Green Tea Opera with Dark Chocolate

Green Tea Opera with Dark Chocolate

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  • Recipe Source Name
    Real High Tea Australia Volume 2
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Ingredients

Green tea almond sponge
  • 100g icing sugar
  • 175g almond meal
  • 50g soft flour
  • 10g Dilmah Green Tea, finely ground
  • 5 eggs
  • 140g egg white
  • 100g castor sugar
  • 30g unsalted butter
Green tea buttercream
  • 350g sugar
  • 100ml water
  • 175g egg whites
  • 500g softened unsalted butter cut in small cubes
  • 40g Dilmah green tea, finely ground
Chocolate ganache
  • 372g milk
  • 72g cream
  • 600g dark chocolate, finely chopped
  • 300g melted butter

Methods and Directions

Green tea almond sponge
  • Whisk together the whole eggs, icing sugar, and almond meal in a medium size bowl. This will become your ‘whole egg blend’.
  • In a separate bowl whisk the egg whites, slowly adding the caster sugar until soft peaks form. This will form your meringue mixture.
  • Softly fold the meringue into the whole egg blend.
  • Then fold in the sifted flour and green tea powder.
  • Add the melted butter and spread the mixture thinly over a 60cm x 40cm lined baking tray.
  • Bake at 220°C for 6 minutes and remove from the oven onto a cooling rack.
Green tea buttercream
  • Boil the sugar and the water in a medium saucepan until the temperature reaches 118°C.
  • Whisk egg whites in a mixer until the liquid dissolves and then slowly add the boiling sugar in a steady stream.
  • Add the green tea powder.
  • Slowly add the cubes of soft butter.
  • Whip until all ingredients are combined well.
  • Do not refrigerate before use.
Chocolate ganache
  • Heat milk and cream in a medium saucepan on the stove until it almost reaches boiling point.
  • Place the dark chocolate in a small size bowl.
  • Pour boiling milk and cream over the chocolate.
  • Let this stand for 2 minutes.
  • Slowly mix until it forms a smooth consistency.
  • Add melted butter to finish.
  • Allow to cool and thicken before use.
To combine
  • Cut the green tea and almond sponge into four even quarters.
  • Place one sponge quarter in a 15cm x 40cm lined rectangular cake tin.
  • Spread a thin layer of the green tea buttercream evenly on the sponge.
  • Place another layer of sponge on top.
  • Spread a thin layer of chocolate ganache over the second layer of sponge.
  • Repeat steps 2–5 for the remaining two sponges.
  • Once complete, place the Green Tea Opera creation in the refrigerator for 1 hour to set.
  • Cut and serve.

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