Refined Bond

Made by Chef Kean Yap

Cakes and tarts Viennoiserie
Refined Bond

Ingredients

Earl Grey Mousse

500 g Debic Stand & Overrun

25 g earl grey tea powder (5%)

188 g pate a bombe

35 g gelatine mass

500 g Debic Butter Sheet

Pate a bomb

207 g sugar

89 g water

Hazelnut Cremeaux

150 g Milk 

432 g Debic Stand & Overrun

45 g gelatine mass

114 g milk chocolate

150 g hazelnut Paste

21 g cocoa butter

Crispy Base

100 g almond paste

300 g white chocolate

30 g cocoa butter

5 g sea salt flakes

300 g feulletine

Earl Grey Tea Ganache

240 g Debic Whipping Cream 35%

210 g Dutch Lady Professional Full Cream UH

90 g inverted sugar

45 g earl grey tea leaf

330 g milk chocolate 33.6%

90 g Debic Butter

105 g gelatine mass

Chocolate Sponge

672 g egg yolk

582 g sugar (a

672 g egg white

179 g sugar (b)

336 g cake flour (protein 8%)

134 g cocoa powder

201 g melted Debic Butter

Mandarin Yuzu Gelee

216 g mandarin puree

78 g yuzu puree

78 g sugar

5 g nh pectin

10 g orange zest

Preparation

Earl Grey Mousse

Blend the Earl Grey tea powder with the cream.

Whip the cream to soft peaks and prepare the pate a bomb.

In a pot, bring the sugar and water to a boil at 120°C. Whisk the egg yolks separately.

Once the sugar syrup reaches 120°C, slowly pour it into the whisked egg yolks and continue whisking until the mixture reaches ribbon stage.

Take a small portion of the cream and mix it with the melted gelatine mass.

Gently fold in the pate a bomb

Crispy Base

Melt the white chocolate, cocoa butter, and almond paste. Stir in the sea salt flakes until well combined.

Add the feuilletine to the mixture and stir until fully incorporated.

Earl Grey Tea Ganache

Whisk egg yolks and sugar (a) into a sabayon for around 15 to 20 minutes, until it reaches ribbon stage.

Whisk egg whites and sugar (b) into a meringue until medium peak.

Fold the sabayon, meringue, and dry ingredients together. Then, take a portion of the mixture and mix it with the warm melted butter.

Fold the butter mixture back into the main batter, then spread onto a baking tray.

Fold the butter mixture back into the main batter, then spread onto a baking tray.

Hazelnut Cremeaux

Warm the milk and Debic Stand & Overrun

Add the gelatine mass to the warm mixture and stir until fully melted

Slowly pour the mixture over the milk chocolate, hazelnut paste, praline, and cocoa butter, then blend until smooth

Mandarin Yuzu Gelee

Infuse mandarin puree, yuzu puree, and orange zest in a vacuum bag for at least 2 hours in the chiller.

Mix sugar and NH pectin together, then sieve out the orange zest once infused.

Warm up the mandarin and yuzu puree to around 45°C, then add in the pectin and sugar, stirring well. Boil the mixture until it reaches 100°C.

Pour into the mold or ring, then freeze. Prepare for assembly.