Individual Mont-Blanc**

Name: Individual Mont-Blanc** (Mont-Blanc)
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 2 h 42 min
Yield: Makes 10
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: ½ cup (120 ml) whole milk, well chilled; 9 oz. (250 g) sweet shortcrust pastry dough (Chef’s Notes); 7 oz. (200 g) crème de marrons (chestnut spread); 1 quantity (1 lb./465 g) French meringue (Chef’s Notes); 1¾ cups (400 ml) crème fraîche (see Chef’s Notes), well chilled; 2 tbsp (30 ml) rum or milk, as needed; 2½ tbsp (1 oz./30 g) sugar; Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting; Candied chestnuts, finely chopped; Chocolate sauce, warm

Mont-Blanc

Preparation info

Makes
10

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
3 hr

Appears in

French Pastries and Desserts by Lenôtre

By Chefs at Lenôtre

Published 2021

About

Ingredients

Meringue disks

1 quantity (1 lb./465 g) French meringue (Chef’s Notes)

Europe
France
Dessert
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to 300°F (150°C/Gas Mark 2).
To prepare the meringue disks, draw 10 × 3-in. (8-cm) circles on a sheet of parchment paper, using a pencil. Place on the cookie sheet with the pencil lines underneath.
Spoon the meringu