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Strawberry Pistachio Crown
With its milky chocolate taste, nutty cream, and brightness from the berries, this is a delightful canape that pleases the tastebuds as much as it catches the eye.

RECIPE INSTRUCTIONS
1. SUGAR DOUGH
Ingredients:
| 120g | Unsalted butter |
| 50g | Icing sugar |
| 1g | Salt |
| 45g | Eggs |
| 200g | Medium protein flour |
| 25g | Almond powder |
Preparation:
- In a mixing bowl, cream the butter with icing sugar and salt using a beater
- Add in the eggs slowly, don’t forget to scrape the bowl for an even mixture
- Add in the flour and almond powder, mix well
- Cover the dough with plastic wrap and chill in the freezer for 30 minutes
- Roll the sugar dough as thin as possible (2-3 mm) in between two parchment paper
- Cut the dough to the shape of the tart ring, and chill again for 10 minutes
- Brush the tart ring with butter
- Place the dough on a tray lined with Silpat. Shape the sides of the dough following the tart ring
- Gently poke the dough all the way through with a fork
- Bake the dough at 160 °C for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown on the edges
2. almond pistachio cream
Ingredients:
| 100g | Butter |
| 100g | Egg |
| 50g | Sugar |
| 30g | Almond powder |
| 75g | Chopped pistachio |
| 30g | Pistachio paste |
Preparation:
- Mix the unsalted butter and sugar together
- Add in eggs little by little, continuing to mix
- Add the almond powder, chopped pistachio, and pistachio paste into the mixture, then beat until well incorporated
- Put the cream on top of the half baked tart shell and bake at 160°C for 10 minutes
3. strawberry mousse
Ingredients:
| 80g | Cream |
| 95g | Glucose |
| 130g | Strawberry puree |
| 60g | Raspberry puree |
| 90g | Embassy Azalea Milk Chocolate Couverture 34% |
| 20g | Embassy Oceanic Blend Dark Chocolate Couverture 65% |
| 6g | Gelatin, bloom in 30 ml iced water |
| 300g | Whipping cream |
Preparation:
- In a pan, bring cream, glucose and all the puree just below boiling. Then, pour onto the chocolate and mix until emulsified
- Melt the bloomed gelatin using the residual heat in the pan, then add into the mixture and mix well
- Add whipped cream bit by bit, folding gently
- Put the mousse in a silicone mold and let it sit in the freezer overnight
4. GLAZING
Ingredients:
| 150g | Sugar |
| 75g | Raspberry puree |
| 1g | Pectin |
| 150g | Glucose |
| 50g | Embassy Zen White Chocolate 33% |
| 12g | Gelatin, bloom in 60 ml iced water |
| 150g | Neutral gel |
| 100g | Condensed milk |
| Red food coloring powder |
Preparation:
- Heat the sugar, raspberry puree, pectin and glucose until just below boiling
- Add in the white chocolate coins and gelatin
- Blend with neutral gel, condensed milk and red food coloring using a hand blender, then mix until emulsified
4. assembly
Preparation:
- Unmold the mousse from the silicon mold
- Glaze the mousse with the glazing, then directly put it on the tart
- Lastly, décor with chocolate decoration as desired
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