Pistachio matcha mousse cake slices dipped in chocolate
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Read about layer cakes in the BrightCulinary Book
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Ingredients
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- pistachio butter
- white chocolate
For the crunchy base, mix pistachio butter, white chocolate and roasted cadaif.
Crunchy pistachio base
Mold the base into a round, top with a disc of pistachio biscuit and freeze. Demold and keep in the freezer.
- roasted cadaif
- pistachio biscuit
- water
- heavy cream
- pistachio paste
For the pistachio marmalade, heat water with the heavy cream and pistachio paste.
Add the sugar and agar agar mixture, bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes.
- sugar
- agar agar
- tea matcha ganache montée
Whip the matcha ganache montee to medium soft peaks for the mousse.
Assemble upside down in a silicone cake mold, or a mold lined with plastic wrap: fill half full with matcha mousse and pipe more mousse around the borders.
For the enrobage, mix melted cocoa butter with dark chocolate and pass through a sieve.
- cocoa butter
- dark chocolate
- toasted pistachios
For the pistachio brittle, combine pistachio paste with cocoa butter, spread into discs and top with toasted pistachios and cocoa nibs.