Chocolate Mont Blanc Roll
- 3 Eggs
- 80 grams Granulated sugar
- 40 grams Cake flour
- 15 grams Cocoa
- 20 grams Milk
- 20 grams Butter
- 200 grams Heavy cream (non-vegetarian)
- 30 grams Granulated sugar
- 30 grams Chocolate
- 1 tsp Rum
- 3 pieces Simmered Chestnuts or candied chestnuts
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Bring the eggs to room temperature.
- Sift the ingredients together.
- Preheat an oven to 180C.
- Break eggs in a bowl, and add all of the sugar.
- Beat until small bubbles form and the eggs are completely beaten.
- Now touch the eggs with your finger and if they feel cold, microwave at 10 second intervals until warm to the touch (they should be a little warmer than body temperature).
- Be sure to mix after every 10 seconds in the microwave.
- Beat with a hand mixer on high speed until light-colored and thick, then on low speed until smooth.
- Add the sifted ingredients in 4-5 batches, folding in with a rubber spatula.
- Keep mixing this way until the batter looks shiny and is well-mixed.
- Put milk and butter in a separate bowl and microwave.
- Add a small amount of the batter and mix.
- Add all of the mixture from Step 7 into the bowl of batter and mix.
- The finished batter will be shiny and will drizzle into the bowl when you lift the spatula.
- In order to get rid of the larger bubbles, pour the dough from a high angle onto the cookie sheet.
- Spread it out with a card and smack the bottom of the pan 2~3 times to get rid of the air bubbles.
- Bake in an oven at 180C for 12 minutes.
- Flip it over after 6 minutes in and bake.
- As soon as it's done baking, remove the cake from the baking sheet.
- Cover the surface tightly with plastic wrap to prevent drying and let it cool.
- Whip the heavy cream, sugar and rum lightly.
- Keep 100 g for adding with chocolate.
- When the cake has cooled, remove the baking side with a knife or a palette gently and place on a new paper.
- Whip Step 12's cream harder and spread it over the cake.
- Sprinkle with the chopped chestnuts.
- Roll it up slowly and gently.
- After the cake is rolled up, wrap tightly in plastic wrap.
- Place in the refrigerator, seam side down, and chill thoroughly.
- Put the chocolate into a bowl.
- Microwave or use a double boiler to dissolve it.
- Add Step 12's cream (100 g) and mix it in.
- Whip Step 16's cream until thick.
- Put the cream in an icing bag and squeeze the cream.
- Let it cool completely in fridge.
- Once it is properly cooled, sprinkle with cocoa powder and decorate as you like.
- It's done.
eggs, sugar, flour, cocoa, milk, butter, heavy cream, sugar, chocolate, chestnuts
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/170573-chocolate-mont-blanc-roll (may not work)