Ingredients
Joconde
40g butter
200g almond
60g flour
6 eggs
170g icing sugar
20g inverted sugar
180g egg whites
30g caster sugar
Coffee syrup
80g Espresso coffee
10g simple syrup (half water, half sugar)
Coffee mousseline
60g milk
1 egg
6 egg yolks
120g sugar
50g flour
30g custard powder
40g Nescafe
300g butter
Chocolate ganache
450g cream
75g inverted sugar
250g dark chocolate
Chocolate glaze
180g sugar
60g cocoa powder
145g water
8g gelatine
110g cream
Method
Joconde
2 trays 40 x60 cm
First melt down the butter.Do a cold process sabayon by whipping the eggs, icing sugar and inverted sugarin a kitchen aid until fluffy and a pale yellow colour. Then start your meringue – whipping the egg whites andadding the sugar in bit by bit, untilthe whites are stiff.Add the almond powder to the sabayon, then add the meringue, followed by the flour and the cold melted butter.Spread on the trays (2 of 40 x 60 cm), bake in oven 180°C for 4 minutes to start, then until nice golden colour on top.
Coffee mousseline
First do a pastry cream by warming themilk andtempering over egg andegg yolks,sugar, flour, andcustard powder. Return to theheat, bringing it to a boil and cookingfor 5 minutes while boiling.After thatadd the Nescafe and 100g of butter. Allow to cool.When the pastry cream is cold, whip it in kitchen aid and add 200g of tempered butter cut in small pieces. Let it whip until well combined (must be smooth and shiny).
Chocolate ganache
Boil the cream and sugar, and pour over thedark chocolate.Hand blend to allow a smooth and shiny texture.
Chocolate glaze
Combine the sugar, cocoa powder and water. Mix well, bring to a boil, add the gelatine and pour over the cream.
To serve
At the bottom of the cake place the joconde sponge, slightly soaked with coffee syrup. Pour half of the mousseline on top and leave toset, then pour chocolate ganache, and start again with the joconde sponge, mousseline and chocolate ganache.Let it set and glaze with chocolate glaze. Cut and eat !
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