White Chocolate Matcha Latte & Green Tea Cakes

Name: White Chocolate Matcha Latte & Green Tea Cakes
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 500 ml (16 fl oz/2 cups) whole milk; 80 g (2¾ oz) Fine white chocolate, finely chopped; 40 g (1½ oz) plain (all-purpose) flour, sifted; Black & white toasted sesame seeds, to sprinkle; 5 g (½ tsp) matcha powder; 10 ml (¾ tbsp) water; 5 g (1 tsp) matcha (green tea powder); 5 g (1 tsp) matcha (green tea powder); 15 g (½ oz/1 tbsp) ground hazelnuts; 115 g (4 oz/1½ cups) ground almonds; 125 g (4½ oz/generous ½ cup) caster (superfine) sugar; 115 g (4 oz) egg whites (about 4 eggs); 115 g (4 oz) egg whites (about 4 eggs); 125 g (4½ oz/1¼ sticks) unsalted butter, cut into cubes

Preparation info

Makes
2
lattes

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Couture Chocolate

By William Curley

Published 2011

About

I predict matcha lattes will be the next big thing – they are very popular in Japan. We add white chocolate, which complements the matcha.

Ingredients

For the green tea cakes

125 g (4½ oz/1¼ sticks) unsalted butter, cut into cubes

Asia
Japan
Vegetarian
Drinks

Method

To make the green tea cakes:

Make a beurre noisette. Put the butter in a saucepan and heat until the butter becomes golden and has a nutty aroma. Leave to cool.
Beat the egg whites and sugar together by hand in a mixing bowl and add the ground almonds, hazelnuts and matcha powder. Stir in the beurre noisette.
Mix