Almond Dacquoise with Semi-Confit Mandarins and Bitter-sweet Chocolate Suprême

Name: Almond Dacquoise with Semi-Confit Mandarins and Bitter-sweet Chocolate Suprême
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 5 h 55 min
Yield: Serves 6–8
Ingredients: 1 ¾ tablespoons (1 oz./25 g) butter; Generous ¼ cup (1 oz./25 g) ground blanched* almonds; 3 egg whites; 1 cup (3 oz./85 g) blanched* ground almonds; ⅓ cup (1 oz./30 g) cake flour; ⅓ cup (1 oz./30 g) cake flour; 4 mandarin oranges; 1 heaped tablespoon (1 oz./25 g) multi-floral honey; ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons (150 ml) partially skimmed milk; ¾ vanilla bean; 2 egg yolks; 2 ⅔ oz. (75 g) bittersweet chocolate, 70 percent cocoa; 2 ⅔ oz. (75 g) bittersweet chocolate, 70 percent cocoa; 1 cup (250 ml) whole milk; Whipping cream, 30–35 percent fat, divided: 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons (25 ml) plus ½ cup minus 2 tablespoons (100 ml); Whipping cream, 30–35 percent fat, divided: 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons (25 ml) plus ½ cup minus 2 tablespoons (100 ml); 1 ½ tablespoons (⅔ oz./20 g) granulated sugar; 1 ½ tablespoons (⅔ oz./20 g) granulated sugar; 1 ½ tablespoons (⅔ oz./20 g) granulated sugar; 1 ½ tablespoons (⅔ oz./20 g) granulated sugar; 1 ½ tablespoons (⅔ oz./20 g) granulated sugar; ½ teaspoon (1 g) agar-agar

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Complex
Ready in
6 hr

Appears in

Encyclopedia of Chocolate

By Frédéric Bau and École du Grand Chocolat Valrhona

Published 2017

About

Ingredients

Almond streusel

1 ¾ tablespoons (1 oz./25 g) butter
2

Vegetarian
Cake

Method

Prepare and bake the almond streusel. Use the proportions given opposite. Set aside.

Prepare the almond dacquoise. Use the proportions given opposite. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Pour the mix