Tahitian Vanilla & Almond Fraisier with Fusion Vanilla
Author: Tristan Rousselot
Servings: 10

Ingredients:

FRAISIER – CRISP

  • 27g Cocoa Butter
  • 14g PROVA Gourmet Vanilla Fusion
  • 27g Grapeseen Oil
  • 136g Almond Praline 50%
  • 68g Feuillantine Crispy Flake (all butter)
  • 27g Icing Sugar

CHIFFON CAKE

  • 76g Egg Yolk
  • 49g Sugar
  • 205g Egg White
  • 1g Fine Salt
  • 49g Sugar
  • 67g Whole Milk
  • 49g Grapeseed Oil
  • 52g Strong White Flour
  • 52g Potato Starch

RED BERRIES CONFIT

  • 55g Blueberry Purée
  • 165g Raspberry Purée
  • 55g Blackcurrant Purée
  • 16g Sugar
  • 5g Pectin NH Glaze
  • 5g Lemon Juice
  • 200g Strawberries

ALMOND AND VANILLA MOUSSE

  • 110g Almond Paste 70%
  • 110g Whole Milk
  • 27g Unblanched Almonds
  • 5g PROVA Gourmet Tahitian Vanilla Bean
  • 18g Hydrated Gelatin
  • 230g Whipping Cream

STRAWBERRY AND RASPBERRY GLAZE

  • 215g Strawberry Purée
  • 215g Raspberry Purée
  • 20g Lemon Juice
  • 260g Water
  • 140g Glucose Syrup
  • 140g Sugar
  • 10g Pectin NH Glaze

WHIPPED VANILLA GANACHE

  • 116g Whipping Cream
  • 2g PROVA Gourmet Tahitian Vanilla Bean
  • 58g White Chocolate (28% cocoa)
  • 116g Whipping Cream
  • 7g Hydrated Gelatin

NEUTRAL GLAZE

  • 251g Water
  • 15g Lemon Juice
  • 50g Glucose Syrup DE40
  • 130g Sugar
  • 4g Pectin X58
  • 50g Sugar

DECORATION

  • 300g White Chocolate (28% cocoa)
  • 100g Strawberries
  • 20g Coriander Cress

Directions:

FRAISIER – CRISP

  • 1. Mix together all of the ingredients. Add 20 g per 6 cm diameter mold. Freeze then unmold.

CHIFFON CAKE

  • 1. Whisk the egg yolks and the first amount of sugar.
  • 2. Whisk the egg whites with the fine salt and the remaining sugar.
  • 3. Sift the strong white flour and the potato starch.
  • 4. Combine the milk and oil, then add to the egg yolk and sugar mixture. Next, add the sifted dry ingredients. Then, combine with the egg whites and sugar.
  • 5. Weigh out 600 g per silicone baking mat and bake at 170°C for 14 minutes. Cool, then cut out circles of 6 cm in diameter.

RED BERRIES CONFIT

  • 1. Combine the caster sugar and pectin NH.
  • 2. In a saucepan, add the mixture to the cold fruit purées and bring to a boil for 30 seconds. Next, add the lemon juice.
  • 3. Cool and blend until you obtain a smooth texture.
  • 4. Into a 6 cm diameter silicone mold, pipe the strawberry confit and fresh strawberry cubes, arrange a circle of cake on top, then freeze and unmold.

ALMOND AND VANILLA MOUSSE

  • 1. Roast the almonds, then chop them.
  • 2. Heat the milk and almond paste to 70°C, then add the chopped almonds and vanilla beans which have been split and their seeds scraped out. Leave to infuse for 2 hours, then strain. Make up the weight of the liquid absorbed.
  • 3. Heat the infusion and add hydrated gelatin. Cool and smooth. Add the silky textured whipped cream.
  • 4. Use an acetate sheet to line a ring of 7 cm diameter and 3.5 cm deep, pipe in the almond mousse, then drop in the insert and the crisp. Freeze then unmold.

STRAWBERRY AND RASPBERRY GLAZE

  • 1. Heat the fruit purées, lemon juice, water, and glucose to 50°C, then whisk in the sugar pre-mixed with the pectin NH.
  • 2. Heat the mixture to 85°C, blend, and strain through a fine sieve. Leave to rest overnight.
  • 3. Heat the glaze to 50°C, then glaze the entremets on a wire rack.

WHIPPED VANILLA GANACHE

  • 1. Split the vanilla beans and scrape out the seeds. Heat the first amount of cream with the vanilla beans in a saucepan, cover with film and leave to infuse overnight.
  • 2. The following day, heat the infused cream and add the hydrated gelatin. Once the gelatin is well mixed in, strain over the white chocolate, then blend using an immersion blender. Keep blending as you add the remaining cream.
  • 3. Strain through a fine sieve and place in the refrigerator overnight until ready to use.
  • 4. Beat the whipped ganache and place a spoonful into silicone molds of 6 cm in diameter, then freeze.

NEUTRAL GLAZE

  • 1. Heat the water, lemon juice, and glucose together with the bulk of the sugar to 50°C.
  • 2. Add pectin X58, mix with the remaining sugar, then blend using an immersion blender and heat to 85°C.
  • 3. Cover directly with film and leave to cool for 24 hours before use. Warm the glaze and use it to coat the whipped ganache.

DECORATION

  • 1. Melt the white chocolate and use the correct tempering temperatures. Spread a thin layer onto a 25 cm x 3.5 cm acetate sheet, cut out the centre, wrap around a metal ring, and leave to set overnight.
  • 2. Then, remove the acetate sheet. Arrange the ring of white chocolate around the frozen strawberry cake, top with whipped ganache, and thaw.
  • 3. Garnish with a strawberry and cress.