Pavlova with exotic confit

Swiss meringue with exotic confit and vanilla whipped ganache.

Dairy Eggs Fruit
Pavlova with exotic confit
Gaëtan Fiard

Gaëtan Fiard

Le Boudoir de Léa, Bordeaux, France

Ingredients

For 12 servings

Spray glazing

8 g pectin NH

200 g sugar

200 g water

100 g glucose

500 g neutral nappage

Exotic confit

6 g sugar

2.5 g pectin NH

10 g dextrose

2 g lime juice

100 g passion fruit puree

150 g mango puree

100 g fresh mango, cubed

100 g fresh pineapple, cubed

Swiss meringue

225 g egg white

450 g sugar

50 g grated coconut

Whipped ganache vanilla

360 g Debic Stand & Overrun (1)

225 g coconut puree

52 g gelatine mass (1:5)

255 g white chocolate, 33%

585 g Debic Stand & Overrun (2)

Debic products used

Preparation

Spray glazing

Dry mix the pectin with half of the sugar.

Bring the water, glucose and remaining sugar to a boil.

Add the pectin-sugar at 45°C and cook for 1 minute.

Pour over the nappage and mix with a hand blender.

Exotic confit

Dry mix the sugar with the pectin and the dextrose together.

Add them to the puree before 40°C, bring to the boil then remove from the heat. 

Add the lemon juice, blend and leave to cool overnight.

Blend to a gel and then combine with the fresh mangoes and pineapples.

Swiss meringue

Stir the egg white and sugar up to 55°C in a bain-marie.

Whip in a stir mixer until cold, poach on a baking sheet and sprinkle with toasted coconut and bake overnight at 85°C.

Whipped ganache vanilla

Bring the Stand & Overrun (1) with the coconut puree to the boil. 

Then add the gelatine mass and pour over the white chocolate in 3 stages, making sure that the emulsion is well formed.

Add the cold Stand & Overrun (2). Mix with a hand blender, strain and store into a gastro tray.

Assembly

Place the meringue shells on a tray.

Pipe dots of exotic confit on the shells.

Whip the vanilla ganache and pipe a continuous spiral around the confit, using a turn table.

Finishing touch

Decorate with fresh mangoes and pineapple, glaze.

Recipe tags Dairy Eggs Fruit
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