Valrhona Sunny Valentine Dessert Recipe
Plated desserts

My Sunny Valentine

Made with Opalys 33%

An original recipe by Cercle V Chef Alban Guilmet

7 steps

Recipe Step by Step

Step01

ALMOND SHORTCRUST PASTRY

  • 470g pastry flour
  • 180g confectioner’s sugar
  • 4g fine salt
  • 60g almond flour
  • 240g butter
  • 100g eggs

Mix the dry ingredients with the very cold, cubed butter until it resembles crumbs.



As soon as the mixture is completely smooth, add the cold eggs.



As soon as you obtain an even dough, stop mixing.



Store in the refrigerator or spread out immediately.



BAKING: 150°C (300°F).

Step02

PRALINÉ CRISP

415g almond shortcrust pastry

145g  CRUNCHY 50% ALMOND AND HAZELNUT PRALINÉ

25g  COCOA BUTTER

270g  OPALYS 33%

65g crispy wheat flake cereal

2g fleur de sel

Bake the shortbread and grind it into a powder.

Add the PRALINÉ, the COCOA BUTTER and the melted couverture, the crispy wheat flake

cereal and the fleur de sel.

Step03

RASPBERRY JUICE

500g frozen raspberries

Put the raspberries in a bain-marie with some plastic wrap to cover its surface until their juice seeps out. Filter but don’t press them to make a translucent juice.

Step04

RASPBERRY JELLY

158g raspberry juice

45g sugar

6g gelatin powder (220 bloom)

30g water for the gelatin

meyer lemon segments

Heat the raspberry juice and sugar.

Add the rehydrated gelatin.

Bring to a boil.

Place the lemon segments in the heart-shaped mold (Pavoni PX4325) and fill it with raspberry jelly, then freeze.

Step05

RASPBERRY CRÉMEUX

500g 100% lemon purée

6.5g gelatin powder 220 bloom

4g lemon zest

240g  OPALYS 33%

40g  COCOA BUTTER

32.5g water for the gelatin

400g heavy cream 36%

Cook the raspberry purée, egg yolks, eggs, sugar and rehydrated gelatin at 185°F (85°C).

Let the mixture cool to 105°F (40°C) and add the creamed butter. Mix using an immersion blender.

Store in the fridge until it is time to assemble.

Step06

LIGHT LEMON CREAM

240g 100% lemon purée

6.5g gelatin powder 220 Bloom

4g lemon zest

240g  OPALYS 33%

40g  COCOA BUTTER

32.5g water for the gelatin

400g heavy cream 36%

 

Heat the lemon purée along with the zest and add the gelatin mass.

Combine it with the partially melted OPALYS and COCOA BUTTER, mixing first by hand then using an immersion blender until the emulsion is flawless.

Leave to cool overnight in the refrigerator.

Beat the cream and incorporate it into the preparation. Use immediately.

Step07

VIENNESE BISCUIT

60g egg yolks

160g eggs

125g sugar

100g egg whites

40g sugar

80g pastry flour

In a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, beat the egg yolks, eggs, and a larger portion of sugar.



Whisk the egg whites while gradually adding the smaller portion of sugar.



Combine the whisked whites with the other mixture and finally add the sifted flour.



BAKING: On a baking mat at 200-220°C (360-375°F).600g to 800g for a 40 x 60cm mold.



600g to 2400g for a 40 x 60cm mold.

Assembly and finishing

Valrhona Sunny Valentine Dessert Recipe

As needed  RASPBERRY INSPIRATION

As needed  BLOND DULCEY 35%

Make the crisp and spread it to a depth of 4mm in a frame, using a guitar sheet to help you. Leave it to set overnight before cutting it into hearts. Cut some pre-set RASPBERRY INSPIRATION couverture into hearts just like the ones you made with the crisp. Use a piping bag with a 9mm nozzle to make small dabs of lemon cream around the crisp, then fill the center with raspberry crémeux. Put the RASPBERRY INSPIRATION heart on top, followed by a small disk of Viennese sponge (this will be the base for your jelly heart). Finish by arranging some balls of lemon cream around the heart and sprinkling on some lemon zests.