White and Milk Chocolate Tart with Bananas, Coconut and Passion Fruit
Medium
Makes: 6 Yield
Learn the technique to create a perfect multi-layered cake! You will learn how to make a crunchy sablé base, a coconut confit, a chocolate ganache, and caramelized flambé bananas. The white chocolate and passion mousse is balancing out the sweetness and acidity overall. You will also learn how to match the flavor and color in a recipe: here, the banana and passion fruit pair great with yellow.
Learn the technique to create a perfect multi-layered cake! You will learn how to make a crunchy sablé base, a coconut confit, a chocolate ganache, and caramelized flambé bananas. The white chocolate and passion mousse is balancing out the sweetness and acidity overall. You will also learn how to match the flavor and color in a recipe: here, the banana and passion fruit pair great with yellow.
Shelf life:
1 Day
Conservation:
Refrigeration at 4°C
Containing: 6 Components
Demonstration video<span>White and Milk Chocolate Tart with Bananas, Coconut and Passion Fruit</span>

Decorations

Preparation: Decorations

  1. Using a wet cloth, stick an acetate sheet on the table and clean well using a paper towel.
  2. Pour some pre-crystallized chocolate and spread thinly using an offset spatula.
  3. Remove the plastic sheet covered with chocolate.
  4. Remove the excess chocolate from the table using a scraper.
  5. Using a bicycle cutter at 2.5 cm (1”), cut on the diagonal in order to create a diamond shape.
  6. Cover with a sheet of parchment paper to avoid the sheet from sticking, then roll around the tube and use some tape to fix it on the tube.
  7. Let set at room temperature to use in the final assembly.

Tools

  • Knife
  • Scraper
  • Parchment paper
  • Offset spatula
  • Paper towel
  • Tube
  • Bicycle (5 or 6-wheel cutter)
  • Spatula
  • Cloth
  • Acetate sheet

Crispy Brown Sugar Cookie

Ingredients: Crispy Brown Sugar Cookie

  • 7.9 oz
    All purpose flour
  • 2.6 oz
    Dark brown sugar
  • 15.4 gr
    salt
  • 6.7 oz
    butter
  • 2 beans(s)
    Vanilla beans
  • 1.1 oz
    egg whites

Preparation: Crispy Brown Sugar Cookie

  1. In a tabletop mixer with a paddle attachment, mix the flour, brown sugar, salt, cold butter cubes, and vanilla seeds until it has a “wet sand” texture.
  2. Add the egg whites and mix again until a smooth dough is formed.
  3. Spread between 2 acetate sheets to a thickness of 2.5 mm (0.1”) and refrigerate for at least 12 hours.
  4. Remove the top acetate sheet, cut circles with a cookie cutter, and place on a perforated silicone mat.
  5. Cover with a second perforated silicone mat.
  6. Bake at 160°C (320°F) for 16 -18 minutes.
  7. Let cool and reserve.

Tools

  • Metal Tray
  • Knife
  • Scraper
  • Bowl(s)
  • Parchment paper
  • Rolling pin
  • Rack
  • Acetate sheets
  • Tabletop mixer, mixing bowl and a paddle attachment
  • Spatula
  • Ring cutter 12 cm (4.75”)
  • Perforated silicone mats

Coconut and Passion Fruit Confit

Ingredients: Coconut and Passion Fruit Confit

  • 1.8 oz
    sugar
  • 0.2 oz
    pectin NH
  • 1.2 oz
    apricot puree
  • 1.4 oz
    passion fruit puree
  • 5.6 oz
    coconut puree
  • 1.6 oz
    inverted sugar

Preparation: Coconut and Passion Fruit Confit

  1. Combine the sugar and the pectin and mix well.
  2. Place the fruit purées and invert sugar in a saucepan, off the heat, and mix well.
  3. Add the sugar/pectin mix into the saucepan and place on a cooktop. Bring to a boil while whisking regularly until it is all incorporated. In case you find any lumps, use an immersion blender to mix well.
  4. Transfer into a mixing bowl.
  5. Cover with plastic film making sure it touches the entire surface of the confit.
  6. Let cool down in the refrigerator until completely cold.
  7. Pour the confit into a piping bag. Pipe 3mm (0.12”) into the tart rings that are placed on a metal tray lined with a silicone mat.
  8. Place in the freezer.

Tools

  • Cooktop
  • Saucepan
  • Metal Tray
  • Whisk
  • Immersion blender
  • Piping Bag
  • Scissors
  • Bowl(s)
  • Mixing bowl (s)
  • Plastic film
  • Spoon
  • Silicone mat
  • Spatula
  • 8 cm (3”) tart rings

Milk Chocolate Ganache

Ingredients: Milk Chocolate Ganache

Preparation: Milk Chocolate Ganache

  1. Warm up the cream and butter to 60°C (140°F).
  2. Place the chocolate in a tall recipient.
  3. Pour the cream mixture over the chocolate and allow it to sit for a couple of minutes until the chocolate melts.
  4. Emulsify using an immersion blender until a smooth texture is obtained.
  5. Pour into a piping bag and let it cool down for a few minutes.
  6. Pipe 3mm (0.12”) into the tart rings, over the frozen confit.
  7. Tap to even it out.
  8. Put it back in the freezer to set.

Tools

  • Cooktop
  • Saucepan
  • Tall recipient
  • Thermometer
  • Immersion blender
  • Piping Bag
  • Scissors
  • Bowl(s)
  • Spatula

Banana Compote

Ingredients: Banana Compote

  • 1.8 oz
    sugar
  • 1.4 oz
    butter
  • 7.1 oz
    Bananas, diced
  • 1.1 oz
    Dark brown sugar
  • 15.4 gr
    salt
  • 1.8 oz
    rum
  • 1 beans(s)
    vanilla bean

Preparation: Banana Compote

  1. Caramelize the sugar in a sauté pan and stop the cooking by adding the butter.
  2. Scrape the vanilla seeds, place them in the rum bowl and set aside.
  3. Add the bananas and let sauté for about 2 minutes.
  4. Add the brown sugar and salt and let sauté for 2 minutes again.
  5. Add the rum and vanilla seeds and flambé by igniting using a lighter or a blow torch. Cover with a metal tray to stop the flambé.
  6. Spread the compote on a metal tray lined with a silicone mat. Cover with a plastic film and place in the refrigerator until completely cold.
  7. Once cold, place the banana compote on top of the coconut-passion fruit confit and chocolate ganache layers in order to fill completely the tart ring.
  8. Remove the excess banana compote on top with an offset spatula.
  9. Freeze until solid.

Tools

  • Cooktop
  • Metal Tray
  • Knife
  • Bowl(s)
  • Offset spatula
  • Plastic film
  • Spoon
  • Silicone mat
  • Spatula
  • Sauté pan
  • Lighter or blow torch

Assembly

Ingredients: Assembly

  • Yellow IBC cocoa butter, melted
  • IBC brown cocoa butter
  • Leftover chocolate ganache

Preparation: Assembly

  1. Unmold the frozen insert using a torch to detach the sides and place it in the center of the ring cutter on a metal tray lined with a silicone mat.
  2. Pour the passion fruit and white chocolate mousse into a piping bag.
  3. Pipe the mousse into the ring covering completely the insert.
  4. Remove the excess and even out the top using an offset spatula.
  5. Place in the freezer for about 3-5 minutes just for the mousse to set.
  6. Pour some leftover mousse into a piping bag and cut a small perforation.
  7. Draw 3 lines over the top of the mousse to decorate and pipe a small dot on the side.
  8. Clean the excess mousse on the silicone mat using a small offset spatula.
  9. Put in the freezer until solid enough to be unmolded.
  10. Once solid, unmold the tart and immediately spray some
  11. yellow cocoa butter using a spray gun to completely cover the tart.
  12. Spray some brown cocoa butter on top of the tart.
  13. Pour a dot of mousse at the center of the brown sugar cookie.
  14. Using a knife and an offset spatula, place the tart on the
  15. brown sugar cookie and gently press to fix it together.
  16. Warm up the leftover ganache for about 15 seconds in a microwave and pour it into a paper cone. Pipe some ganache on top of the tart to decorate.
  17. Finally, remove the decorations from the tube and place 1 chocolate diamond on top of the tart.

Tools

  • Metal Tray
  • Knife
  • Microwave
  • Scissors
  • Bowl(s)
  • Parchment paper
  • Offset spatula
  • Spray gun
  • Spoon
  • Paper cones
  • Torch
  • Silicone mat
  • Small offset spatula
  • Piping Bag (s)
  • Spatula
  • 12 cm (4.75”) ring cutter lined with 2.5cm (1”) plastic sheet

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