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- Cuisine: Dutch
- Prep Time: 1 hr(s)
- Cook Time: 10 min(s)
- Serves 12
Belgian pastry chef Didier Lanoote from Taste of Belgium in Seaforth, NSW, is well known for his chocolate creations. He explains how to make a Belgian version of opera cake.
Ingredients
Biscuit Joconde250g icing sugar
250g almond meal
300g eggs
65g flour, sifted
50g unsalted butter, melted
200g eggwhites
35g sugar
Ganache
400g cream
50g butter
400g dark chocolate couverture, chopped
Vanilla stock syrup
250g caster sugar
250ml water
1 vanilla pod, split
20ml shot of coffee
Buttercream
125g egg whites
100g icing sugar
500g unsalted butter, at room temperature
Preparation
Combine the sugar and almond meal in a bowl. Add the eggs and beat well to combine. Fold in the flour and melted butter. Beat the eggwhites until very stiff and add this to the almond meal mixture.Spread the mixture onto a 60 x 40cm baking tray. Bake for 8-10 minutes at 220°C.
Heat the cream in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to the boil. Stir in the butter. In a bowl, pour the cream mixture over the chocolate and stir to combine. Place in the fridge to cool, reserving 1/4 cup for the glaze (don't allow this to cool).
To make the vanilla stock syrup, place the caster sugar, water and vanilla pod in a saucepan. Bring to the boil, and remove from heat. Stir in the coffee.
To make the buttercream, heat the egg whites to 60°C in a bain marie. Beat until stiff peaks form. Gradually add the icing sugar, beating between additions, until the mixture has cooled. Add the butter and continue beating. (Do not place in fridge.)
To assemble, cut the Joconde biscuit into three slices. Place 1 Jaconde slice on a tray. Brush with the vanilla-coffee stock syrup. Spread the ganache and top with another Jaconde slice. Brush with the vanilla-coffee syrup. Spread with buttercream. Top with the remaining Jaconde slice and finish with a layer of ganache.
Divide into slices and serve.
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