The Art of French Pastry

bowl 1 medium stainless steel hand whisk 1 small plate 1 medium strainer 1 large rubber spatula 1 digital t ...

One 8- or 9-inch springform pan or ring, optional 1 small offset spatula 1 large chef’s knife Read this reci ...

INGREDIENTS It’s important to understand that an ice cream cake requires a base that will cut well ev ...

for trouble. Frozen meringue cuts easily and will offer no resistance to your teeth; instead, it melts ...

meringue is made of sugar and egg white; the egg white’s albumen traps and encloses thousands of air bubbles, a ...

great shield and will keep the frozen component very cold. After I tested this cake I transferred it fro ...

to use components that will all have a similar texture when the cake is served. No layer should be too hard ...

not harden too much in the freezer, allowing those layers of the vacherin to have a nice soft consistency ...

deep yellow with some brown flecks. Never use overripe bananas, as they have a foul smell. If you ne ...

releases ethylene, which creates enzymes that cause starches and acids to break down into sugar. These enzy ...

WEIGHT | MEASURE (APPROXIMATE) MERINGUE French Meringue | 1 recipe | 1 recipe Sliced almonds | 25 grams | ¼ ...

2⅓ cups Heavy cream (35% fat) | 250 grams | 1 cup plus 1½ tablespoons Granulated sugar | 100 grams | ½ c ...

Granulated sugar | 100 grams | ½ cup Ripe banana, peeled | 260 grams peeled | 2 medium bananas Lemon juice, f ...

Pinch | Pinch PINEAPPLE SORBET Fresh pineapple, peeled and cored | 645 grams peeled and cored | 1 small pineappl ...

55 grams | ¼ cup Clover honey | 15 grams | 2¾ teaspoons MANGO COULIS Fresh ripe mango, peeled and diced ...

mangoes Clover honey | 15 grams | 2¾ teaspoons FROSTING AND DECORATION Heavy whipping cream | 450 grams | ...

Vanilla extract | 5 grams | 1 teaspoon Fruit, for decoration | As desired | As desired Confectioners’ sugar, for du ...

DAY 1 You can make the meringues before or after you make the ice cream bases. MAKING THE MERINGUES 1 Preh ...

heat and allow to cool. Reduce the oven to 250°F/120°C. 2 Using a pencil, draw two 7-inch circles on pa ...

paper over, and place on a sheet pan. 3 Make a recipe of meringue following the instructions. Tr ...