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La Esmeralda

Recipe

Created by
  • Ramon Morato - Global Creative Innovation Leader for the Cacao Barry® brand
  1. Esmeralda sponge cake
  2. Cocoa crumble
  3. Chocolate and cereal crunch
  4. Esmeralda 74% chocolate mousse
  5. Mint, liquorice and Esmeralda chocolate cream
  6. Menthol jelly
  7. Others
  8. ASSEMBLY

Esmeralda sponge cake

ingredients preparation
  • 75g
    almond flour
  • 75g
    sugar
  • 180g
    egg yolks
  • 130g
    eggs
  • 30g
    CHD-Q74ESMN
  • 175g
    clarified butter
  • 180g
    egg white
  • 85g
    sugar
  • 60g
    DCP-22EXBRU

Beat the ground almond with the egg yolks and gradually add the eggs.
Melt the chocolate and butter separately.
Mix and incorporate in the almond-egg mix.
Separately, whip the egg whites with the sugar.
Add the whites to the other mixture and sieve in the cocoa powder.
Pipe in sheets of 6 to 8 cm thickness.
Bake at 180°C until the desired doneness and let to cool.

Cocoa crumble

ingredients preparation
  • 100g
    demerara sugar
  • 80g
    butter
  • 100g
    fine flour
  • 20g
    DCP-22EXBRU
  • 2g
    salt

Cut the butter into cubes and store in the cooler.
Place all other ingredients in the mixer, add the butter and mix.
Mix until it forms a crumbly dough, then bake at 160°C until the desired doneness.
Once baked, pass through a thick sieve to obtain uniform grains.

Chocolate and cereal crunch

ingredients preparation
  • 100g
    cereal
  • 100g
    cocoa crumble
  • 50g
    cacao nibs
  • 125g
    CHD-Q74ESMN
  • 25g
    anhydrous butter

Melt the dark chocolate and butter and mix together.
Add all the remaining ingredients and mix.
Spread out and cut to the desired size. Store in the cooler.

Esmeralda 74% chocolate mousse

ingredients preparation
  • 400g
    fresh milk
  • 100g
    cream
  • 100g
    egg yolks
  • 50g
    sugar
  • 1pod(s)
    Vanilla

Make the custard base. 

  • 620g
    CHD-Q74ESMN
  • 900g
    half whipped cream 35%

Take the custard base*.
Pour over the chocolate and emulsify.
When the mixture reach a temperature of 45°C, add the semi-whipped cream.
Mix and store in the refrigerator.

Mint, liquorice and Esmeralda chocolate cream

ingredients preparation
  • 20g
    mint
  • 200g
    water
  • 7g
    liquorice extract
  • 350g
    whipping 35% cream
  • 50g
    invert sugar
  • 1g
    gelatin
  • 230g
    CHD-Q74ESMN

Create an infusion with 200 g water and 20 g fresh mint.
Strain after a few minutes. Weigh out 150 g of the infusion, add the liquorice extract and boil with the cream and invert sugar, then add the gelatine.
Add gradually to the dark chocolate and emulsify uniformly.
Temper at 28°C and pour into half spheres moulds.
Freeze.

Menthol jelly

ingredients preparation
  • 100g
    water
  • 0,6g
    agar
  • 28g
    mint
  • 1g
    gelatin
  • 4drop(s)
    fat-soluble green colouring

Heat the water and agar-agar.
Add the menthol sweets mix (mint) in powder and bring briefly to a boil.
Incorporate the gelatine and drops of green colouring.

Others

ASSEMBLY

Paint the stone-shaped silicone mould with silver dust.
Place the menthol jelly on the sides. 
Then mould with grey-coloured white chocolate.
Insert the chocolate mousse and mint and liquorice interior.
Top with the chocolate sponge and finally the reconstituted crumble on the base.
Freeze. Once frozen, unmould and paint with black paint to achieve a velvet effect.
Serve at 12°C to 14°C. 

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