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VANILLA AND BLACKCURRANT PAVLOVA

Made with Organic Bourbon Vanilla Extract

An original recipe by:
L’École Valrhona

5 steps

MAKES 24 DESSERTS

Recipe Step by Step

Step01

SWISS MERINGUE

330g  Egg whites
670g  Sugar 

Put the egg whites and confectioner’s sugar in a large bowl.
Put the bowl in a bain-marie and keep whisking until the mixture reaches 130-140°F (55-60°C).

Take the mixture off the heat and mix it using an immersion blender.

Step02

BLACKCURRANT COMPOTE

600g  Blackcurrant purée
400g  Frozen blackcurrants

Cook the blackcurrant purée and blackcurrants on a low heat for a few minutes.
Store at 40°F (4°C). 

Step03

JELLIED CHANTILLY WITH VANILLA EXTRACT

900g  Heavy cream 36%
54g  Sugar 
3.6g  Gelatin powder 220 Bloom
18g  Water for the gelatin
30g  NOROHY vanilla extract

Heat a small portion of the cream together with the sugar, then mix this with the rehydrated gelatin until it melts.
Add the remaining chilled cream, followed by the vanilla extract.
Store at 40°F (4°C) for at least 12 hours.

Step04

ICE CREAM WITH VANILLA EXTRACT

540g  Whole milk
40g  1% fat dry milk
200g  Heavy cream 36%
30g  Egg yolks
140g  Sugar 
10g  Invert sugar
3g  Glucose powder DE33
2g  Combined stabilizer 
13g  NOROHY Vanilla Extract

Heat the milk to 75°F (25°C), then add in the powdered milk and vanilla extract.
At 85°F (30°C), add the atomized glucose and sugars (but remember to set aside some of the sugar to mix with the stabilizer). Then add in the egg yolks and cream warmed to 95°F (35°C).
At 120°F (45°C), complete the mix by adding the remaining sugar combined with stabilizer.
Pasteurize at 185°F (85°C), mix and quickly cool to 40°F (4°C).
Leave to sit for at least 12 hours at 40°F (4°C).
Mix using an immersion blender and churn.

Step05

VANILLA OPALYS COATING

250g  Opalys 33% chocolate
17g  Grape seed oil
23g  Cocoa butter
6g  NOROHY Vanilla Extract

Melt the ingredients together. Set aside.

Assembly and finishing

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PREPARATION

Make the vanilla ice cream. Leave to sit for at least 12 hours.
Make the chantilly.
Make the Swiss meringue and spread approx. 200g 
between 2 sheets of baking paper using a rolling pin.
Crumple up the sheets, then leave them to dry in a hot cupboard for 24 hours.
Make the blackcurrant compote and set it aside until you are ready to serve.
Churn the vanilla ice cream and use a piping bag with a 
plain round 18mm nozzle to pipe it into rounds of approx. 30g. Freeze.
Make the vanilla Opalys coating, then dip in the vanilla ice cream rounds using a toothpick. Set aside until you are ready to serve.
 

 

PLATING

Break the Swiss meringue into large pieces and set aside.
Beat the chantilly and arrange a small dab on each 
plate. Stick a vanilla ice cream round on each one.
Add a further 20g of chantilly. Arrange approx. 15g of blackcurrant compote in the middle. 
Repeat. Finish off with a third sheet of Swiss meringue.
Add a light sprinkling of leftover vanilla powder