SHORTCRUST PASTRY
Ingrédients
Butter – 200g
Ordinary T55 flour – 250g
Icing sugar – 110g
Egg yolks – 16g
Lemon zest – 1/2
Orange zest – 1/2
Refined salt – 2g
Vanilla pod – 1/2
Mix the softened butter with the grated vanilla, zests and refined salt.
Blend in the flour and egg yolks.
Store in the refrigerator, spread to 3mm, cut into 18cm rounds and bake at 165°C for approx. 12 minutes.
CALISSON BISCUIT
Ingrédients
Raw almond paste – 315g
Candied orange paste – 115g
Eggs – 215g
Egg yolks – 43g
Clementine zest – 1 piece
Corn starch – 30g
Mix the almond paste with the orange paste and gradually blend with the eggs and egg yolks.
Add the clementine zest and beat with the mixer.
Fold in the sieved corn starch and spread on a 40×30.
Silpat edged baking tray.
Bake at 165°C for approx. 15 minutes.
Chill, remove from the mould and cut into 16cm rounds.
CLEMENTINE AND ORANGE MARMALADE
Ingrédients
Clementines – 170g
Oranges – 85g
Caster sugar – 63g
Frozen puree without added sugar PGI Corsican Clementine – 50g
Fine salt – 1g
Water – small quantity
Pectin NH325 – 1g
Cut the oranges into pieces and blanch in cold water.
Drain without squeezing, add the chopped clementines and salt, and cover with cold water.
Simmer for 7 minutes.
Drain without squeezing, mix in the food processor.
Add the Corsican clementine juice and half the sugar.
Boil, add the rest of the sugar mixed with pectin and pour onto the baking tray.
Chill to 4°C then spread 40g of compote on each Calisson biscuit.
QUINCE COMPOTE
Ingrédients
Frozen puree without added sugar Quince – 315g
Frozen puree without added sugar Pear – 125g
Water – 15ml
Pectin – 5g
Caster sugar – 32g
Xanthan Gum – 1g
Mix the sugar, glucose and pectin.
Heat the purees and water, then add the powders.
Bring to the boil and set aside at 4°C.
Mix and pipe onto the biscuits covered in 130g of marmalade, then fill the 12cm semi-circles with 35g of compote.
QUINCE CREAM
Ingrédients
Frozen puree without added sugar Quince – 325g
Frozen puree without added sugar Pear – 100g
Caster sugar – 60g
Gelatine powder – 11g
Water – 77ml
Liquid cream – 435ml
Mix the purées.
Take one quarter and add the sugar.
Heat and pour onto the hydrated gelatine.
Pour the rest onto the purees.
At 30°C, add the whipped cream.
Fill the 18cm moulds with 200g of cream and add the marmalade-covered biscuit and compote.
Smooth evenly.
Pipe the rest of the cream into 12cm diameter capsules and add the quince compote.
Smooth evenly and freeze all the ingredients at -24°C.
WHITE COATING
Ingrédients
White couverture chocolate 33% – 150g
Cocoa butter – 100g
Melt the ingredients together at 40°C and pulverise the lower parts.
Spread onto the cooked shortbread.
ORANGE GLAZING
Ingrédients
Neutral glaze – 250g
Glucose – 25g
Water – 25ml
Natural yellow colouring – small quantity
Natural orange colouring – small quantity
Vanilla – 1/2 piece
Heat all the ingredients together at 80°C and pulverise onto the quince cream capsules.
White chocolate laced ball with quince, neutral and orange coloured glazing.
Orange glazing
White coating
Quince cream
Quince compote
Marmalade
Calisson biscuit
Shortbread
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