Chocolate Garden

by Chef Kean Yap


Ingredients

Chocolate Mousse

134 g Debic Whipping Cream 35%
333 g DLP Milk
54 g Invert sugar
257 g Egg yolk
48 g Gelatine mass
601 g Dark chocolate 66%
1208 g Debic Whipping Cream 35%

Chocolate Sponge

672 g Egg yolk
582 g Sugar
672 g Egg white
179 g Sugar
336 g Rose flour
134 g Cocoa powder
201 g Debic Butter (melted) 

Caramel Cremeux

479 g DLP Milk
149 g Sugar (1)
17 g Sugar (2)
70 g Egg yolk
45 g Corn starch
165 g Debic Butter
2 g Sea salt

Chocolate Whipping Ganache

272 g Debic Stand & Overrun
9 g Glucose
9 g Inverted sugar
312 g Dark chocolate 54.5%
21 g Gelatine mass
879 g Debic Stand & Overrun (cold)

Pecan Nut Crispy Base

100 g Toasted pecan paste
240 g White chocolate 
30 g Cocoa butter
5 g Sea salt flakes
300 g Baked kunafa

Preparation

Chocolate Mousse

Mix cream, milk, invert sugar, and egg yolks to make a crème anglaise. Cook to 83°C. Add the hot mixture into chocolate and gelatine mass until fully melted. Whip cream to soft–medium peaks, then fold into the mixture at 40°C.

Chocolate Sponge

Make a sabayon: combine egg yolks, eggs, and sugar (1) in a mixing bowl. Whisk on high speed until light and fluffy (ribbon stage), then reduce to low speed to refine air bubbles. Prepare a meringue with egg whites and sugar (2), whip to medium peak. Gently fold the meringue into the sabayon, then fold in flour and cocoa powder, followed by melted butter, until fully incorporated. Bake at 180°C for 12–15 minutes, or until fully cooked.

Caramel Cremeux

Warm the milk. Make a caramel with sugar (1). Deglaze with the warm milk. Mix sugar (2), salt, and egg yolks together, then temper with the caramel milk and cook like pastry cream. Cool to 35°C, then blend in butter.

Chocolate Whipping Ganache

Warm cream, glucose, and invert sugar. Pour the mixture into dark chocolate and gelatine mass until fully melted. Mix well. When the xture reaches 32°C, add cold cream and blend well.

Pecan Nut Crispy Base

Melt white chocolate, cocoa butter, and pecan paste. Stir in sea salt flakes. Add baked kunafa and mix until well combined