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Forêt noire

Forêt noire

Transform the timeless classic forêt noire into a contemporary masterpiece with a burst of vibrant cherry fruits paired with a rich baked ganache and layered in a crunchy chocolate pastry casing. This exquisite dessert embodies the perfect balance of fruity vibrancy and velvety indulgence - a luscious concoction - and the ideal way to re-introduce this must-have into your repertoire of sweet indulgences.

Cherry fruit paste ingredients

  • Leonce Blanc cherry puree : 250g
  • Tate & Lyle sugar : 325g
  • Sosa yellow pectin : 7g
  • Belgosuc glucose : 40g
  • Citric acid solution, using Sosa citric acid : 6g

Cherry fruit paste method

  • Heat the cherry puree to 40°C.
  • Blend the sugar and pectin then add to the puree.
  • Add the glucose and heat to 106°C.
  • Remove from the heat and add the citric acid mixing thoroughly.
  • Cover and cool before blending to a smooth paste.
  • Deposit 20g of the paste into Pidy Selection Trendy Chocolate Shells.

Baked ganache ingredients

  • Belcolade Cacao Trace noir selection : 340g
  • cream 35% : 20g
  • Belgosuc glucose : 55g
  • eggs : 470g
  • egg yolk : 75g
  • Dark chocolate leaves :
  • deZaan true dark cocoa powder :

Baked ganache method

  • Heat the cream and glucose to 80°C and pour over the chocolate to make a ganache. Add the eggs and egg yolks and mix with a stick blender. Pour 25g over the fruit paste and bake the tarts for 25 mins at 110°C.
  • Once cooled decorate with dark chocolate leaves and cocoa powder.
Forêt noire

Products from the recipe

Caster sugar

Sugar

Tate & lyle caster sugar - 2kg

Regular price £4.00
Sale price £4.00 Regular price £4.00

Sosa yellow pectin - 500g

Regular price £15.93
Sale price £15.93 Regular price £15.93

Syrup

Belgosuc glucose syrup - 1kg

Regular price £2.23
Sale price £2.23 Regular price £2.23

Sosa powdered citric acid - 1kg

Regular price £11.20
Sale price £11.20 Regular price £11.20