pastry making skills.
Level:
Medium

Arriba mousse

Ingredients: Arriba mousse

  • 250 ml
    milk
  • 250 ml
    cream

Preparation: Arriba mousse

Heat. Possibly add a pinch of pepper, coriander powder or cardamom.

Ingredients: Arriba mousse

  • 0.9 oz
    sugar
  • 3.5 oz
    egg yolks

Preparation: Arriba mousse

Beat and mix with the cream to bring to the consistency of a thin custard.

Preparation: Arriba mousse

Melt and blend into the thin custard. Allow to cool to 35°C.

Ingredients: Arriba mousse

  • 2.0 lb
    half whipped cream 35%

Preparation: Arriba mousse

Carefully blend in.

Fill the Demarle Flexipan moulds (ref. 1054) with the chocolate mousse and freeze.

Finishing and presentation

Ingredients: Finishing and presentation

Preparation: Finishing and presentation

Take the Arriba mousse out of the mould and place on the cocoa dacquoise. Spray with a mixture of cocoa butter and milk chocolate (50/50). Decorate with a pastry bag filled with milk chocolate and pipe on a frozen marble slab. Wind the chocolate strings around the pastry to form a nest. Fill in the cavity with slightly warmed Callebaut Caramel Fill and finish with a tiny egg (made of sugar), a few marbled Callebaut Callets™ sensation and feathers.