Strawberry fields

Nutty sponge with strawberry rhubarb confit and yoghurt mousse.

Dairy Fruit Nuts
Strawberry fields
Bart de Gans

Bart de Gans

Perfri, Meerkerk, The Netherlands

Ingredients

For 18 servings

Pressed sablé crumble

500 g almond shortcrust pastry

120 g white chocolate

120 g feuilletine

Nutty sponge

155 g hazelnuts

235 g egg whites

115 g sugar

2 g salt

175 g flour T65

195 g whole eggs

125 g water

Confit strawberry rhubarb

375 g strawberries

110 g sugar

110 g atomized glucose

15 g pectin NH

4 g gelatine

375 g poached rhubarb

8 g yuzu juice

Vanilla ganache

150 g milk

100 g Debic Stand & Overrun

1 vanilla pod

10 g sugar

2 g pectin X58

45 g cocoa butter

335 g white chocolate

Basil anglaise

250 g Debic Stand & Overrun

250 g milk

65 g honey

125 g egg yolk

4 g gelatine

10 g fresh basil

Yoghurt mousse (anglaise)

250 g milk

250 g Debic Stand & Overrun

125 g egg yolk

65 g sugar

Yoghurt mousse (part 2)

500 g anglaise

50 g calamansi juice

12 g gelatine

200 g yoghurt

300 g Debic Stand & Overrun

Chantilly

½ vanilla pod

85 g sugar

1 l Debic Stand & Overrun

Debic products used

Preparation

Pressed sablé crumble

Once the shortcrust pastry has cooled after baking, weigh it and break into pieces.

Mix it with the melted white chocolate and the feuilletine.

Spread it out into the shape/design of your choice and let it set.

Nutty sponge

Roast the hazelnuts.

Whip the egg white with the sugar.

Mix the toasted nuts, salt, and flour.

Add the eggs and water and stir them in.

Gently fold in the meringue using a spatula.

Bake on a 60x40 sheet for 12 minutes at 175°C.

Confit strawberry rhubarb

Heat the strawberries at 40°C, add the mixture of sugar, atomized glucose and pectin NH.

Bring to a boil.

Add the dehydrated gelatine, mix well.

Pour over the rhubarb and yuzu juice and mix with a hand blender.

Vanilla ganache

Heat the milk and the Stand & Overrun and infuse the vanilla pod.

Mix the sugar and pectin X58 and incorporate into the cream mixture and bring to a boil.

Mix with the melted cocoa butter and white chocolate. 

Use a hand blender to achieve a perfect emulsion.

Basil anglaise

Heat the Stand & Overrun and milk.

Mix honey with the egg yolks and mix well.

Heat it until 84°C and add the gelatine which is dehydrated in water.

Cool down till 35°C.

Mix in the basil with a hand blender.

Yoghurt mousse (anglaise)

Prepare an anglaise at 84°C with the ingredients above.

Yoghurt mousse (part 2)

Bring the anglaise till 45°C. 

Mix in the calamansi juice and the pre-soaked, melted gelatine. 

Add the yoghurt followed by the soft whipped cream.

Chantilly

Add the vanilla and sugar to the Stand & Overrun and whip to a soft peaked chantilly.

Use at once.

Assembly

Make the pressed sablé and place in a baking tin.

Then cut the nutty sponge cake into the desired size.

Start by preparing the confit and apply on the biscuit.

Finishing touch

Pipe the vanilla ganache, place a layer of sponge and continue with the basil anglaise.

This will be the interior that is placed in the desired shape after preparing the yoghurt mousse.

Recipe tags Dairy Fruit Nuts
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