Delirium Caramel Tartlet

Luxury patisserie is on the rise. Consumers love to spoil themselves from time to time with the ultimate, sophisticated dessert. And chocolate should definitely be part of it. Very often, chocolate in the dessert menu or in the patisserie counter is the key reason to go for dessert.

With this recipe, you’ll convince everyone! Because it contains the one combination that nearly no-one can resist: caramel and chocolate. Or better: triple caramel times caramel chocolate.

Recipe

Created by
  • Ryan Stevenson - Baker, Paddock Bakery

Tart Dough

ingredients preparation
  • 261g
    butter
  • 130g
    hazelnut powder
  • 109g
    icing sugar
  • 4g
    salt

Mix together.

  • 109g
    egg yolks
  • 543g
    flour
  • 44g
    potato starch

Add and mix in.

Knead into a ball.

Seal and leave to cool for at least 2 hours in the fridge.

Then roll out to 3 mm and make tart shells.
Bake for 16 mins. at 150°C.   

Whipped Gold Ganache

ingredients preparation
  • 833g
    cream 35% fat
  • 77g
    trimoline
  • 3g
    vanilla bean

Heat together (to 85°C).

Leave to infuse for a few minutes.

  • 154g
    CHK-R30GOLD
  • 9g
    gelatin mass

Mix and pour over the previous mixture. Emulsify well. 

  • 123g
    cream 35% fat

Add and mix again.

Leave to cool in the fridge.

Whip the ganache before use until light and fluffy and bring into a piping bag.   

Madeleine Sponge

ingredients preparation
  • 375g
    whole eggs
  • 116g
    cream 35% fat

Add and fold in.

  • 360g
    flour
  • 180g
    icing sugar
  • 195g
    trimoline
  • 15g
    baking powder
  • 5g
    salt

Add and fold in.

  • 300g
    butter

Melt and fold in.

Weigh off 1500 g of the madeleine batter per 40 cm x 60 cm tray.

Spread in baking trays lined with Silpat baking sheets.
Bake for 8 mins. at 200°C.

Cut out circles that fit into the tart shells.

Finishing and presentation

ingredients preparation

Mix the caramel with the salt.
Bring in a piping bag.

  • CEF-CC-CARAM

Fill the bottom of the tart shells with a layer of caramel.
Push in the circles of madeleine sponge.
Pipe again a layer of caramel on top.
Then pipe dots of the whipped gold ganache.
Finish with a few roasted almond slivers, gold flakes and salted caramel Cirspearls™.