Happy Easter

Entremets with cream cheese, Madeleine cake, and apple.


Easter
Nicolas Arnaud

Nicolas Arnaud

European Champion Patisserie 2016, Brussels, Belgium

Ingredients

For 3 servings

Cream cheese mousse

13 g gelatine powder

65 g water (1)

80 g egg yolk

80 g water (2)

160 g sugar

500 g Debic Cream Cheese

550 g Debic Stand & Overrun

Madeleine cake

66 g egg yolk

250 g whole egg

230 g icing sugar

205 g flour

8.5 g baking powder

1 g salt

375 g Debic Cake Butter

Apple compote

150 g Granny Smith apple

250 g green apple purée

30 g fresh lemon juice

80 g sugar

7 g pectin NH

3 g gelatine powder

15 g water

Glaçage

570 g glucose syrup

570 g sugar

372 g water (1)

395 g condensed milk (1 can)

270 g cocoa butter

0.5 g green colouring

1 g yellow colouring

30 g gelatine powder

150 g water (2)

Decoration

3 chocolate eggs

1 chocolate disc

marzipan flower decorations

Preparation

Cream cheese mousse

Hydrate the gelatine powder with the first water.

Cook a syrup with the sugar and second water to 121 °C. 

Pour the syrup in a thin stream over the beaten egg yolk until approximately 40 °C. 

Soften the cream cheese with the hot melted gelatine mass and combine. 

Fold in the semi-whipped cream.

Use immediately.

Madeleine cake

Mix the eggs and icing sugar.

Sieve the baking powder, flour and salt; combine.

Fold in the melted butter.

Let stand for 2 hours.

Bake at 190 °C for 7–8 minutes.

Apple compote

Hydrate the gelatine with cold water. 

Cut the apples into brunoise and add the lemon juice. 

Heat the apple purée to 40 °C, then add the pectin-sugar mixture.

Bring everything to a boil, then stop cooking by incorporating the gelatine mass and the apples. 

Portion in sillicone Ø14 cm moulds and freeze.

Almond dacquoise

Sieve and premix the flour with the first sugar and ground almonds. 

Whip the egg whites with the second sugar to a soft peak meringue.

Combine and spread over a baking tray.

Bake at 185 °C for 18–20 minutes.

Glaçage

Hydrate the gelatin with the second water. 

Bring all the ingredients to a boil except the cocoa butter and colouring. 

Pour over the cocoa butter, colouring agents and gelatine mass. 

Mix with a hand blender.

Leave overnight.

Use at 35 °C.

Assembly

Build up the entremets upside down.

Portion 3/4 of the cream cheese mousse into the circles and push in the frozen apple compote. 

Continue with the remaining mousse and close with the madeleine cake.

Freeze.

Finishing touch

Unmould the circles and glaze with the orange glaçage. 

Finish with the chocolate eggs on a chocolate disc and decorate with the marzipan.

Debic Moments brochure
Celebrate every moment

Every calendar is filled with celebration opportunities. Get your free brochure and unlock 5 base recipes, 10+ seasonal ideas, plus exclusive tips to make your cakes shine all year round.

Explore more