Gourmet

Financier-style citrus & Ivoire

Made with Cooking Range Ivoire 35% white chocolate

RECIPE CREATED BY VALRHONA’S ÉCOLE GOURMET

3 steps

To be made the day before:
Pistachio and orange blossom financier cake
IVOIRE 35% & orange blossom whipped ganache

To be made on the day:
Whole-fruit citrus compote

Required utensils:
Stainless steel ring, 20cm in diameter and 4.5cm high
Piping bag

 

MAKES ONE TART FOR 6 PEOPLE

Recipe Step by Step

01

PISTACHIO AND ORANGE BLOSSOM FINANCIER CAKE

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Leave to sit for: at least 12 hours
Baking time: 15 minutes

 

90 g Icing sugar
75 g Pistachio powder
1 g Fleur de sel
75 g Egg whites
50 g Unsalted butter
15 g Orange blossom water

Make the beurre noisette by placing the butter into a saucepan over medium heat and melting until it no longer crackles. All the water contained in the butter will have evaporated, and only the fat and casein will remain. The butter will then have taken
on a “brown” colour and a slightly caramelised scent.

Sift together the different dry ingredients: icing sugar, pistachio powder, and fleur de sel.
Add the tempered egg whites and the beurre noisette.
Pour in the orange blossom water and mix everything together.
Refrigerate for 12 hours before use.
Pour the mixture into a piping bag.
Pipe into the ring.
Bake at 355°F (180°C) for approx. 15 minutes.
02

IVOIRE 35% & ORANGE BLOSSOM WHIPPED GANACHE

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Leave to sit for: at least 4 hours

110 g Whipping cream 35%
10 g Acacia Honey
150 g IVOIRE 35%
10 g Orange blossom water
140 g Cold whipping cream 35%

Roughly chop the IVOIRE 35% chocolate.
Boil the cream and honey mixture in a saucepan.
Slowly pour the boiling mixture in 3 batches over the IVOIRE 35% chocolate, mixing in the centre to create an elastic, shiny core, the sign that an emulsion is beginning to form.
Maintain this texture throughout the mixing process.
Then, add the orange blossom water. Mix at the end one final time, then set aside. Mix the ganache base with the cold cream. Allow to set in the refrigerator for a minimum of 3 hours, before whipping the mixture to obtain a texture consistent enough for the ganache to be used in a piping bag. Beat the ganache with a hand mixer. Using a piping bag, pipe balls of whipped ganache onto a guitar sheet or a sheet of baking paper in a circle formation (diameter of 20cm), then cover with a second sheet to slightly flatten the balls.
Freeze the ganache spheres for at least 4 hours.
03

WHOLE-FRUIT CITRUS COMPOTE

Preparation time: 45 minutes

500 g Citrus fruit pulp of your choice (orange, grapefruit, etc.)
75 g Caster sugar

Peel the citrus fruits. Then, using a sharp knife, cut off the two ends of the citrus fruit. Remove the skin. Using the knife, cut out each citrus quarter so as to extract the pulp and detach it from the skin.
Roughly chop, then slowly stew with the sugar in a saucepan over medium heat for at least 30 minutes, stirring regularly, like when making a compote or jam.
Store in the refrigerator.

Assembly and finishing

10 g Pistachio pieces 
4 Edible flowers (optional)
Remaining citrus fruit pulp

Place the whipped ganache circle onto the financier cake. Fill the centre of the crown with the citrus compote. Garnish with citrus pulp, pistachio pieces, and a few edible flowers.

Nutrition tip

In the financier cake recipe, you can replace the pistachio flour with another nut flour such as
almond, hazelnut, or walnut.