ALMOND LOLLIPOP WITH SAFFRON GANACHE AND PORTUGUESE ALMOND CAKE

ALMOND LOLLIPOP WITH SAFFRON GANACHE AND PORTUGUESE ALMOND CAKE

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Billy Chang
Jeffery Lai

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  • Sub Category Name
    Combo
    Desserts
  • Recipe Source Name
    Real High Tea 2014/15 Volume 1

Ingredients

Portuguese Almond Cake
  • 50g sugar
  • 25ml water
  • 22g almond powder
  • 21g egg yolk
  • 20g eggs
  • 3g bread crumbs
  • 2g butter
Saffron Ganache
  • 100ml cream
  • 0.2g saffron
  • 27g invert sugar
  • 27g dry butter
  • 183g milk chocolate
  • 17g cocoa butter
Almond Tuile
  • 50g almond flakes
  • 67g sugar
  • 17g bread flour
  • 12g eggs
  • 37g egg whites
Chocolate Almond Coating
  • 200g dark chocolate 65%
  • 50g cacao butter
  • 100g almonds
Pastillage
  • 50g icing sugar
  • 3g gelatin
  • 5ml water
  • 10g white chocolate
  • 5g red powder
  • 20g dark chocolate 65%
  • 1g saffron

Methods and Directions

Portuguese Almond Cake
  • Cook the sugar and water until thick, then add in almond powder and bread crumbs.
  • Stir egg yolk and eggs in the thick syrup, and then combine with butter.
  • Pipe the mixture into a small metal tube with parchment paper inside.
  • Bake at 180°C for 20 minutes.
Saffron Ganache
  • Infuse the saffron in cream for 24 hours.
  • Heat up the cream, saffron, invert sugar and pour onto the milk chocolate and cocoa butter.
  • Emulsify using a blender.
  • Add butter at last and blend well.
  • Spread
Almond Tuile
  • Combine the almond flakes, sugar and bread flour, then stir the eggs and egg whites in.
  • Spread the mixture with offset spatula with the help of a pre-cut rectangular cake board.
  • Bake at 180°C for 10 minutes. Use a metal tube to roll up immediately once out of the oven.
Chocolate Almond Coating
  • Bake the almond at 180°C for 8 minutes. Then chop coarsely.
  • Melt the cacao butter and dark chocolate separately in bain-marie, then mix together with almonds.
Pastillage
  • Melt gelatin with water, then add in the icing sugar, knead until smooth.
  • Roll the Pastillage into 1mm thickness, cut into flower shape.
  • Mix the white chocolate with yellow powder and then pipe a dot onto the center of the flower.
  • Temper the dark chocolate, spread between two plastic sheets and cut into round shapes.

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