French Fancies

These pastries are elaborate yet so easy to make, achieving a balance of flavours and textures in a spoonful of dessert. Le Noisetier is packed with flavours of chocolate and toasted hazelnut and comes covered in a special Rocher glaze that makes it a really posh version of a Ferrero Rocher, while the vanilla and chocolate dessert is packed with modern techniques and several incredible layers.

1. Le Noisetier

• Cocoa chiffon sponge
• Dark chocolate mousse
• Milk chocolate and hazelnut cremeux
• Rocher glaze
• Praline Chantilly

2. Vanilla, pecan and chocolate

• Butter sablé (butter cookies)
• Reconstituted sablé with feuilletine
• Almond praline
• Ladyfinger biscuit
• Pecan sablé garnish (sugar coated pecans)
• Vanilla mascarpone mousse
• Mirror glaze

Techniques learned: chiffon sponge, cremeux, mousse, Rocher glaze, mirror glaze, candied nuts, ladyfinger cake, praline, sablé, reconstituted sablé.