Filled chocolate log
This dish consists of: chocolate log, mousse of chocolate liqueur, chocolate cream, basil moss, and assembly with Creme de la Creme Gold choc & pecan ice cream.Chocolate & Banyuls is a 'proven good wine-food combination.' Our wine tip: Cave L’Étoile Banyuls Doré Languedoc - France (8270713).
Ingredients
150gSoft butter
150gIcing sugar
120gSifted flour
150gEgg white
relief mat tree bark
120gDark chocolate (66–70%)
35gchocolate cream liqueur
30gcocoa powder
300gCream 35%
240gmilk chocolate
3gleaf gelatin
240gCream 35%
50gchopped hazelnuts
basil moss
2units.eetlepelcacao nibs
100gAlmond powder
30gFlour
100gFine sugar
about 10 leaves of fresh basil
400gEgg white
honey cress
Creme de la Creme Gold choc & pecan ice cream
Preparation
- Mix all ingredients in the food processor.
- Then spread (in a covering layer) over the mat.
- Bake at 170°C for about 6 to 8 minutes.
- Immediately shape into a hollow log.
- Store well-sealed in a container.
- Heat the cream and liqueur and dissolve the soaked gelatin in it.
- Pour this over the chocolate and mix well to form an emulsion.
- Let cool and set.
- Whip the mousse until airy before use.
- Put the mousse in a piping bag
- Heat the cream and mix in the milk chocolate.
- Add the chopped hazelnuts and cocoa nibs and mix well.
- Let cool and put it in a piping bag.
- Put all the ingredients, except the egg white, in the food processor and blend well so the basil is finely chopped.
- While blending, add the egg white and let everything mix well.
- Strain the mixture and transfer to a siphon.
- Charge with two cartridges.
- Let it 'set' for an hour and then pipe the mixture into cardboard cups until ¾ full.
- Place in a microwave and bake on full power for about 35 seconds.
- Let cool completely.
- Remove the airy cake from the cups and tear into small pieces.
- Pipe a line of the chocolate cream onto a plate.
- Place several scoops of ice cream on top.
- Pipe some of the chocolate mousse in between.
- Lay the log over it so that everything is covered.
- Pipe small dots of mousse on the log and 'stick' the moss and honey cress on them.
