Milk Chocolate Dome with Caramel Cream, Fleur de Sel And Pistachio Crunch Ice Cream
- 16 ounces heavy cream, plus 4 1/2 ounces cream
- 4 1/2 ounces milk
- .75 ounce sugar
- 3 egg yolks
- 16 ounces milk chocolate
- 1/2 pound sugar
- 4 ounces water
- 1 quart cream
- 1 vanilla bean split and scraped
- Chocolate Biscuit, recipe follows
- Chocolate Sable, recipe follows
- Chocolate Glaze, recipe follows
- Pistachio Nougatine, recipe follows
- Vanilla Ice Cream, recipe follows
- Chocolate disk, recipe follows
- Whip the 16 ounces heavy cream to soft peaks.
- Bring the milk and remaining 4 1/2 ounces of cream to a boil.
- Beat the sugar and egg yolks until smooth.
- While whisking egg yolk mixture, add a small ladle of the hot cream and whisk well to temper.
- Add the yolk mixture to the cream mixture and cook over low heat, while whisking, until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon.
- Remove from the heat.
- Strain and pour over the chocolate.
- Mix to incorporate.
- Gently fold in the whipped cream.
- Caramel Cream:
- Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring, until mixture comes to a boil.
- Once mixture boils, don't stir anymore.
- Boil until the mixture turns a dark caramel color.
- Once a dark caramel color is achieved, remove from the heat and carefully add half quart cream and the vanilla bean.
- Be careful as the mixture may sputter a bit when you add the cream.
- Bring back to a boil and cook until a uniform consistency is achieved.
- Strain and let cool overnight.
- Whip the remaining half quart of cream to soft peaks.
- Fold in the caramel.
- Assembly:
- While the ice cream is still soft stir in 1 cup of pistachio nougatine.
- Place in freezer until ready to serve.
- Pipe the mousse into 4-ounce dome molds and gently spoon up the sides to create a shell.
- Place in the freezer until set.
- Pipe in about 2 tablespoons of the caramel cream into each dome mold.
- Top with a chocolate disk and a round of chocolate biscuit.
- Place in the freezer until set and then unmold and store in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
- Warm the chocolate glaze.
- Place a sable round on a plate.
- Glaze the dome and place it on top of the cookie.
- Top with a dot of gold leaf.
- Serve with the pistachio ice cream and chocolate garnishes.
- 12 egg whites
- 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, plus 2 cups sugar
- 8 yolks
- 11 ounces canola oil
- 8 ounces water
- 1 1/2 cups cake flour
- 6 ounces cocoa
- 1/2 tablespoon baking soda
- 1/2 tablespoon baking powder
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Place the egg whites in a mixer and whisk until frothy.
- While whisking, slowly add the 1 cup and 1 tablespoon of sugar and whisk to soft peaks.
- Meanwhile whisk together the yolks, oil and water until frothy.
- Stir in the remaining 2 cups sugar.
- Sift the remaining dry ingredients and whisk into the yolk mixture.
- Gently fold in the meringue.
- Spread between 3 full sheet pans lined with parchment and bake until the cake springs back in the center, about 10 minutes.
- Let cool.
- Cut with a round cutter to fit directly at the base of the dome mold.
- 7 ounces butter
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 yolk
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 ounces cocoa
- Pinch salt
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cream together the butter and sugar.
- Add the egg and yolk, 1 at a time, just to combine.
- Sift all dry ingredients and add a little at a time until just mixed together.
- Roll out very thin, about 1/8-inch.
- Cut out with a 1 1/2-inch round cutter.
- Sprinkle disks with sugar and bake off until dry to the touch, about 6 to 8 minutes.
- Let cool.
- Chocolate Glaze:
- 3 1/2 ounces water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 9 ounces cream
- 2 ounces corn syrup
- 3 1/2 ounces 58 percent chocolate
- 2 cups pate a glacer brune
- Bring the water, sugar, cream and corn syrup to a boil.
- Pour over the chocolates and mix together.
- Let cool.
- 6 ounces butter
- 2 1/2 ounces corn syrup
- 6 1/2 ounces confectioners' sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon pectin
- 1/2 pound chopped pistachios
- Preheat oven to 325 degree F.
- In a large pot, melt the butter and corn syrup.
- Stir in the confectioners' sugar and pectin and cook, stirring until you have reached a full boil.
- Continue to cook for 2 minutes.
- Stir in the pistachios.
- Spread onto parchment lined sheet pan and bake in the oven until golden brown.
- Let cool.
- Grind in a food processor into small chunks.
- 1 quart milk
- 1/2 quart cream
- 1 vanilla beans, split and scraped
- 2 cups sugar
- 10 egg yolks
- Bring the milk, cream, vanilla beans and half the sugar to a boil.
- Whisk together the remaining sugar and yolks.
- While whisking, add a ladle of the hot cream mixture to the yolks.
- Stir the yolk mixture into the cream mixture and cook over low heat until the mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon.
- Remove from the heat and strain.
- Let cool and process in an ice cream machine.
- 72 percent chocolate
- Fleur de sel
- Temper chocolate and spread a thin layer out onto parchment.
- Sprinkle lightly with fleur de sel before it sets.
- Cut out with a 3/4-inch circle cutter.
heavy cream, milk, sugar, egg yolks, milk chocolate, sugar, water, cream, vanilla bean, chocolate biscuit, chocolate sable, chocolate glaze, nougatine, vanilla ice cream, chocolate
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/milk-chocolate-dome-caramel-cream-fleur-de-sel-pistachio-crunch-ice-cream-recipe.html (may not work)