
Pecan pie
Pastry by Bart de Gans, tough boutique patisserie.For years, pastry chef and chocolatier Bart de Gans (35) has been inspiring others with his bold yet elegant boutique patisserie.
Ingredients
200gButter
3gSalt
200galmond paste
75gEgg
125gBrown sugar
500gFlour
250galmond paste
200gButter
150gpecan praline
200gEgg yolk
260gEgg
3.6gSalt
3.6gVanilla bean
214gBrown sugar
720gPecans
336gGlucose
56gButter
10gWater
100gGlucose
100gButter
100gSugar
4gSalt
130gPecans
470gSugar
39gliqueur
11gSalt
130gButter
1gvanilla beans
350gWhite chocolate
175gpecan praline
313gGlucose
784gCream
40gSugar
190gAlmond powder
270gWhole egg
30gCocoa powder
35gButter
30gall-purpose flour
3gCustard powder
160gEgg white
10gfive spices powder
190gSugar
Preparation
- Mix the almond paste together with the butter, sugar, and salt (spices) until a homogeneous mixture.
- Add the egg and then the flour.
- Knead into a dough, roll out to 2 mm thickness.
- Heat the butter to 45°C.
- Mix almond paste with the egg yolk and pecan praline.
- Add the melted butter, pipe onto the dough.
- Heat the butter together with the glucose, vanilla, and salt.
- Add the brown sugar and eggs, mix well.
- Fill each tart with the caramel mixture.
- Melt the glucose with the sugar and water.
- Cut the butter into pieces and mix it with the above until a homogeneous mixture is formed.
- Spread the mixture on a baking mat and bake for 10 to 15 minutes in an oven at 160°C.
- Simmer the cream with the glucose and the vanilla.
- Make a dry caramel with the sugar.
- Stop the cooking with the hot cream, heat the mixture to 104°C.
- Let the temperature drop to 75°C, then make an emulsion with the chocolate and pecan praline.
- When the mixture reaches 35°C, add the butter, salt, and liqueur and blend.
- Mix the egg, smallest portion of sugar and almond powder.
- Heat the butter to 45°C.
- Whip the egg white with the sugar until light and airy.
- Combine all the airy components.
- Sift the flour, five-spice, cocoa powder, and custard powder so everything mixes.
- Add the butter and spread over a stencil.
- Bake the chocolate joconde at 220°C.
Prepare the dough and shape it in a desired mold. Fill halfway with frangipane and bake the whole thing. After cooling, fill with the salted pecan caramel. Decorate with soft caramel, nougatine, and joconde.



