Caramel Entremet
Ingredients
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Yield
cakeUnit of Measurement
- Caramel Mousse
- 500 g heavy cream
- 40 g egg yolks
- 60 g sugar
- 50 g PreGel Caramelllatte Traditional Paste - Caramel & Milk - 27406
- 100 g milk
- 150 g PreGel Five Star Chef Fiordica Gel Evolution - 61124
- Coffee Insert
- 275 g heavy cream
- 150 g PreGel Five Star Chef Pronto Crème Caramel (Flan) - 312108
- 15 g PreGel Five Star Chef Pannacrema Coffee - 53676
- 225 g milk
- 0.5 g finely ground coffee
- Flourless Chocolate Cake
- 165 g butter
- 425 g sugar
- 8 eggs
- 120 g PreGel Five Star Chef Cacao Togo (Cocoa Powder) - 70148
- Pecan Dacquoise
- 50 g PreGel Five Star Chef Albumissimo (Meringue Powder) - 71904
- 125 g water
- 2 g salt
- 132 g sugar
- 132 g pecan meal
- 47 g powdered sugar
- Pecan Coffee Sable
- 825 g pastry flour
- 125 g almond flour
- 125 g pecan flour
- 6 g salt
- 500 g butter - cubed
- 250 g confectioner's sugar
- 120 g whole eggs
- 14 g freshly ground coffee
- as needed mycryo
- Final Assembly
- as needed PreGel smART Glaze Caramel - 96702
- Pecan Coffee Sable
- 825 g pastry flour
- 125 g almond flour
- 125 g pecan flour
- 6 g salt
- 500 g butter - cubed
- 250 g confectioner's sugar
- 120 g whole eggs
- 14 g freshly ground coffee
- as needed mycryo
- Final Assembly
- as needed PreGel smART Glaze Caramel - 96702
Method of Preparation
Caramel Mousse
- Mix together milk and sugar until dissolved and add PreGel Five Star Chef Pastry Gelatin Base - 311008.
- Add heavy cream, PreGel Caramelllatte Traditional Paste (Caramel & Milk) - 27406 and Pasteurized Egg Yolks.
- Whip to medium peaks.
Coffee Insert
- Warm milk to 40°C/140°F.
- Add PreGel 5-Star Chef Pastry Select™ Pronto Crème Caramel (Flan) - 83314 powder and stir.
- Add heavy cream, finely ground coffee and PreGel Five Star Chef Pannacrema Coffee and stir mix.
- Pour into desired mold and freeze.
Flourless Chocolate Cake
- Cream together butter and sugar.
- Add eggs, two at a time, to butter and scrape bowl between additions.
- Add sifted PreGel Cacao Togo (Cocoa Powder) - 70148.
- Pipe into desired mold and bake at 171°C/340°F for 12 minutes, or until done.
Pecan Dacquoise
- Sift together pecan meal, powdered sugar and salt.
- Whip together water and sugar until sugar is dissolved; add PreGel Five Star Chef Albumissimo (Meringue Powder) - 71904 and whip to full volume.
- Fold in sifted dry ingredients.
- Pipe into desired mold and bake at 163°C/325°F until done.
Pecan Coffee Sable
- Use the paddle attachment to combine the flour, almond and pecan flour, salt and butter cut into cubes until a sandy texture is obtained.
- Add the powdered sugar and the ground coffee.
- Last, add the eggs.
- Mix briefly until the dough is just combined, roll out, cover with cling-film and reserve in refrigerator for 24 hours.
- Roll out the dough to a thickness of 3.5 mm and line desired mold.
- Let stand for about 20 minutes and bake in the oven preheated to 160°C.
- Dust with Mycryo once out of the oven.
- Cool completely before using.
Final Assembly
- Line 8 inch ring with acetate sheet.
- Building cake upside down, pipe layer of mousse in mold.
- Place coffee insert in center of ring, pipe a second layer of mousse.
- Place flourless chocolate cake in center.
- Spread a small amount of mousse on flourless chocolate cake to make next layer stick.
- Place pecan dacquoise in center followed by a thin layer of mousse.
- Finally, place the coffee pecan sable in center.
- Level and freeze.
- Warm desired amount of PreGel Evolution Glaze - Caramel - 49532 to 90°F/32.2˚C. Stir gently as not to introduce any air bubbles to the glaze.
- Place the frozen cake onto a glazing rack on top of a sheet pan lined with parchment paper.
- Glaze the cake, being quick and completely covering the cake.
- Use an offset metal spatula to remove any excess glaze from the top of the frozen cake.
- Give the pan a few taps to help excess glaze run off the cake.
- Return to the freezer for 10 minutes.
- Remove the cake from the glazing rack and place onto a board.
- Allow cake to thaw completely before serving.