White chocolate yule log
Pastry chef Sassaki definitely has a knack for delicate but incredibly successful flavours. His xmas yule log for instance features crème brûlée, white chocolate mousse and a delicate crisp that makes the taste buds dance with joy.
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Medium
Pistachio sponge
Ingredients: Pistachio sponge
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190 gwhole egg(s)
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120 gegg yolks
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230 groasted whole pistachios
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60 gmarzipan
Preparation: Pistachio sponge
Mix well in the cutter during 2 minutes.
Ingredients: Pistachio sponge
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425 gegg white
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230 gsugar
Preparation: Pistachio sponge
Mix and beat up together. Then delicately mix in the previous mixture.
Ingredients: Pistachio sponge
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70 gcold melted butter
Preparation: Pistachio sponge
Delicately fold in.
Ingredients: Pistachio sponge
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170 gflour
Preparation: Pistachio sponge
Sieve it in the batter and fold in.
Spread out on a baking tray with baking sheet (40 x 60 cm).
Bake for 15 min. at 150°C.
Chocolate crisp
Ingredients: Chocolate crisp
Preparation: Chocolate crisp
Melt together.
Ingredients: Chocolate crisp
Preparation: Chocolate crisp
Mix in.
Spread a part of this crisp mixture onto a sheet of sponge cake.
White chocolate mousse
Ingredients: White chocolate mousse
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932 gmilk
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134 gsugar
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375 gegg yolks
Preparation: White chocolate mousse
Cook into an anglaise.
Ingredients: White chocolate mousse
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20 ggelatin
Preparation: White chocolate mousse
Ingredients: White chocolate mousse
Preparation: White chocolate mousse
Pour the hot anglaise over the chocolate to melt and emulsify. Leave to cool down.
Ingredients: White chocolate mousse
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2236 gcream
Preparation: White chocolate mousse
Beat up 1/2. Mix in the white chocolate-anglaise mixture at 35°C.
Crème brûlée
Ingredients: Crème brûlée
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4000 gcream
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3 pod(s)Vanilla
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720 gegg yolks
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720 gsugar
Preparation: Crème brûlée
Heat part of the cream with the vanilla and melt in the sugar. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.
Pour into rectangular flexipan moulds in a layer of about 1 cm. Sprinkle dry frozen raspberries on top and bake for 30° at 115°C.
White glazing
Ingredients: White glazing
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760 gcream
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360 gpowdered milk
Preparation: White glazing
Mix together.
Ingredients: White glazing
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360 gwater
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1440 gsugar
Preparation: White glazing
Boil into syrup and mix with the cream.
Ingredients: White glazing
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800 gcream
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480 gglucose
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240 gglaze
Preparation: White glazing
Add to the cream and cook.
Ingredients: White glazing
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52 ggelatin
Preparation: White glazing
Rehydrate and mix in.
Leave to rest for 24 hours in the fridge. Before applying as glazing: heat to 25°C.
Finishing and presentation
Fill a Yule log mould with a layer of white chocolate mousse. Insert the crème brûlée – cut to fit the mould. Insert a layer of pistachio sponge on top. Fill up with mousse and finish with a layer of pistachio sponge with chocolate crisp. Freeze. Unmould the pastry. Glaze immediately and finish with a gold decoration and IBC gold flakes.
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