Quince and Green Apple Heart

Making the recipe

Serves 6-8
With Silikomart Heartix 85 mold

  • WALNUT SPONGE

    Ingrédients

    Egg whites – 90g
    Sugar – 60g
    Ground almonds – 15g
    Ground walnuts – 60g
    Melted butter – 10g

    Beat the egg whites with the sugar until stiff.
    Gently blend in the dry ingredients with a spatula, finishing with the melted butter.
    Mold the cookie into a buttered 160cm circle and bake at 180°C for approx. 12 mins.
    Once cooled, cut out hearts using the Silikomart Heartix 85 cookie cutter.
    Set aside for the assembly.

  • WALNUT CRUNCH

    Ingrédients

    Butter – 26g
    Ground walnuts – 32g
    Brown Sugar – 26g
    Flour – 26g
    Fine salt – 1g
    Cocoa butter – 10g
    Almond Hazelnut Praline – 5g

    Mix the butter, ground walnuts, brown sugar, flour and fine salt in the mixer, using the paddle.
    Coarsely crumble the dough onto a sheet of baking paper and bake like a crumble at 160°C for around 15 mins.
    Once out of the oven, crumble into a bowl and stir in the cocoa butter and praline.
    Use the Silikomart Heartix 85 cookie cutter to mold the heart-shaped mixture.
    Put the walnut crunch in the fridge for assembly.

  • SHREDDED GREEN APPLE

    Ingrédients

    Green apple – 1
    Sugar – 20g
    Cider Vinegar – 10g

    In a pan, make a dry caramel with the sugar.
    Add the peeled, finely shredded apple.
    Allow to caramelize for a moment before adding the cider vinegar.
    Remove once the apples are cooked.
    Set aside for the confit.

  • GREEN APPLE GINGER CONFIT

    Ingrédients

    Frozen puree without added sugar Green apple – 150g
    Frozen fruit puree with added sugar Ginger (specialty) – 50g
    Manzana – 10g
    Sugar – 20g
    NH pectin – 3g
    Gelatin mass – 20g
    Shredded Green apple – 150g

    In a pan, heat the purees with the Manzana.
    Sprinkle in the previously mixed pectin and sugar.
    Bring to the boil for 2-3 mins, then add the gelatin mass and shredded apple.
    Pour the mix directly into the Cupido 30 Silikomart molds (fill the molds to 2/3).
    Keep refrigerated until ready to assemble.

  • QUINCE DIPLOMAT CREAM

    Ingrédients

    Frozen puree without added sugar Quince – 100g
    Frozen puree without added sugar Lemon – 10g
    Apple Juice – 50g
    Eggs – 40g
    Sugar – 30g
    Cornflour – 13g
    Water – 25g
    Gelatin mass – 10g
    Whipped cream – 120g

    Heat the fruit purees with the apple juice in a saucepan.
    Mix the eggs with the sugar, cornflour and water, then add this mix to the pan with the purees.
    Bring to the boil like a pastry cream and add the gelatin mass once cooked.
    Cool the whole mix before folding in the whipped cream.
    Set aside for the assembly.

  • QUINCE PASTE

    Ingrédients

    Frozen puree without added sugar Quince – 150g
    Frozen fruit puree with added sugar Ginger (specialty) – 40g
    Apple Juice – 50g
    Sugar – 30g
    NH Pectin – 4.5g

    In a pan, heat the purees with the water.
    Sprinkle in the previously mixed pectin and sugar and cook at 103°C.
    Place directly in the Silikomart Cupido 30 mold and keep refrigerated for assembly.

  • GREEN APPLE GLAZE

    Ingrédients

    Frozen puree without added sugar Green apple – 200g
    Frozen puree without added sugar Lemon – 10g
    Apple Juice – 25g
    Glucose – 30g
    Inverted sugar – 30g
    Sugar – 70g
    Quick set pectin – 7.5g
    Gelatin mass – 60g
    Citric acid solution – 8g

    Heat the purees with the glucose, inverted sugar and apple juice.
    Mix the sugar and pectin, add to the hot mix and boil.
    Add the gelatin mass at the end of cooking, then the citric acid solution.
    Mix and set aside for the assembly.

Corentin Magnin

Corentin MAGNIN

With a passion for pastry making from an early age, Corentin Magnin launched his career at the age of 20 and soon became Head Pastry Chef at Maison Rostang.
After working as a trainer at UTEC Emerainville, he joined Les vergers Boiron in 2024 as French Head Chef.

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