Pink Pomelo

Made by Chef Loi Ming Ai

Cakes and tarts Viennoiserie
Pink Pomelo

Ingredients

For 66 servings

Sable Reconstitute

486 g baked almond shortcrust

174 g Debic Butter

Almond Shortcrust

140 g Debic Butter

102 g icing sugar

255 g flour

51 g almond powder

1 g salt

51 g whole egg

Lemon Cheesecake

633 g Debic Cream Cheese

266 g whole egg

266 g icing sugar

15 g flour

26 g lemon juice

633 g sour cream

511 g Debic Stand & Overrun

1.5 nos lemon zest

Grapefruit Marmaladec

277 g ponthier grapefruit puree

187.5 g ponthier strawberry puree

27.5 g ponthier yuzu puree

11 g ingredium pectin nhx

45 g caster sugar

75 g grapefruit confit

277/3nos grapefruit segment (2)

Grapefruit Confit

160 g grapefruit peel

240 g caster sugar

400 g ponthier grapefruit puree

Orange Blossom Chantilly

250 g Debic Whipping Cream 35% (1)

125 g glucose syrup

1/2 nos norohy vanilla pod

45 g gelatin mass

1000 g Debic Whipping Cream 35% (2)

200 g mascarpone

5 g orange blossom water

Neutral Glaze

330 g valrhona absolu cristal glaze

33 g water

Preparation

Sable Reconstitute

Mix the crushed baked almond crust with pomade butter together until well combined. In a 5 cm diameter ring, press in 9 g of the sable until compact. 

 

Temperature: 155˚C ; Time: 10 minutes ; Vent: Out (fan 4) ; Thickness: 9 g ; Mould: SF204

Almond Shortcrust

Mix butter, icing sugar, flour, almond powder and salt in a mixing bowl with a paddle attachment until it reaches sandy texture. Gradually add in whole eggs until it forms a dough. Roll the dough to 2 mm thickness and keep in freezer before bake. 

Temperature: 150˚C ; Time: 15 minutes ; Vent: Out (fan 4)

Lemon Cheesecake

Make a sour cream by mixing 318 g of whipping cream and 318 g of Greek yogurt together in a bowl. Blend the cream cheese, whole egg, icing sugar, corn starch and lemon juice together in a Robot Coupe at 25˚C. Gradually add in sour cream and whipping cream, blend at low speed. Fold in lemon zest. Pipe 35 g of the cheesecake mixture onto the baked sable reconstitute and bake at 120°C for 28 minutes. 

Temperature: 120˚C ; Time: 28 minutes ; Vent: Out (fan 2) ; Thickness: 35 g ; Mould: SF204

Grapefruit Marmalade

Mix pectin and caster sugar together in a separate bowl. Warm the purees to 45°C in a saucepan. Whisk in pectin mixture and bring to a boil. Stir in grapefruit confit and grapefruit segment (2). Pipe 15 g of grapefruit marmalade onto the baked cheesecake. 

Thickness: 13 g

Grapefruit Confit

Blanch the grapefruit peels 3 times in fresh water. Bring the puree and caster sugar to a boil in a saucepan, then add in the blanched grapefruit peels and cook on low heat for 45 minutes. When it reaches 55 Brix, blend in a Robot Coupe until a smooth paste is obtained. Reserve in the chiller for later use.

Orange Blossom Chantilly

Warm the whipping cream (1) with glucose syrup, vanilla bean and gelatin mass together to 36˚C. Emulsify well with whipping cream (2), mascarpone and orange blossom water together. Preserve in the chiller for later use.

Neutral Glaze

Bring the absolu cristal glaze and water to boil in a saucepan.

Assembly

Weigh 9 g of sable reconstitute into SF204, and flat it with a stamp. Bake at 155˚C for 10 minutes. Fill in 35 g of lemon cheesecake base and bake at 120˚C for 28 minutes. Pour 13 g of grapefruit marmalade on the lemon baked cheesecake and freeze. Whip the orange blossom chantilly and pipe around the frozen insert and freeze again. Spray a thin layer of neutral glaze on the frozen orange blossom chantilly. Pipe grapefruit confit on the surface and place pomelo pulps on top of the confit. Garnish with red garnett, grapefruit confit and lime zest.