Bûche de Noël Slices with Pomegranate Sauce and Star Fruit

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Preparation info
  • 16

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
The Advanced Professional Pastry Chef

By Bo Friberg

Published 2003

  • About

Some form of bûche de Noël is always featured on a holiday menu in my kitchen — certainly not for its practicality, for the logs can be time-consuming, but because tradition and the public demand it. However, the complexity of the logs can be offset by the relative simplicity of some of the other desserts offered. For example, a nicely balanced selection of plated holiday desserts is Persimmon Pudding, Frosted Minneola Tangelo Givré, Princess Cake (with a Christmas decoration), and Bûche de