‘Knoppers’ chocolate dessert
This dessert is made by Marco van der Wijngaard, chef of ’t Amsterdammertje and member of the Culinary Team The Netherlands.This dish consists of:
- Mocca tuile
- Marbré of hazelnut ganache with nut praline ganache and cake
- Nut cream
- Chocolate galette
- Boerenjongens (raisins in brandy)
- Rum ice cream
Ingredients
70gIcing sugar
mocha extract
70gEgg white
70gButter
70gFlour
210units.centiliterCream 35%
12units.centiliterHazelnut oil
25gInvert sugar
200gDark chocolate (66–70%)
25gGlucose
5units.itemsGelatine sheets
20gpraliné
1gSalt
50gButter
200gganache base
180gPecans
100gAlmonds
1gSalt
100gpraliné hazelnut paste
100ghazelnuts
0.2lHazelnut syrup
0.1lSugar water 1:1
0.1lcoffee
11gAgar
0.2lCoffee syrup
0.2lWhite chocolate
200gGranulated sugar
60ggel crema
800mlWater
200gIsomalt
400gMilk chocolate
60mlWater
100mlRum
50gRaisins
15gSugar
1units.itemsStar anise
0.5units.itemsVanilla pod
300units.centiliterSugar water 1:1
6units.itemsGelatine sheets
100mlRum
2units.itemslime juice
100gYogurt
500units.centiliterTonic
Preparation
- Carefully mix the ingredients with a whisk and let rest for half an hour.
- Spread in a mold and bake for 8 minutes at 160ÀöC.
- Bring the cream, glucose, and invert sugar to a boil.
- Mix the dark chocolate, hazelnut oil, praline, and gelatin, and pour the cream mixture over this. Blend with an immersion blender and finish with the butter and salt.
- Spread the mixture in a mold.
- Brown all the nuts, chop finely, and mix with the ganache.
- Spread in a 'sultana' mold.
- Mix all ingredients, bring to a boil, and let cool.
- Blend until smooth and strain through a fine sieve.
- Blend all ingredients except the chocolate for 30 minutes at 80°C in the thermoblender.
- Pour over the chocolate, mix well, and let cool.
- Spread in a mold and let dry for 30 minutes at 120°C.
- Soak the raisins in the rum.
- Mix with the remaining ingredients and heat until just below boiling.
- Vacuum seal and let sit for at least a week.
- Let the rum, tonic, sugar water, lime juice, and gelatin simmer gently.
- Blend the yogurt with the pro sorbet and cortina.
- Place the mixture in a shock freezer and let it harden.
- Churn, pipe into a mold, and freeze again.






