Xmas Candles
Recipe by François Galtier
I. COMPOSITION
- Praliné Crumble
- Creamy Praliné Grapefruit
- Grapefruit Mousse
- White Chocolate Glaze
- Gold Praliné Glaze
- Fresh Grapefruit Segments
II. PRALINE CRUMBLE
- 150 g Hazelnut praliné 65%
- 100 g Hazelnut powder
- 100 g Flour
- 1 g Salt
- 25 g Crispy Crunchies
PROCESS
- Mix all the ingredients except the Crispy Crunchies until you get small mass.
- Then add the last ingredient and sprinkle on a baking tray.
- Bake around 20 minutes at 160°C.
III. CREAMY PRALINE GRAPEFRUIT
- 100 g Fresh grapefruit juice (1)
- 25 g Gelatin mass (1/5)
- 260 g Hazelnut praliné 65%
- 85 g Butter
- 115 g Fresh grapefruit juice (2)
PROCESS
- Heat the grapefruit juice (1) with the gelatin mass and pour over the praliné and butter.
- Mix well, add the rest of the cold grapefruit juice (2) and let it crystallize.
- For each dessert plate fill 2 truffle silicon molds ø2 cm and 1 truffle silicon mold ø3 cm, then freeze.
IV. GRAPEFRUIT MOUSSE
- 75 g Fresh grapefruit juice
- 19 g Gelatin mass (1/5)
- 170 g Obsession 30 Belgian White Chocolate
- 4 g Grapefruit zests
- 375 g Whipped cream 35% fat
PROCESS
- Heat the grapefruit juice with gelatin mass and pour over the chocolate and zests.
- At 36°C, incorporate the whipped cream delicately.
V. WHITE CHOCOLATE GLAZE
- 100 g Fresh cream 35% fat
- 15 g White chocolate coloring
- 70 g Sugar
- 410 g Glucose syrup
- 180 g Gelatin mass (1/5)
- 225 g Obsession 30 Belgian white Chocolate
- 700 g Mirror glaze neutral
PROCESS
- Boil cream with white coloring, sugar, and glucose, and pour on the gelatin to melt it.
- Add chocolate, mix well to melt all the chocolate drops and add the mirror glaze at the end.
- Blend the glaze and use at 35/40°C.
VI. GOLD PRALINE GLAZE
- 100 g Fresh cream 35% fat
- 70 g Sugar
- 410 g Glucose syrup
- 190 g Gelatin mass (1/5)
- 250 g Hazelnut praliné 65%
- 700 g Mirror glaze neutral
- SQ Gold powder
PROCESS
- Boil cream with white coloring, sugar, and glucose, and pour on the gelatin to melt it.
- Add praliné, mix well, and add the mirror glaze and gold powder at the end.
- Blend the glaze and use at 35/40°C.
VII. FRESH GRAPEFRUIT SEGMENTS
- 2 pcs Fresh grapefruit
PROCESS
- Peel the grapefruit and cut into segments.
VIII. MONTAGE
- For each dessert plate, fill with mousse 1 truffle silicon mold ø4 cm and push inside 1 frozen sphere of creamy ø2cm, 1 truffle silicon mold ø3 cm, and 1 truffle silicon mold ø2 cm, then freeze.
- Unmold, dip the balls of mousse in white chocolate glaze, and dip the balls of creamy in gold praliné glaze.
- Place the glazed balls on the plate and decorate the top with blond modeling chocolate to make it look like a real candle. Then add crumble, grapefruit segments and broken roasted hazelnut.