Puff Pastry with Caramel Powder

Puff pastry is built from two essential components: For the Beurrage: 350 grams butter 75 grams flour Method: For the Détrempe: 300 grams flour 5 grams sugar 5 grams salt 125 grams ice-cold water 65 grams butter 7 grams white wine vinegar Method Lamination Baking For the Caramel Powder: 150 grams sugar 75 grams water […]

Herb Tuilles

20 grams soft herb leaves (tarragon, parsley, etc.) 60 grams egg white 40 grams neutral oil 10 grams sugar 3 grams salt 10 gram butter 50 grams flour Mix the herbs with the egg white, the neutral oil, the sugar, the salt and the butter. Now blend this till smooth. Once smooth add the flour […]

Wild Garlic Tartelette

20 grams wild garlic leaves 40 grams water 20 grams olive oil 15 grams egg yolk 3 grams salt 160 grams flour Mix the wild garlic leaves with the water, the olive oil, the egg yolk and the salt. Then blend it till smooth. Insure it has an even color otherwise you need to blend […]

Fig Leaf Pressing Tuille

45 g fig leaves green oil 45 g blent isomalt sugar 45 g flour 50 g egg white 5 g corn starch 3 g active charcoal Blend all the ingredients in a small blender, spread the batter over the stencil, then remove it and bake the leaves at 160C for around 5 minutes and warm […]

Bone marrow tartelette

250 grams bone marrow 30 grams beef stock 2 grams squid ink 5 grams sugar 8 grams egg yolk 1 gram salt 85 grams flour Place the bone marrow on a metal tray and toast it at 200 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes. You can also do this on a barbeque for a good smokey […]

Sweet tartelette

160 grams flour 15 grams egg yolk 60 grams water 20 grams sunflower oil 30 grams sugar 3 grams salt Transfer the flour on your worktop and use the bowl to make a well in the middle. Fill it with the egg yolk, the water, the sunflower oil, the sugar and the salt. Then start […]

Apricot & carrot tartelette

1 carrot 350 grams apricots 2 cinnamon sticks 40 grams ginger syrup 20 grams glucose 80 grams icing sugar 100 grams isomalt sugar Knife tip xanthan gum 2 grams marigold leaves Peel a carrot and cut in half. Then cut 100 grams in even pieces. Transfer it into a saucepan. Now cut the apricots in […]

Chocolate Tartelette

200 grams sugar 40 grams water 10 grams glucose 100 grams hazelnuts 25 grams cacao powder 50 grams egg white Mix the sugar with the water and the glucose. Heat this up till the sugar starts to caramelize. It needs to be a light golden caramel. Then add the hazelnuts and while stirring caramelize it […]

Carabinero tartelette

3 carabinero’s 3 grams salt 70 grams tomato paste 120 grams butter 3 sprigs basil First separate the heads from the tail of the carabinero’s and peel the tails. Also remove the intestines. The tails I later on use to make a tartare to fill the tartelette. Then crush or blend the carabinero heads into […]

Scallop tartelette

5 scallops 20 grams beaten egg 10 grams olive oil 10 grams butter 5 grams black sesame seeds 10 grams samphire 85 grams flour First open up the scallops. The scallop I use later on to fill the tartelette, the beard for a scallop cream and the coral for the tartelette dough. These corals where […]