Pumpkin Spice Bar
Author: Karina Rivera
Servings: 12

Ingredients:

PUMPKIN SPICE SPONGE

  • 60g Butter
  • 85g Brown Sugar
  • 70g Granulated Sugar
  • 200g Pumpkin Purée
  • 15g PROVA Gourmet Pure Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Flavor
  • 50g Whole Eggs
  • 110g All Purpose Flour
  • 2.5g Pumpkin Spice
  • 1.5g Cinnamon
  • 2g Salt
  • 4g Baking Powder

PUMPKIN SPICE CRÉMEUX

  • 100g Heavy Cream
  • 150g Pumpkin Purée
  • 8g PROVA Gourmet Pure Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Flavor
  • 40g Inverted Sugar
  • 3g Pumpkin Spice
  • 70g White Chocolate
  • 2.5g Silver Gelatin Sheet

CHOCOLATE COUVERTURE

  • 470g Caramelized White Chocolate
  • 100g PROVA Gourmet Fusion Vanilla
  • 50g Feuilletine

CARAMEL-CINNAMON WHIPPED GANACHE

  • 100g Heavy Cream
  • 1ea Cinnamon Stick
  • 25g Inverted Sugar
  • 100g White Chocolate
  • 200g Heavy Cream (cold)
  • 10g PROVA Gourmet Natural Caramel
  • 1.5g Silver Gelatin Sheets (sub. 1g powder gelatin)

Directions:

PUMPKIN SPICE SPONGE

  • 1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • 2. Mix all dry ingredients today and set aside.
  • 3. Cream together the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar.
  • 4. Add whole eggs and vanilla flavor, mix until incorporated.
  • 5. Add pumpkin purée, followed by dry ingredients, and mix until fully combined.
  • 6. Fill 1/3 of silicon molds with batter and bake for 15 minutes. Remove from oven, leaving in molds, and let cool completely.

PUMPKIN SPICE CRÉMEUX

  • 1. Soak gelatin in ice water until softened; squeeze out excess water and set aside.
  • 2. In a pot combine heavy cream, pumpkin purée, vanilla, sugar, and pumpkin spice and bring to a simmer. Stir in gelatin to dissolve and blend until smooth.
  • 3. Pour over the white chocolate and emulsify.
  • 4. Pour over top cooled pumpkin sponge in silicon molds and freeze overnight.

CHOCOLATE COUVERTURE

  • 1. Melt chocolate and Fusion Vanilla, mix to combine. Add feuilletine and stir to incorporate.
  • 2. Temper before use.

CARAMEL-CINNAMON WHIPPED GANACHE

  • 1. Soak gelatin in ice water until softened; squeeze out excess water and set aside.
  • 2. Bring the first amount of cream and cinnamon stick to a boil. Remove from heat and allow to infuse for 2 hours.
  • 3. Remove the cinnamon sick and bring cream back to a simmer along with inverted sugar and natural caramel. Add gelatin and stir to dissolve.
  • 4. Pour the hot cream over the white chocolate and emulsify. Add second amount of cold cream and continue to emulsify.
  • 5. Refrigerate overnight and whip before use.

ASSEMBLY

  • 1. Unmold frozen sponge and cover with chocolate couverture.
  • 2. Finish by decorating with the whipped ganache and dulce de leche.