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Caramel Coffee Entremet

Caramel Coffee Entremet

Ingredients
  

Almond biscuit:

  • 60 g powdered sugar
  • 65 g almond flour
  • 40 ml whole milk
  • 150 g egg whites
  • 25 g white sugar

Praline croustillant:

  • 60 g praline paste
  • 30 g milk chocolate (melted)
  • 30 g paillete feuilletine

Mascarpone mousse:

  • 30 g egg yolks
  • 45 g white sugar
  • 90 ml whole milk
  • Seeds from 1 vanilla pod
  • 2 g gelatin + 10ml cold water
  • 85 g mascarpone cheese
  • 100 ml heavy cream (whipped)

Caramel cremeux:

  • 80 ml heavy cream
  • 30 g egg yolks
  • 50 g white sugar
  • 20 ml water
  • 10 g liquid glucose
  • 20 ml heavy cream (hot)
  • 2 g gelatin + 10ml cold water
  • 5 ml Amaretto

Coffee Dulcey mousse:

  • 70 g egg yolks
  • 15 g white sugar
  • 90 ml whole milk
  • 4 g gelatin + 20ml cold water
  • 2 g instant coffee
  • 10 ml coffee liqueur
  • 195 g Dulcey chocolate (melted)
  • 250 ml heavy cream (whipped)

Mirror glaze:

  • 75 ml water
  • 150 g white sugar
  • 150 g liquid glucose
  • 12 g gelatin + 60ml cold water
  • 100 ml sweetened condensed milk
  • 150 g white chocolate
  • Red food coloring

Instructions
 

Almond biscuit:

  • Combine the powdered sugar, almond flour and milk in a bowl to form a paste.
  • Whip up a meringue from the egg whites and 25g white sugar until it's firm and glossy.
  • Fold the meringue into the almond flour mixture.
  • Spread the batter in a baking tray lined with parchment paper. It should be a thin layer of batter.
  • Bake in the preheated oven at 350F for 10-12 minutes or until slightly golden brown.
  • Allow to cool down then cut out the needed shape.

Praline croustillant:

  • Mix all the ingredients in a bowl.
  • Roll this mixture between two sheets of baking paper then freeze.
  • Using the cutter provided by the Jr. Pillow mould, cut a piece of croustillant to fit the insert. Place back in the freezer.

Caramel cremeux:

  • Bloom the gelatin in cold water.
  • Combine 80ml heavy cream and egg yolks in a pot and place over low heat. Cook until it reaches 82C.
  • Combine the white sugar, water and glucose in a saucepan and cook to a golden brown caramel.
  • Deglaze with the hot heavy cream.
  • Mix the caramel with the cooked cream and yolks then stir in the gelatin, followed by Amaretto.
  • Pour the mixture in your insert mould.
  • Freeze for a few hours.

Mascarpone mousse:

  • Bloom the gelatin in cold water.
  • Heat the milk and vanilla in a saucepan.
  • Mix the egg yolks and sugar in a bowl. Pour the hot milk over then return back on heat and cook until it reaches 82C.
  • Remove from heat and stir in the gelatin.
  • Allow the mixture to cool down slightly then add the mascarpone.
  • Fold in the heavy cream then pour the mousse over the caramel cremeux.
  • Place the praline croustillant on top.
  • Freeze the insert for a few hours.

Coffee mousse:

  • Bloom the gelatin in cold water.
  • Heat the milk in a saucepan.
  • Combine the egg yolks and sugar in a bowl then pour the hot milk over. Return back on heat and cook until thickened or it reaches 82C. Add the instant coffee as well.
  • Remove from heat and stir in the gelatin.
  • Pour over the Dulcey chocolate and mix until smooth.
  • Stir in the coffee liqueur then add the heavy cream, whipped.
  • Pour half of the mousse in the Mr. Pillow mould. Remove the insert from the Jr. Pillow mould and place it over the coffee mousse.
  • Fill the mould with the remaining mousse then place a layer of almond biscuit on top.
  • Freeze for a few hours.

Mirror glaze:

  • Bloom the gelatin in cold water.
  • Combine the water, sugar and glucose in a saucepan and bring them to 103C.
  • Remove from heat and stir in the gelatin then pour in the condensed milk.
  • Pour this mixture over the white chocolate and allow to sit for 5minutes.
  • Mix well with a spatula just until smooth then add the oil and food coloring and mix the glaze with an immersion blender, making sure not to incorporate too much air - air bubbles in the glaze are annoying and they take away the beauty of the glaze.
  • Allow the glaze to cool to 35-40C before using.

To finish the entremet:

  • Remove the cake from the freezer and unmould it.
  • Place the cake on a cake grill then evenly pour the glaze over the cake, covering all its sides.
  • Allow the glaze to drip off then place it on a cake board.
  • Decorate as you wish!

Notes

This recipe is for Jr. Pillow and Mr. Pillow Silikomart cake moulds.
If you wish to avoid almond biscuit leftovers, only make half of a batch!
Replace Dulcey chocolate with white or milk chocolate.