Raspberry and cocoa heart
Raspberry and cocoa heart
Take in the perfection of buttery crisp pastry partnered with a rich and creamy crimson red mousseline elevated with a raspberry cocoa cremeux insert.
Rich Terracotta Pate Feuilleté ingredients
- Milk : 573g
- deZaan Rich Terracotta cocoa powder : 96g
- T45 Flour : 478g
- deZaan Rich Terracotta cocoa powder : 96g
- T45 Flour : 478g
- Flour : 380g
- Granulated sugar : 19g
- Salt : 24g
- Fresh yeast : 29g
- Butter (cold) : 96
- Dry butter (Beurre Tourage) : 306g
Rich Terracotta Pate Feuilleté method
- Warm the milk to approx.
- 50°C and blend with Rich Terracotta cocoa powder until smooth.
- Allow this to hydrate for a minimum of 3hrs at 4°C.
- Once hydrated, start by mixing the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl (dough hook attachment).
- Warm ¼ of the cocoa liquid.
- Add fresh yeast and mix until smooth.
- Add directly into the mixing bowl.
- Start mixing the dough and add the remaining liquid.
- Mix to a dough-like texture.
- Add butter.
- Make sure that the temperature of the dough stays around 24-26°C.
- Mix to a smooth dough where the dough springs back when poked.
- Leave to rest at room temperature for 1 hour then transfer to refrigerator for further cooling.
- Prepare beurre tourage by shaping and rolling into a rectangle and approx.
- 1cm thick.
- Once the dough has been cooled, roll it out to about 1cm thick (sticking to a rectangular shape) double the length of the dry butter, and a bit wider.
- Place dry butter in the middle of the dough and fold flaps over.
- Creating a 3- fold pamphlet.
- Make sure all edges are sealed with dough.
- Roll dough to stick butter and dough together (making them into one unified dough).
- Make sure to keep the rectangular shape.
- Wrap it and let it rest in the refrigerator for a minimum of 1 hour.
- Give the dough its first turn.
- Take out the dough and roll it out lengthwise (keeping the rectangular shape intact) to about 1cm thick.
- Continue with the book fold method.
- After the first turn and resting process, give the dough a second turn.
- Repeat folding steps once more (3 turns in total).
- Once the dough has rested well, roll it out to about 6 – 8mm thick, 30cm in length, and 22-24cm wide.
- Cut into heart shapes.
- Proof at room temperature (25ºC) until it has doubled in size.
- Bake covered with a silpat and a rack at 175°C.
- (Vent Open) until baked through.
Raspberry Cocoa Cremeux ingredients
- Cream 35% : 825g
- Raspberry Puree : 425g
- Egg yolk : 250g
- deZaan True Gold cocoa powder : 84g
- Granulated sugar : 100g
- Gelatine (hydrated) : 15g
- Almond liquor : 30g
Raspberry Cocoa Cremeux method
- Bring the cream and puree to a soft boil.
- Temper into premixed egg yolk, true gold cocoa powder, and sugar mixture.
- Return mixture back to heat and cook to 82°C.
- Add gelatine. Mix with an immersion blender until smooth.
- Add almond liquor and mix until smooth.
- Transfer into round silicone molds (3cm diameter and 1cm thick)
- Freeze overnight or until set.
- Unmold and reserve in the freezer for assembly.
Crimson Red Mousseline ingredients
- Milk : 1000g
- Granulated sugar : 250g
- Egg yolks : 250g
- deZaan Crimson Red cocoa powder : 100g
- Butter : 60g
- Gelatine : 8g
- Cream 35% (whipped to medium peaks) : 250g
Crimson Red Mousseline method
- Bring milk to a soft boil.
- Temper into the premixed egg yolk, sugar, and crimson red cocoa powder mixture.
- Return mixture back to heat and cook to 82°C.
- Add gelatine. Mix with an immersion blender until smooth.
- Allow to set and cool to 4°C.
- Mix pastry cream with a whisk to loosen the cream a bit. Do not over-mix.
- Fold in whipped cream.
- Transfer to piping back with a round tip.
- Reserve in refrigerator until ready for assembly.
Assembly
- Once all components have been made.
- Start placing the raspberry cocoa cremeux in the center of the heart cocoa puff pastry.
- Pipe the crimson-red mousseline cream around in a decorative manner.
- With a pastry brush, spread a very thin layer of cocoa butter over the top of the 2nd layer of cocoa puff pastry. Allow this to set.
- Dust a 2nd layer of cocoa puff pastry with crimson-red cocoa powder.
- Place the second cocoa puff pastry layer over the piped mousseline cream.
- Serve immediately.

