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BACHOUR
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FEATURING STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS
FOR MAKING LAMINATED DOUGH
Girone sana aa5 Preface
7 Foreword
10 Puff Pastry
12 Palmiers
14° Apple Tart
18 Vanilla Napoleon
20 Chocolate Napoleon
22 Diplomat Napoleon
24 Raisin Scones
Butter Croissant
‘Almond Croissant
Baklava Croissant
Dulce de Leche Croissant
Giandufe Croissant
Mascarpone and Strawberry Croissant
Passion Fruit Croissant
Pecan Croissant
Chocolate Baton Croissant
Carrot Croissant
Chocolate Almond Praline Croissant
Hazelnut Praline Croissant
Pain aux Chocolat
Chocolate Croissant
Kougin-amann
Pistachio Raspberry Croissant
Guaya and Cheese Croissant
Mojito Croissant
Mango Croissant
Mascarpone Mixed Berry Croissant
‘Coconut Croissant
Pain aux Raisins
Babka Croissant
‘Mango Passion Fruit Croissant
Pear Croissant
98 Vanilla Brioche
Almond Brioche
Chocolate Custard Brioche
Chocolate Hazelnut Brioche
Coconut Brioche
Kouglof
Savarin
114 Tiramisu Brioche
CONTENTS
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Almond Blueberry Loaf Cake
Banana Loaf Cake
Carrot Loaf Cake
Chocolate Loaf Cake
Corn Financier
Hazelnut Financier
Pistachio Financier with
White Chocolate Whipped Ganache
Praline Passion Fruit Loaf Cake
Olive Oil Madeleines
Brownies
Choux Pastry
Chocolate Eclair
Strawberry and Cream
Passion Fruit Eclair
Canelés
Sable
Chocolate Sablé
Lemon Basil Tart
Strawberry Tart
Gianduja Tart
Milk Chocolate Raspberry Tart
Dulcey Sablé Cookies
Salted Caramel Chocolate Sablé Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate White Chocolate Chip Cookies
Macadamia Nut Cookies
‘Oatmeal Raisin CookiesBUFF PASTAY
Yields 1 Full Sheet Par
Puft Pastry Dough
8.3 ounces/250 grams all-purpose flour
8.3 oumes/260.rams bread four
¥5 tablespoon/25 grams salt
5.8 ounces/175 grunts water
3.3 ounces/100 grams tinsalted butter
1 teaspoons grams white vinegar
All-purpose flour, as needed for dusting
In a stand mixer fited with the paddle attachment set on
the 1" speed, mix all the ingredients except the additional
all-purpose flour for dusting and incorporate for 3-4
Lightly flour a sheet pan with the additional flour
Transfer mixture to the shect pan and form into a flat square
and cover with plastic wrap.
Allow the dough to rest in the refrigerator for about 2 hours.
‘To Mix and Shape Butter Block
13.3 ounces/400 grams unsalted butter,
2ounced/56 grants bread flour
In a stand mixture fitted with the paddle attachment add
butter and flour and mix untit smooth,
Place a piece of parchment paper on the table. Remove the
nisture from the bowl and center on the parchment.
h another parchment paper and pound the top of
er from the left to right with a rolling pin to begin
to flaten it into a square. Cover and place in the refrigerator
for 2-3 hrs,
‘Te Laminate Butter Block
After 2-3 hours continue to flatten and laminate the Butter
Block until you make a square 5mm thick. Cover and refrig.
crate for at least 2 hours before using
‘To Laminate Dough
Puif Pastry Dough
Laminated Butier Square
Stretch the dough and place the chilled laminated butter
square on the dough for lamination. Give 2 simple folds
and rest 1 hour in reigerator,
After | hour remove the dough from refrigerator. Stretch
and laminate the dough again to about 4mm thick. Give a
Single fold and a double fold and let stand and rest for 1
more hour in refrigerator.
Remove from refrigerator and laminate the sheet of pult
iFedtey fo sium thick Restin refrigerator fora iinicaute of
3-4 hours.
ACHOUR THE BAKER
Laminated Puff Pasity Dougie
Nonstick spray, as needed
Granulated sigar, as needed.
Preheat oven to 382°F/200°C
Spray one sheet pan with nonstick spray and line with
parchment paper.
Place the laminated Puff Pastry Dough onto the parchment
lined sheet pan, Form into a large rectangle sized to cover
the entire sheet pan, keeping an even thickness across the
rectangle
Place in oven to bake,
When the puff pastry has swollen and starts to develop «
light color in about 20 minutes, remove from oven and place
a sheet of parchment paper on top the Paff Pastry. Crush
‘with another sheet pan on top of the parchment placed over
the swollen dough,
Lower the aven to 355F*/180°C.
Place the tray back in the oven and bake for 30 more min=
ites, Take out of the oven, remove the 2" sheet tray and.
parchment and sprinkle with sug
Raise the oven to 430F*/220%C
Place the tray back in the oven and bake until you caramel-
ize the Paff Pastry sheet. Be careful to watch the top at this
point to not burn the sugar
Iransfer to a cooling rack and cool completely before cut
ting.
BACHOUR THE BAKERiranYields
Be
APPLE TART PE” ee ) m
ija Bean Sugar
sunces/100 grams granulated sugar
nilla bean, seeds scraped
Ina small mixing bowl, add the granulated sugar and.
scrape vanilla seas Mix well and place ino a sugar
To Assemble Apple Tart
Puff Pastry Rectangles
3 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cut in half, cored
Ege Wash, as needed (see recipe page 30)
Vanilla Bean Pastry Cream, as nee
Place a perforated silicone baking mat (Silpat
preferred) on a perforated sheet pan. Place the puff pasty
squares on the sheet pan,
Cut the apples in half'and then using.a mandolin or sharp
Ienife lice the apples approximately 2mm thick. Cut the
sliced half apple exactly in half lengthwise to make 2 equal
sliced quarters to be placed on each pulf pastry rectangle.
Using a paring knife cut holes vertically in the middle of
the pull pastry rectangles. Brush with Egg Wash
Pipe Pastry Crearn vertically doven the center ofthe rectan
tle, Place the apple slices on top of each rectangle, shingled
line going down the piped Pastry Cream from end to
pptoximately 16 slices of apple for each rectan-
Sprinkle Vanilla Bean Sugar over each tart
fo Bake Apple Tart
Preheat a convection oven to 350°F/175°C.
Bake for about 30 minutes. Set immediately on a cooling
rack.
Assembly
Nappage, as needed
Glave the apples with nappage.
BACHOUR THE BAKERETS
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2 teaspoons/15 grams light corn syrup
In amedium bowel mix all ingredients until smooth. Trans.
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ened
Vanilla Bean Pasiry Crean
‘Cut the full sheet pan of puff pastry into three equal rect.
angles.
Start by distributing half of the pastry cream over one layer
ieee
Top with another layer of dough, pressing gently to adhere
Tae na een eg coed
Brin etn Doers
Tp wth the thd layer of pasiy and again press down
roy
‘To.Decorate and Cut the Napoleon
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peered
Working quickly before the icing sets, drizale the melted
chocolate across the icing in evenly-spaced, straight par
reins
‘With the tip ofa thin, sharp knife, make evenly spaced per-
pendicular “cuts” through the lines of chocolate, from one
side of the pastry to the other. Start by making one cut in
one direction, and the next cut in the opposite direction.
Continue alternating directions as you work across the
surlace ofthe pastry
With a long, sharp knife, cut 1/4 inch off the edges of the
pastry allaround to make neat, evenly proportioned rect.
angle, Carefully transfer the trimmed mille-feuille toa tray
po ere
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BACHOUR THE BAKERCHOCOLATE NAPOLEON
Yields 12 Napoleons
recipe Baked Puff Pastry Dough (see recipe page 10)
Chocolate Pastry Cream
15 owces/450 grams whole milk
‘unces/67 grams exe yal
2ounces/60 grams gramilaied sugar
75 ounce/22 grams cornstarch
5 ounces/150 grams 70% chcolate, chopped
2ounces/60 grams unsalted butter
Ina medium pot bring the milk to a boil. na separate small
bowl whip the yolks withthe sugar and cornstarch unt
pale yellow. Combine egg mixture into the milk and cook at
the boil for about 2 minutes.
‘Mixin the chocolate and stir in the butter with a whisk until
vvell incorporated,
Cover the surface with plastic wrap and set aside in the re-
frigerator to cool
Assembly.
Baked Puff Pustry shoet
Chocolate Pastry Cream
‘Gut the full sheet pan of pull pastry into three equal rect:
angles
Start by distributing half of the pastry cream over one layer
‘of baked Puff Pastry,
Top with another layer of dough, pressing gently 1o adhere
it to the pastry cream helow. Spread the remaining pastry
‘ream over the second layer of pastry.
Top with the third layer of pastry and age
ty
With a long, sharp knife, cut 1/4 inch off the edges of the
pastry all around to make a neat, evenly proportioned rect.
angle.
press down gen-
Carefully transfer the trimmed mille-euille to tray and
refrigerate
Allow an hour to chill before cutting into individual por
tions for serving.
‘To Decorate the Napoleon
Confectioner’ sugar, as needed
Using a long non-serrated knife cut intr 12 individuel por:
tions.
Sprinkle each napoleon with confectioner’s sugar.
SacHOUR THE WAKES 20DIPLOMAT NAPOLEON
Yields 12 Napoleons
recipe Baked Puff Pastry Dough (see recipe p
Lrecipe Vanilla Bean Pastry Cream (see recipe page 98)
Chantilly Cream
2 cups/480 grants heavy cream 359%
2 ounces/60 grams confectioners sugar
Ina stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment beat the
cream at medium speed until it begins to thicken. Add the
Sugar and continue to beat until the cream is very stifand,
stands in firm peaks on the beater when itis lifted from the
bow!
Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
Assembly
Baked Puff Pastry sheet
Chantilly Crea
Cut the full sheet pan of pul pastry into three equal rect
angles
Start by distributing half of the cream over one layer of
baked Pull Pastry, Top with another layer of dough, press-
ing gently to adhere it to the cream below.
Spread the remaining cream over the second layes of pa
ity, Top with the third layer of pasiry and again press down,
gently fh
With a long, sharp knife, cut 1/4 inch off the edges of the
pastry all around to make a neat, evenly proportioned
rectangle
Carefully transfer the trimmed millefeuille to a teayand
refrigerate. Allow an hour to chill before cutting into indi=
vidual portions for serving.
To Decorate the Napoleon
12 Sirawberries, ters remoyed, eu mio slices
Using a long non-serrated knife cut into 12 individual por-
tions: Place the strawberry slices on top of each Napoleon.
BACHOUR THE BAKERARIGIN SCONES
BACHOUR THE BAKERYields 18 Croissants
Butter Croissant Dough
grams bread flour
3 H-purpose flour
£ ounce112 grams
Pinch of salt
14 ounces/400 grams whole milk
grams cold tunsalted butter
4 ouinces/35 grams fre
onestick spray, as need.
In a mixer fitted with the hook attachment combine bread
flour, all-purpose flour, sugar, salt. milk and butier and mix
After 3 minutes add yeast and mix for 20 min.
Pick the dough (a handful) between the hands and stretch
If it does not break and creates a thin elastic dough, it is
perfect. It must have some elast
Prepare a large bow! with nonstick spray. Put the dough
in and leave it to rest for 30 minutes at room temperatage
Cover and refrigerate oven
Butter Block
16 ounces (1 pound}/450 gras uns ter cold
Place w piece of parchment paper on the table. Center the
butter on the paper. Tap with another parchment paper
anx! pound the top of the butter from the left to right with
\ rolling pin to begin to flatien it. Continue to flatten the
butter until you havea rectangular shape
Wrap and refrigerate
‘To Laminate Butter Block
Butter Block
Laminate the Butter Block to Smm and refrigerat
issant Dough
Croissant Dough
laminated Buiter Block
the next day, laminate the crolssant dough to Smm. Lay the
laminated butter rectangle onto the upper half of the dough
and make simple fold
Give ita little more width through the rolling machine arid
then turn the dough sideways and laminate sgain to Sm,
Fold the upper half of the dough towards the middle
Fold the lower half two times towards the midalle, Then fold
again on top of the upper half, Flatten the dough abit, wrap
and put in freezer for about one hour.
BACHOUR THE BAKERen the dough in a rolling
uuntil mm thick and 33cm wide. Take the dough
work surface and fold it horizontally to mark in hel
h on top ofeach other
With a bicycle (stainless ste! rolling croissant cutter) mark
e croissants and cut into triangular shapes,
Put the triangles on2 sheet pan, wrap and refrigerate for 15
Each croissant must be rolled to an 8 x 35cm triangle, 4mm
thick. Each weighs 25 ounces/70 grams. Freez
Egg Wash
7 ounces/200 gr
ed (revipe above)
Heat a proofing box to 82°F/28°C
Remove croissants from proofer and brush again with gg,
Wash. Place in oven and bake for about 20 minutes.
ACHOUR THE BAKERALMOND CAOSSANT
Yields'12 Croissant
12 Baked Buller Croissants (see rec
Almond Créaan,
1 cups 2 tablspoons/125 gram alrnond flour
3 teaspoons/12 grams all purpose flour
4.25 ounces/125 grams wrsaled lutte Boe temperature
‘4 cup +1 tablespogn/125 gramsgranalaied sig
14 eup/42s grams whole exes
In small bow sift almond floar and all-purpose lourand
In stand mixer fited with the paddle attachaémt place but-
ter and suger and mix at medium spced ,dintil the mixture
is well combined and smooth. Add almerid flour mixtare
fnd continue to beat until well combined. Add eggs one at 3
time, beating wel ater each addon and continue nixing
anti smooth
Place ina nonreactive containgeand coveeWith plastic wrap
pressed against the top of theeream to prevent a skin from
forming on the surface, Reserve ip refrigerator.
Syrup
2% Sips) 570 grams granulated sugar
2 cups/S00mI water
1/3 cup/70mil dapkifia
In a medigify Saticepan on low heat cook all ingredients,
stirring deeasionally until sugar dissolves. Remove from
heat and reserve:
Assembly y
12 baked Butter Croissants
y, as needed
2 ups 180 grams sc bland lm
Line a shect pan with a nonstick Silpat (non-stick silicone
baking mat, Silpat brand preferred)
Transfer the almond cream to a pastry bag, Slice the crois
sants indi ROtizontally with a serrated Knife, Brush
halvesiith Syrup, Set eroissants on the lined sheet pan
Pipe alinond cream onto bottom halves of each croissant
Set the top halves on top to close the croissants. Pipe addi
tional cream on top and sprinkle with sliced almond
Bake croissants about 18-20 minutes until the nuts are god
en brown. Remove from oven and let cool. Sprinkle w
BACHOUR THE BAKERHAMLAVA CAOISSANT
Yields 18 Croissants
Lrecipe Butter Croissant Dough (s22 recipe page 28)
Pollow recipe through to the triangle stage ready to roll,
Baklava Honey
4 cardamont pods
2 cinnamon sticks
Ina small pot add all ingredients and bring to a boil. Let,
Reserve covered in refrigerator until ready to use.
Baklaya Marzipan Filling
ans almond flour
ns pistachio paste*
10 ounce
as orange blascom water”
pecans, choppe
hazel
iis pistachios, cho
18 gunices/50 gra
ES ounces/50,
thoroughly.
Weigh the paste into 1 ounce!
shape and sizeof finger. St
am balls and roll into the
the refrigerator,
To Roll and Proof Croissants
Ege Wash, as neoded (see recipe pag
Baklava Me ling
Heat a proofing box to 82°F/28°¢
Spray two sheet pans with nonstick spray and line with
parchment paper. Rol out the croissant dough triangles.
Place
gles and roll the crossants. Transfer to the parchment lined
theet pans, spacing the rolls about 2.5 inches apart.
Brush or spray cach with Exe gumonD gaioce
Yields 24 Brioche Rolis
1 Recipe Brioche Dough (see recipe page $8)
Almond Pastry Cream
18 ounces/540 grams whole milk
Foowzces/90 grams almond paste”
vanilla beans, seeds and juice scraped
Foounces/120 grams egg yolks
y 0 grams granulated sugar
7 grams cornstarch
2 ounces/56 grams unsalted butter
7 owrce/30 grams almond liqueur ‘
In almedium pot bring th almond paste and scraped
‘vanilla to a boil. In a separate bowl whip the yolks with the
sugar and comstarch until pak
‘Combine the two mixtures together in the pot and cook at
the boil for about 2 minutes. Stir in the butter and almond
liqueur vith 2 whisk
the surfice with plastic wrap and set aside in the re
Brioche Dough cold
Uneilied butter, as n
Almond Pastry Cream
SG ownces/I80 grams almonds, chopped
"Heat a proofing box to 82:
Butter 24 matin cups or alm
into @segnneef70. gram portions. Rell :
smrootleball, Putin: lace on sheet pan and proof for
aioe ea
Preheat the ovent0375°F/180°C;
Transfer the Almond Pastry Cream to 2 pastry bag fitted
‘Wilks found fipeto}ecc the pastry crea Into'tbe proofed
Behe
Sprinkle with chopped almondsiand bake for § minutes,
“Available at specialty shops or onlin
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BACHOUR THE BAKESCHOCOLATE CUSTARD SRIOCHE
Yields 24 Brioche Rolls
1 Recipe Brioche Dough (sce recipe page 98)
(Chocolate Custard Billing
15 olinces/450 grams whole milk
5 ounces/150 grams heavy cream
3 ounces/90 grams egg yolks
2.5 ouncesi75 grams granulated sugar
Tounce/30 grams cornstarch
3 ounces/90 grams unsalted butter
7 ounces/210 grams dark chocolate 70%
Ina medium pot bring the milk and cream to.a boil. Ina
separate bowl whip the yolks with the sugar and cornstarch
tuntil pale, Combine the two mixtures together and cook at
the boil for about 2 minutes. Mix in the chocolate and stir in
the butter with a whis
Cover the surface with plastic wrap and set aside in the re
fngerator
Chocolate Crumble!
5 ounces/150 grams all- purpose flour
1 ounce/30 grams cocoa powder
5 ounces/150 grams almond flour
5 ounces/150 grams dark brown sugar
1 teaspoon/} grams ground cinnamon
1 pinch salt
5 ounell/150 granis unsalted butter
Preheat oven 325°F/1
In.a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment com-
bine flour, cocoa, almond flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and,
salt, Beat until well mixed. Beatin butter on low speed until
‘mostly incorporated
Spread evenly of a silicone mat. Place on a sheet pan and
bake for 1S minutes, stirring every 5 minutes.
Cool; cover, ard store at room temperature until ready to
BACHOUR THE BAKER
Assembly,
Unsalted butter,es needed
Brioche Dough cold
Chale Casa Filing
Egy Wash, as needed (see recipe page 30)
Ghecolate Crumble ee
Heat a proofing box to 82°F/28°C.
Butter 24 muffin cups or aluminum cups, Scale cold do
into 25 éuncel70 gram portions: Roll each piece
smooth ball, Place in cups. Place on a sheet pan and pig
for about two hours
Preheat the oven to 375°F/180°C.
‘Transfer the Chocolat» Custard to pasty bag fed
a round tip, Inject custard into each ball. Brush ferment
brioche with FggeWesh. Sprinkle with Chocolate Cru
and bake for 8 minates. .CHOCOLATE HAZELNUT BRIOCHE
Yields 24 Brioche Rolls
1 Recipe Brioche Dough (see recipe page $8)
Chocolate Hazelnut Filling
12 ounces whole blanched hazelmats
S ounces milk chocolate 40%
‘8 ounces dark chocolate 64%
15 owces/ 450 grams whole milk
2ounces/56 grams honey
Preheat oven 325°F/165°C
(Ona sheet pan toast the whole hazelnuts for about 15 min-
lates. Place the hazelnuts in a food processor and grind until
you obtain a paste, about 10-15 minutes:
Melt chocolate and put in the food processor with the ha-
zelnut past,
In small pot bring the milk and the honey to a boil then
ad 14 of this mistue ino the food proceso, Continae
mixing, gradually adding the remaining milkchoney mix-
tare. Remove from processor and sore the refrigerator
Assembly
Brioche Dough, cold
Chocolate Hazelnut Filling
Brioche Pearl Sugar, as needed"
Heat a proofing box to S2°F/28°C.
Seale cold dough into 2.5 otmee/70 gram portions. Roll each
Piece into smooth eylindee. Put into silicone loaf molds.
Place on sheet pan and proof for about twe hours.
Preheat the oven to 375°F/180°C.
‘Transfer the Chocolate Hazelnut Filling to a pastry bag fi
ted with a round tip. Inject filling into the proofed brioc!
cylinders. Sprinkle with Pearl Sugar.
Bake for 8 minutes.
“Available in specialty shops oF online,COCONUT BRIOCHE
Yields 24 Brioche Rolls
L Recipe Brioche Dough (sce recipe page 98)
coconut Pastry Cream
1 ounces/392 grams unsweetened coconut milk
6 ounces/168 grams granulated sugar
Pinch Kosher sal
3 large egg yolks
3 tablespoons/30 grams corn starch, dissolved
1 ounce/28 grams unsaited butter
4 ounces/112 grams whipping cream, soft peak
In heavy bottom pot, bring coconut milk and sugar to the
boil, stitring unt sugar is dissolved, In a separate bow!
combine dissolved cornstarch and yolks.
Slowly temper % cup/56 grams hot milk mixture into yolks,
and then pour back into milk mixture in pot, Heat over mé=
Gium-high heat, whisking, until thickened end bubbling.
Remove from heat, stir in butter and pour into-a clean bowl
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until just cold.
When colt id inthe ppg isn and plce moa pas
try bag fitted with around tip.
Sliced Pineapple
1 median pineapple, cut ino 24 thin ¥ slices
Place the pineapple on a cuting board. Cut off he top and
bottom of the fruit so it can stand firmly upright. Hold the
pineapple in place with one hand and slice off the rind ver-
tically. On a slicing machine thinly cut the pineapple into,
round slices and cut the slices in half. Reserve for Assembly
Assembly
Brioche Dough, cold
Unsalted butter, as needed
Coconut Pastry Cream
Sliced Pineapple
Nappage, as needed, warmed
S ounces/150 grams coconut flakes
24 maraschino cherries
Heat a proofing box to 82°F/28°C.
Butter 24 mutlin cups or aluminum cups. Scale cole dough
into 25, oance/70 gram portions Rell each piece iat
smooth ball, Put in cups. Place on a sheet pan and proof for
about two hours.
Preheat oven to 375°F/180°C.
Inject Cocont Pastry Cream into the proofed brioches, Put
a half pneappeslce.on top ofeach bxioshe
Bake for 8 minutes. Remove from oven.
Brush warmed nappage on the ides ofthe Brféches andadd
‘coconut flakes. Decorate with Maraschino cherries on top.
“Available at specialty shops or online.
BACHOLR THE BAKERHOUCLOF
Yields 24 Brioche Rolls
Kouglof
16:6 ounces/500 grams bread flour
25 ounces/75 grams granulated sugar
11.6 ounces/350 grams eggs
Y ounce/15 grams salt
L3o1nces/40 grams fresh yeast
10 oxices/300 grams unsélted butter, diced, softened
4 ones 120 grans dark rin, soaked overnight in warm
water, draine
4 ounces/120 grams orange confit”
Zest of 1 lemon
Zest of 1 orange
tna stand mixer ited with the hook atachment combine
flour, sugas, eggs salt and yeast. Mix the dough vigorously
for lo minatesadd the softened diced butter and continue
working with the dough another 10 minutes or so, until it
‘becomes elastic. Be warned that dough is very sticky.
Add the raisins, orange confit and zest, mix angtherminate.
Ina lange bowl place the dough and cover with @ Kitehen
towel and let the dough rise ina warm draft fee aa atl
doubled in volume.
Assembly
Unsalted butter, as needed
17 ounces/480 grams whole blanched almonds
24 individual Kouglof molds
After the frst rise, punch the dough down and knead it
briefly again.
Butter the pans generously right up to the tops, Place a
‘whole almond in each groove of the molds
(Cut 25 ounces/70 grams dough and shape and form a ball.
Put into the molds and place on a sheet pan.
‘To Proof and Bake Brioche
Confectioner’ sugar, as needed
Heat a proofing box to 82°F/28°C.
Proof for about 1-1 % hours,
Preheat an oven to 375°E/180°C.
Bake for about 18-25 minutes. Let cool completely om a rack
for about 1 hour before unmolding. Dust with confection:
Available at specialty shops or online.SAVARLM
Yields 12Suvarin
Savarin Dough
5 23/620 grams bread
ae,
Tounce/30 grams fres baker’ yeast
6 ounces/180 grams unsalted butter, soften
In a mixer fitted with the hook attachment combine bread
flour, sugar, salt, whole eggs, and milk inlowspeed. Afters
minutes edd the yeast and butter, Mix for 20-25 minutes i
medium speed.
‘Transfer dough to bowl Cover bow! with plastic wrap,
then a kitchen towel
Let rise in warm draft-free area until almost doubled in
volume, | to 1 hour 15 minutes.
Unsalted butter, as needed
‘Punch dough down, Butter 12 savarin molds @ oue/I20
{gram size molds). Fill with the dough up to %. Plage ora.
sheet pan
sand Bake Savarins
Heat a proofing box to 82°F/28°C.
Proof for about two hours or until they reach the top oF the
molds
Preheat oven to 375°F/180°C.
Bake for 8-10 minutes. Remove from the oven.
Release from the molds onto a cooling rack. Let cool.
Sueup
12 ounces/360 grams granulated sugar
Ttablespoons/13 grams ram
{tablespoon/T5 grams orange liqueur
16 ourates/480 grams water
Ina medium saucepan place al the ingredients and bri
to bol Dip the Stvarins in the syrup then place ther in
4 rectangular pan and drizzle more syrup over them. Cover
and let them soak overnight.
BACHOUR THE BARE
‘Whipped Cream
2 eaps/490 grams hs.
“cekprsognims grad 97
Beep izes bowl and whisk in the freezer for at
cast 20 rinutesto chill
Pouir hey eream and sugar into the cold bow. In the:
Praee fitted with the whisk ottachment whisk on
medium epeed until medium peaks form. Reserve in the
Fefrigerator
Assembly
Seeked Savarins
Whipped Crean
Brosh Fruits: (mango, berrit apple, passion frit)
Himango, diced
Botinces/90 grams: blucberries, Fined, dried
15 blackberries, cut in half
12 stravberties quartered
2 apples, lied.
1 passion frail, se seeds
Make alkiélé’in the bottom ofeach Savarin and put a doll
‘of Whipped Cream into each hole: Cover with the fesy
fruits.TIRAMISU BRIOCHE
Yields 24 Brioche Rolls
1 Recipe Brioche Dough (sce recipe page 98) ‘Assembly,
appage
Masca sie Bsr Crumble
5160 grams heavy eeam
wn hen eo ap Brush the tops of the brioche with nappage. Sprinkle
20 ownces/600 gra bpone chi ‘Chocolate Espresso Crumble,
4 ownces/120 grams granulated sugar
2 ounces/60 grams cornstarch
ee neil
Ina medium sauct pot heat the crea with the mascarpone,
In a small bow! thix sugar and the cornstarch, Add the su
mix to the hot eream and cook until boiling, Let cool and
place in a pastry bag.
Chocolate Espresso Crumble
5 ounces/180 grams all- purpose four
1 owice/30)grans cocoa possder
5 ounces/180 grams almond flow
Sunees/130 grams dark brawn sugar
| teaspoon/3 grams ground einnemion
' ounces/L5 grams instant espresso or instant coffe
pinch salt
Sounces/150 grams waisalted tourer
Preheat oven 325°F/165°C
Ina stand mxet fitted with the paddle atachment combine
flour, cocoa almond flour, beown suget,cinnmon, instant
cexpressoicoffeg and salt. Beat until ell msixed. Beat in but-
tet on low speed until mestly incorporated
Spread evenly Qn a silicone mat. Place on 2 Sheet pan and
bake for 15 minutes, stirring every 5 minutes.
Cool, coves, and store at room temperatuce until readyito
To Proof and Bake Brioghe
Unsalted butter, as heeded
Brioche Dough, cold
Mascarpone Custard Falling
Egg Wash, as recced (see recipe page30)
Heat a proofing box to 82°F/28°C.
Butter 24 muffin cups or aluminum cups, Seale cold dough
info 25 ounce/70 gram portions. Rell ‘eachspiece into
smootin ball. Put in cups.
Place on a sheet pan and proof for about two hours
Preheat the oven to 375°F/180°C.
Inject custard into each proofed brioche. Brush the fer-
‘mented brioche with Egg Wash.
Bake for 8 minutes, Remove and let cool.
SACHOUR THE BAKERALMOND BLUEBERAY LOAF CAKE
Yields 10 Loaf Cakes
Almond Loaf C
$8 ounces/240 grams almond paste
Sounces/240 grams wisalied butter
7 ounces/210 grams granulated sugar
1 vanilla bean, seeds and jute scraped
Zouncedald grams whole eges
S gues Fras al-pu poe flow
2ieaspacns? 10 grams baking powder
Pinel ofSait 7
3.5 ources!105 grams sour creat
ue
Preheat oven to 325°F/162°C nd
Ina stand mixer fitted with the paddi@attachmedh, fea
almond paste, butter and sugar until smooth. Add seraped
‘anilla and eggs and mix wel. Add sified dry ingfedients to
bowl and mixon low speed
‘Remove and fold the sour cream into the mix
Transfer 1 a pastry bag,
Pipg 25 ounce/70 grants into 10 silicone loat molds) Place
oa sheet pan and cook for 12-15 minutes,
Assembly
15 ounces/450 grams fresh blueberries
Decorate the Almond Loaf Cakes with fresh blueberries.GONANA LORE CHE
Yields 15 Loaf Cakes
Caramelized Bananas
2 ounces/60 grams granulated sugar
9 ounces/270 grams bananas, chopped
Ye onince/15 grams dark rum
Ina small pot make a dey carel with the granulated sugar
‘Add the 9 oances/270 grams bananas and deglaze with the
Leave to cool on a baking mat
Banana Leaf Cake
‘unces/210 grams dark brown sugar
3 ounces/90 grams invert sugar”
3 ounces/240 grams clarified butter
Caramelized Bananas (recipe above)
$8 ounces/240 grams whole eges
9 ounces/270 grams all-purpose flor
raspoons/10 grams baking powder
7 ounces/210 grams bananas, diced
‘To Prepare and Bake Loaf Cakes
Preheat oven to 325¢F/162°C
in a-stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine
brown sugar, invert sugar and butter. Add caramelized ba-
‘anos and beat the mixture gently
‘Add the eggs, mixing well. Add flour, baking powder and
diced banana and mix for one minute.
our batter into 15 silicone loaf mokds placed on a sheet pan.
Bake for 15-20 minutes.
‘Bananas Brilée
8 bananas, sliced thin
Organic sugar
Kitchen blow torch Hint
Coat the top of each banana slice with suger then place on
a baking sheet.
‘Turn the blow torch on, and brown each banana slice.
Assembly
Bananas Brilée
Wa
Top each ofthe loafcakes with five slices of Bananas Brilée,
“Available at specialty shops or online.
BACHOR THE BAKERCHAAOT LOAF COW
Yields 15 Loaf Cakes
Carrot Cake
12 o1ces/360 grams granulated sugar
1% cups and 1's tablespoons/252 gramsall-purpose fot
Pinch of salt
2 teaspoons grams baking soda
% teaspoon/2 grams baking powder
tabiespoon/ grams grownd cinnamon
4 teaspoon/2 grams ginger powder
S ouces/90 grams canola oil
2 ounces/60 grams freshly squeezed orarge julce
large eges
15 ounces/450 grams shredded carrots
Preheat a convection oven to 325°F/165°C.
In a large bowl sift suger, flour, salt, baking soda, baking
pores ingen cnnsinon together. Mis in ol, orange
juice and eggs. Fold in shredded carrots.
Pour 2.$ ounces/70 grams batter into 15 silicone loaf cake
‘molds on a sheet pan and bake for 15-20 minutes or until a
toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely
‘Cream Cheese Cream
15 ownces!450 grams plain cream cheese
3.5 ounces/105 grams granulated sugar
1 vanilla bean, seeds and juice scraped
S ownces/240 grams whipped cream, medium peak
In a medium bowl cream the cream cheese, sugar and
seraped vanilla until creamy.
In sepuat bee whip thecrenm ul meu peas orn
and fold into the creara cheese mixture, Pour into a pastry
ibag fitted with a round pastry tip.
Assembly
Cream Cheese Crean
‘Sounces/120 grams freeze dried carrot powder*
‘Lounces/120 grams freeze dried pineapple*
Spread the top of the cakes with the Cream Cheese Cream.
Randomly arrange the pieces of Freeze Dried Pineapple
sticking up from the Cream Cheese Cream.
Sprinkle with Preeze Dried Carrot Powder.
‘Available at specalty shops or online. Sosa or Textura brand
preferred.
BACHOLR THE BAKERCHOCOLATE LOAF CHE
Yields 9 Laaf Cakes
Chocolate Loaf Cake
Zounees/210 grams whole exes
ounces/36 gras vert sugar
grams granulated sugar
56 grams almond flour
T ounce/15 grams all-purpose flour
us ounce/T5.grams coca poseder
| teaspoond/| gran baking powder
2 ounces/56 geams wrsalied butier, melted.
‘onnce/30 grams chocolate 70%, melted
3 oumced/90 grams heavy cream
Preheat oven to 325°F/165°C
In a starid mixer fitted with the paddle attachment
cag invert sugar and sugar until sinooth, Add dr
dicnts followed by the butter and:chocolate. Last ad
Mix until sthooth,
Transfer toa pastry bag and pipe into 9 silicone loaf molds,
25 ounce!70 grams
Place onto a sheet pan and cook for 12-15 minutes.
‘Chocolate Streusel
8 oiunces/240 grams dark brown sugar
8 ounces/240'grams almond flour
7.ounices/210 grants all-purpose flour
ia
Fe ets ccd aoe
Preheat oven to 325/165
Ina stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment mix to:
gether the brown sugar, almond flour, four, cocoa powder
find salt Cut the barter in small cubes and add the butter
Once litle balls aré forming, sop mixing
Spread the streusel evenly an aisilicone mat on.a sheet fan
and bake forabout 10 minutes,
Assembly
Chocolate §
Nappage, as ;
With a brush spread the nappage on the tap Of the cakes.
Generously place the Chocolate Streusel across. over the
ops.
“Available at specialty shops or oiline,
BACHOUR THE BAKERCOAN FINANCIER
Yields 12 Loaf Cakes
Pinch of salt
8 ounces/240 grams gramulated sugar
Zounces/o0 grams all-purpose flow
1 ounce/30 grams almond flour
6 ounces/180 grains fine cornmeal
Preheat oven to 350°F/1 75°C
Leave the browned butter to cool in a mixing bow. In a
stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment combine the
‘egg whites, salt, sugar, flour, almond flour and cornmeal.
Gradually édd the browned butter to finish
Pour 2.5 ounces/70 grams batter into 12 silicone loaf molds.
Place on a sheet pan and bake 10-12 minutes.
6 ownces/180 grams Freeze Dried Corn*
Top the financiers with Freeze Dried Corn,
*Available at specialty shops or online
A a
omensWALELNUT FINANCIER
Yields 9 Loaf Cakes
Hazelnut Financier
3.3 ounces 05 grams unsalted biter, lightly browned
43 ounces/135 grams egg whites
7 ounce?30 grams cornstarch
Pinch ofsalt
6 ounces! 180 grams confectioners sugar, sifted
1 outice/30 grams all-purpose flour
ounces! 180 grams hazelnuts, toasted and ground
Preheat oven 350°#/175°C
Leave the browned butter to cool in a mixing bow In a
stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment combine the
egg whites, salt, cornstarch, sified confectioner’s sugar, flour
shi ound hazelnuts. Gradually a6 the ‘browned butter
to fis
Pour 2.5 ounces/70 grams batter into 9 silicone loaf molds,
Place on a sheet pan and bake 10-12 minutes.
Toasted Hazelnuts
16 ounces (1 pound)/480 grants blanched whole hazelnuts:
Preheat oven to 350°F/175°C.
Ona sheet pan toast hazelnuts ina single layer in the middle
Sfthe oven about 10 to 15 minites, @f unt lighty colored
Remove and coo! completly
Assembly
ed hazelnuts
Confectioner’ sugar, as needed!
Till the tops ofthe cakes with/T9astéd Hazelnuts and sprin-
le with confectioner’s sagan
BACHOUR THE BAKERPISTACHIO FINANCIER WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE WHIPPED CANACHE
Yields 15 Loaves
Pistachio Financier
7 ounces/210 grams unsalted butler, lightly browned
11 ounces/335 grams egg whites
Pinch of sat
1 ounce/28 grams invert sugar*
10 ounces/300 grams confectioner® sugar, sifted
3 unces/90 grams pistachio paste”
4.5 ounces/135 grams all-purpose flour
I teaspoon/5 graras baking powder
4 ounces/120 gram almond flour
Leave the browned butter to coo! in a mixing bowl.
In astand mixer fited withthe paddle attachment combine
the egg whites, salt, invert sugar, sifted confectioner’ sug
ar, pistachio paste flour, baking powder and almond flour.
Gradually add the browned butter to finish, Let stand in re
frigeratorforat least 12 hours.
After. 12. or more hours preheat 2 convection oven 10
380°F/175°C.
“Transfer financier batter to pastry bag and pipe 2.5 ounc:
3/70 gramis ofthe mixture into 15 silicone loaf molds. Place
Gna sheet pan and bake or 12 minutes
Whipped White Chocolate Ganache
8.5 ounces/250 grams heavy creams
1 ounce/30.grams invert sugar
1 ounce/30 grams glucose”
6 owces/180 granis white chocolate, melted
12.5 ounces/375 grams heavy cream
Ina medium pot bring the 85 ounces cream, invert sugar
and glacose to a boil.
Create a proper emulsion with the melted white chocolate
using a hand blender. When the ganache is finished, add the
remaining 12.5 ounces of eream.
Put mixture into the refrigerator for 6 hours to allow it to
crystallize.
Assembly
Whipped White Chocolate Gananche
1 pint jresi raspberries
30 ownces/90 grams pistachios, ground
Whip the White Chocolate Ganache to medium peak,
Transfer to. pastry bag fitted with a 10mm fluted nozzle
Pipe ganache on top of each financier. Decorate with fresh
raspberries and ground pistachios.
“Available at specialty shops or online.
BACHOUR THE BAKERPRALINE PASSION FRUIT LOAF CAKE
Yields 20 Loaf Cakes
Hazelnut Praline Loaf Cake
15 ounces/450 grams granulated sugar
Pinch of Sa
11.6 o1ces/350 grams whole eggs
6 ounces/180 gran cream
1.6 ounces/350 grams all-purpose flour
‘powder
Zounce i raline”
4 ounces/120 grams wisalied butter, melted
Ina stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment com-
bine sugar, salt, eggs and cream. Add sifted dry ingredients,
scrape down sides and bottom of the bowL Add praline and,
‘melted butter and mix on low speed for 1 minute. Allow to
rest 24 hours
is almond paste (70% almond)
passion fruit puree”
Ina stand mixer fitted with the peddle attachment mix to.
gether almond paste and passion fruit puree until smooth.
Transfer to a pastry ba
‘To Bake Loaf Cakes
Hazelnut Praline Batter
Almond Passion Fruit Paste
Preheat an oven
Pour 2.5 oune is batter into 20 silicone loaf molds.
Place on a sheet id bake for 12 minutes. Remove and
pipe Almond Passion Fruit Paste on top and bake for 9
‘more minutes.
Assembly
Nappage, as needed, warmed"
Glaze the top of the cakes with warm nappage. —
“Available at specialty shops or ontine,
BACHOUR THE BAKEROLIVE O1L MADELEINES
Yields 15 Madeleine Cakes
Madel
G ownces/180 grants witole eggs
5 ounces/150 grams granulated sugar
2.3 ounces/225 granis all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons/10 grams baking powder
6 ounces/180 grams extra virgin olive oil
Unsalted butier, as needed to brush madeleine molds
Flour, as needed to prepare molds
Ina medium bowl whisk eggs and sugar until frothy and
pale, Add a spoonful at 2 time of flour and baking powder
mixed together. Mix between each addition.
‘Add oil and gives final stir. Refrigerate for atleast one hour.
Preheat oven to 400°F/204°C,
Usea brush to generously butter the madeleine mold. Driz~
ale with flour and flip over to remove excess Nout.
Spoon the batter to % of each tis capacity: Place ona sheet,
pan and bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until nice and golden.
Remove from oven and unmotd right away.
BECHOUR THE BAKERBROWNIES
Yields 24 Pieces
to 3259/1659
pan with nonstick spray andiine with
mixer itechwith the paddle
‘ n speed, cream the butter and stgar
until smooth and
Add the eggs and mix wellAdd the dry ingredients and
ct. Pour over the parchment lined 4 sheet pan
ven.
runs Duley Crunchy Chocolate Pearl
Decorate the Brownies with the Valrhona Crunchy Choco
ate Pearls
“Available at specialty shops or online
BACHOLR THE BAKERCHOUM PASTAY
Yields 15 Eclaine
‘Choux Pastry
ninces/150-grams wate
le mail
spoons/3 granss granted sugar
spoon /t grams sat
9 ounces/270 grams unsalied butter
8 ounces/240 grams all-purpose flour
(366 grams ishole ¢
‘a medium saucepot, combine water, milly sugar, salt and
butter and bring to a boil over high heat. Add flour all at
jonceand cook, stirring constantly. until mixture forms co-
hesive lump and pulls from the sides ofthe pot.
Transfer dough to the bow! of 2 stand mixer fitted with the
paddle attachment and mix on low speed. Add eges onc ata
time, scraping bow! and paddle as necessary between addi
tions to obrain.a smaath, consistent dow
Let the choux pastry rest in the refrigerator about two hours.
‘To Pipe, Proof and Bake Choux Pastry
Fag Wash, as needed (see recipe page 30)
Nonstick spray, as needed
Preheat oven to 350°F/I75°C.
Preparea sheet pan with nonstick spray and line with parch-
ment paper.
Place Choux Paste into piping bag fitted with a 1 am pla
‘nozale or star shaped nozzle. Pipe them as evenly in straight
Fines about 12 cr in leng
Egg Wash the éelairs with a brush and at the same time flat
ten down the little tips that form. This is to ensure that the
tips de not burn
Bake immediately for About 25 minutes, Let coal before fil-
BACHOUR THE BAKERCHOCOLATE £ELMIN
Yields 15 Belates
[Recipe Chou Pastry (sce recipe page 110)
Follow recipe through to the baked stage
ped Ganache
I
{ma smal pot bring the 5 ounce te alee
thd ievertugar of boll Gradual Sur
and emulsify with a hand blender. Mix ree on
‘
[Let set in the refrigerator for 12 hours
Aer 2 hours whip the ganacheto «meio serve
ina pastry bag.
water until softened; squeeze out Exeess.
the water, sugar and ghucose and coBk
DIZME/LO3KC and stir inthe drained gelatin. Pour thal
mixture over the chocolate and emulsify with a hand blends
ef. Stirin the condensed milk and the nappage. Mix agai
with the hand blender adding black food coloring tothe d=
sired
frigerator for 24 hours. The glaze will be ready
wen it re
Assembly
Chocolate Whipped Ganache
Chocolate Glaze
Gold leaf, as needed”
ide incision in the side of each éelaie,
vith Chocolate Whipped Ganache.
irs in the freezer for about 1 hour.
clairs in the Chocolate Glaze. Let sit for
Top the éclairs with gold leaf
*Avuilable at specialty shops or online.
BACHOUR THE BAKERww
STANWBEARY AND CREAM ECLAIR
Yields 15 Eclairs
1 Recipe Choux Pastry (see recipe page 140)
Follow recipe through to the baked stage
Vhite Chocolate Whipped Ganache
heavy cream
5 grams glucose syrup*
4% ounce/ 5 grams fver! sugar!
20 grams white chocolate
ee coe Dip the tops of the éclairs in the glaze. Let sit for about 5
In a small pot bring the 5 ounces/150 grams cream to the Minutes. Decorate as you i
boil withthe glicose and invert sugar. Gradually pour over
the white chocolate and emulsify with a hand blender. MIX a9. year peciany shop or om
with the cold cream. Let set in the refrigerator for 12 hours. “Available at specialty shops or online.
2 hours whip the ganache to medium peak. Reserve
ina pastry bag.
Red Glaze
2.2 ounces/55 grams water
J ounce amis sugar
4 owrces/120 grams glucose syrup
iam white chocolate
4% gelatin sheets/11 grams silver
0 grams condensed milk
5/45 grams nappage”
Red food coloring, as needed
Soak gelatin in ice water until softened: squeeze out excess
water and set aside
Ina small pot bring the water, sugar and glucose to a boil
and cook to 217°F/103°C and stir in the drained gelatin
Pour the hot the mixture on the white chocolate and emul-
sify witha hand Blender. Stirin the condensed milk and the
nappage.
Mix again with the hand blender adding red food coloring
vo the desired hue.
Let set in the reffigerator for 24 hours. ‘The Glaze will be
‘when it 26°C.
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‘Strawbe my Hluid Gel Hl
ce j
scree aoe j
See Bi
ml)!
Ina small pot bin era and aa ays)
[geal gh OS Bt peasy a ae
creamy, Transfer toa pastry bag.
‘
a ie
ly EN
BACHOUR THE BAKERih
DASSION f nt
Yields 15 Belairs i
L Recipe Chowx Pastry (see recipe page 10)
Follow recipe through to the baked stage
twit
sugar to com:
‘ook mixture to
Cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate until coo!
Transfer to a pastry bag.
n shoots
Yellow jocd coloring,
Soak gelatin in ice water until softened; squeeze out excess
water and set aside.
In a small pot
and cook to 217°F/103°C.
the water, sugar and glucose to a boil
Stirin the drained gelatin
F the hot the mixture on the white chocolate and emul:
‘Stir in the condensed milk and the
tor for 24 hours, The Glaze will be
es 26°C
BACHOUR THE BAKER
Assembly
Passion Fruit Cream
Yellow Glaze
Make a wide incision in the side of each éclair. Fill cacy
éclair with Passion Fruit Crean 32 filled éclairs i
the freezer for about I hour.
Dip the tops of the éclairsin the
minutes, Decorate as you like
Let sit for about 5-16
‘Available at specialty shops or onlin:CANELES
Yields 18 medium Canelés
‘To Prepare Batter
16.6 ounces/500 grams whole milk
1 owice/30 grams unsalted butter diced
1 vanilla pod, split
5 ounces/105 grams all-purpose flour
6 oimces/ 180 grams graniilated stigar
1 teaspoon fine sea salt
3 eggs
25 cunces/75 grams dark rum
Ina medium sauce pan combine the milk, butter and vanilla
and bring to a simmer. In a medium mixing bow! combine
flout, sugar and salt. In a separate smell bowl break the eas
and Beat gently.
When the milk minture starts to imme, remove from heats
ake out the split vanilla pod, and set it aside. Pour the Beate
en eggs all at once into the flour mixture. Pour inthe mille
modure, and stir until well combined.
Add the rum and stir
Let cool to 100m temperature, then ¢overand refrigerate for
least 24 hours.
ke Canes
Ganelé bate
Unsalted titer, as needed
Ganselé Molds
Preheat the Gwen 0 392°F 700°C
Buiter 18 Canelé molds. Remove the batter from the refrig-
erator. It will have separated a bit, so stir until well blended
again.
Pour into the prepared! molds, filling them altadst to the top.
Put into the oven and bake for 20 atinutes
Lower the heat to 350°F/175°C and bake for another 25-30
minutes.
Unmold onto a cooling rack and let cool
ACHOUR THE BaeCHBLe
Yields 2 Full Trays
Sablé Dough
2 ounces/350 grams unsalted butter, cut in small cubes,
24 ounces/720 grams all-purpose flour
10 ounces/280 echioners Suga
Pinch of
rouni/almond flour
raddle attachment, add
sugar, sat and almond flour and beat until the
resembles breadcrumbs Add eggs and bring the
until itformsaball.
Roll the dough between 2 pieces of parchment paper to 1/8
inch/0.31em thickness
Cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to use
CHOCOLATE SALE
Yields 2 Full Trays
Chocolate Sablé Dough
1 360 grams unsalted buster, cut im small eu
4 ounces/680 grams all-purp
1.3 ounces/10. ocoa powde
10 ources/2 nfectioner sugar
onds, finely ground/almord flour
Instand mixer fitted with the paddleattachment add buties,
Alour, cocoa powder, sugar, salt and almond flour and beat
until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
the eggs and bring the mixture toget
al
Roll dough to 1/8 inch/0.3em thickness bet wee BNO plee
«s of parchment pap
Cover in plastic wrap and reftigerate until ready to use:LEMON BASIL TART
Yields 12 Tarts
‘Sablé Dough
1 recipe Sablé Dough (see recipe page 152)
Lemon Basil Curd
13 owces/400 grams wholeege
10 omes/00 gros grmulted sa
10 ounces/300 grams{redi lemon juice
Zest of2 lemons
10 ounces/300 grams unsalted butter, softened
1 bunch off Basil grams basil leaves, washed and dried
3 each/75 grams sivver gelatin sheets”
‘Soak gelajin in ice water until softened; squeeze out excess
water and set aside.
Overa Bain Marie (hot water bath) cook eggs, sugar, lemon
juice and gest until 185°F/82°C. Add the hydrated gelatin.
and mix well.
‘Cool the iXtiIFe to 104°F/40°C and emulsify with the but-
ter and basi leaves with a hand blender. Set side
Citrus Segments for Garnish
36 lemon s
36 orange seg
36 grapefruit segntents
‘Te Shapeand Bake Tart Shells
Sablé Dough
Unsalted butter, as needed
Roll Sablé dough to 1/8 inch/0 31cm thickness between two
pieces parchment paper. Coverin plastic wrap and refriger-
ate until ready to use.
Batter 12 small tart molds and cut dough to ft.
Lime and trim each mold and freeze for at least 1 hour be-
fore baking.
Preheat oven to 325°F/165°C.
Place lined tart molds on a sheet pan. Bake for about 15
minutes until lightly golden.
Assembly,
Lemon Basil Clad
Citrus Segments
Pour the Lemon Basil Curd into the cooled baked tart shells
Let set in refrigerator atleast 1 hour before use. Before serv
ing decorate each tart with 3 segments of each fruit on top
ofthe tarts
“Available a specialty shops or online.STAAWDERRY TART
Yields 12 Tarts
-Lrecipe Sablé Dough (see recipe page 152)
Almond Frangipane
10 ownces/300 grams unsalted butter
10 ounces/300 grams granulated sugar
10 ounces/300 grams whole eggs
tewnce/300 gran allsond flour
Pincit of salt
Ina stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment add
the butter and sugar and beat until light and taffy. Serape
ddven the bow then beat theese
Ima small separate bowl combine the almond flour and
salt
Add this mixture to the bowl, beating on low speed until
just incorporated
Transfer to. pastry bag
Chef's Note:
“The jrangipane can be used immediately or you can store it
in the regerator orp t02 days It becomes to firm fa
the refrigerator let it stat room: temperature for a while to
soften before using
‘To Shai
Sablé Doueh
Unsalted butter, as needed
1d Bake ‘Tart Shells
Roll Sablé dough to 1/8 inch/0 31cm thickness berween
two pieces of parchment paper. Cover in plastic wrap and.
refrigerate until ready t0 use.
Butter 12 small tart molds and cut dough to fit
Line and trim each mold and freeze for atleast 1 howe
before baking
Preheat oven to 325°F/165°C.
Place lined tart molds on a sheet panoBake for’about 1
minutes until lightly golden.
BACHOLR THE BAKER
Assembly,
Almond Fra
15 ources/430 grams fresh strawberries,
eaves cut of split
in half
Preheat oven to 325°F/165°C.
Pipe Almond Frangipane into the tart shells. Cook for
about 10-12 minutes and cool. Decorate with fresh straw
berries.
Chefs Note
Frangipane, an almonc-based pasty filing, has a rut
{fragrance and e consistency between buttery pound al
fairy sponge cake tn French syle rat tars this ca
is often studded with poached or fresh frais.CIANDUJA THAT
Yields 12 Tarts
Chocolate Sablé Dough
1 recipe Chogolate Sublé Dough (see recipe page 15.
Gianduja Cremeux
1 ounces/300 game whole milk
3 each/7.5g silver gelatin sheets*
9.5 ounces/275 grams gianduja chocolate, melted*
13 ournces/390 grams heavy cream, whipped tasoft peak
Soak gelatin in ice water until softened: squeeze out excess
waterand set aside
In a small pot boil milk, stir the bloomed gelatin into the
hot milk
Gradually pour the hot milk over the melted gianduja choe-
late. Emulsify the ganache with a hand blender when the
temperature is around 95°F/35°C. Add the lightly whipped
Let set for a few hours in refrigerator. Transfer to a pastry
bag
Hazelnut Praline Cremeus
6 tablespoons/94 granis heavy cream
2each/> grams silver gelatin sheets
24 ounces/720 grams hazelnut praline paste”
14 cups/350 grams heavy cream
Soak gelatin in ice water until softened; squeeze out excess
water and set aside
In a medium saucepan bring the 6 tablespoons/94 grams
hheavy cream to a boil, add gelatin and stirto dissolve.
{In bowl of a stand mixer fited with the paddle attachment
add the praline paste. Pourbeiliig mixture over and process
to emulsify. Stebilize emulsion by gradually adding the 1 %
cups/350 grams of heavy cream to obtain a shiny texture
Let set for a few hours in refrigerator. Transfer to a pastry
bag
‘To Shape and Bake Tart Shells
Chocolate Sablé Dough
Unsalted butter, as needed
Rll Chocolate Sablé dough 1 1/8 ineh/0.31