Chocolate charlotte with mango cremeux
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Ingredients
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- mango puree
- eggs
- sugar
Mango cremeux: heat the mango puree in a saucepan; beat the eggs with the sugar in a bowl.
Pour the egg mixture into the warm puree, whisking constantly over medium heat until it thickens and just begins to bubble; one quick boil.
- bloomed gelatine
Off the heat, add the bloomed gelatine and cold cubed butter and blend smooth with an immersion blender.
- cold cubed butter
Fill the prepared tart ring a third full; dot with frozen raspberry spread (or diced apricots or raspberries) and freeze overnight.
Filling the ring and the insert options
- raspberry spread
Line the charlotte cake ring with an acetate collar or parchment and set it on a cake board with the first chocolate sponge disk.
Lining the charlotte ring
Ganache: stir bloomed gelatin into hot heavy cream, then incorporate the melted chocolate; set aside at room temperature.
- bloomed gelatin
- heavy cream
- melted chocolate
- egg whites
- sugar
Meringue: beat egg whites and sugar on full speed to stiff peaks; warm too-cold whites briefly with a torch without cooking them.
Whisk a third of the meringue into the ganache quickly, then fold in the rest with a rubber spatula.
Assemble: a layer of mousse spread to the edges, the second sponge, the frozen mango cremeux, more mousse, the third sponge, and mousse to the top levelled with an offset spatula; freeze overnight.
- 3 whole chocolate sponge disks
- chocolate ladyfingers
- mango brunoise
- chocolate jelly glaze
Unmold, dress the sides with chocolate ladyfingers, thaw overnight in the refrigerator, and finish with mango brunoise and the chocolate jelly glaze.
Assembling the charlotte