TROPICAL FRUITS PETIT GATEAU

Making the recipe

For 20 petits gateaux – 8cm diameter

  • Sponge Cake

    Ingrédients

    Egg yolks – 136g
    Egg whites – 245g
    Sugar – 150g
    Potato starch – 85g
    Flour (T55) – 85g
    Icing sugar – 40g

    Whip up the egg whites in medium speed.
    In the meantime, beat egg yolks until fluffy.
    Sieve the potato starch with flour.
    When the egg whites are getting foamy, increase the speed and add sugar gradually.
    Combine both eggs mixture gently and add the dry ingredients.
    Mix gently and spread on tray 60x40cm.
    Sprinkle with icing sugar.
    Bake at 180°C for 8mn.

  • Tropical Fruits Confit

    Ingrédients

    Frozen puree without added sugar 4 Tropical fruits – 120g
    Frozen puree without added sugar Mango – 32g
    Sugar – 20g
    Pectin NH – 4g
    Gelatin mixture – 9g
    Frozen puree without added sugar Mango – 20g
    Frozen puree without added sugar Bergamot – 10g

    Combine sugar with pectin. Pour over tropical fruits puree and 32g of mango puree.
    Boil and remove from the stove.
    Add gelatin and remaining purees.
    Put in the fridge overnight.
    Blend before use.

  • Banana Cream

    Ingrédients

    Frozen puree without added sugar Banana – 145g
    Frozen puree without added sugar 4 Tropical fruits – 14g
    White chocolate – 60g
    Cocoa butter – 10g
    Cream (35% fat) – 75g
    Fresh nutmeg – 0.2g
    Gelatin mixture – 8g

    Combine both purees. Set aside.
    Warm the cream with nutmeg, gelatin and cocoa butter.
    Pour over white chocolate and blend with hand blender.
    Add the purees and blend again.

  • Passion Fruit Whipped Cream

    Ingrédients

    Cream (35% fat) – 353g
    Gelatin mixture – 12g
    Invert sugar – 28g
    White chocolate – 93g
    Frozen puree without added sugar Passion fruit – 90g
    Frozen puree without added sugar 4 Tropical fruits – 10g

    Heat up 100g of cream with gelatin and invert sugar. Pour over chocolate and blend with hand blender.
    Add the rest of the cream and blend again while adding the purees.
    Put in the fridge overnight.

  • White Chocolate Mousse

    Ingrédients

    Milk – 180g
    Cream – 90g
    Sugar – 18g
    Egg yolks – 55g
    Gelatin mixture – 60g
    White Chocolate – 307g
    Cream (35% fat) – 500g

    Make a creme anglaise with milk, 90g of cream, egg yolks and sugar.
    Add gelatin and mix with hand blender.
    Pour over white chocolate.
    Temper at 33°C and add whipped cream.

  • Spraying Glaze

    Ingrédients

    Frozen puree without added sugar Bergamot – 60g
    Frozen puree without added sugar 4 Tropical fruits – 160g
    Neutral glaze – 440g

    Heat up all ingredients until 65°C.
    Use immediately.

Assembly

Cut the sponge with a 7cm diameter cutter and pipe randomly the tropical fruit confit on it.
Scoop the banana cream in between and pipe the passion fruit whipped cream over. Freeze this insert.
Place the insert in the rings and pour the white chocolate mousse to level. Freeze.
Take the ring off and pipe the remaining passion fruit whipped cream on top to have uneven stripes.
Freeze and spray with spraying glaze.

Gael Etrillard

Gaël ETRILLARD

Gael Etrillard is an internationally renowned pastry chef, known for his mastery of patisserie and his ability to combine traditional techniques with modern innovations.
His outstanding career and numerous awards have made him a household name in the world of patisserie.

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