Mont Blanc (cream/chestnut/meringue) Recipe
Yield: 10 ServingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
MERINGUE
4: Egg whites, room temp
1/8 tsp: Salt,
1/8 tsp: Cream of tartar,
1 cup: Less 1 tb sugar,
3/4 tsp: Vanilla,
CHESTNUT PUREE
3 lbs: Fresh chestnuts or one 1lb 15 oz can chestnut puree,
1: Vanilla bean, if using fresh chestnuts
3/4 cup: Water,
1/3 cup: Sugar,
CREAM FILLING
1 1/2 cup: Whipping cream,
1 tbsp: , (or 2) tb sugar
1 tsp: Vanilla,
1: Egg white, room temp
2 Squares: semisweet chocolate grated,
Directions:
FOR MERINGUE: Preheat oven to 250 deg F. Grease a baking sheet,
sprinkle with flour, and mark 1 9inch circle or 10 3.5 inch circles
(this may require more than one baking sheet) In large bowl, beat egg
whites with salt until foamy. Add cream of tartar and beat until soft
peaks form. Beat in 2 tb sugar until mixture holds long, stiff peaks
when beater is lifted. *Fold* in remaining sugar and vanilla. Place
in pastry bag fitted with 1/2-inch plain tube and pipe 1 large round
or 10 small ones onto prepared sheet. Bake 1 hour or until meringue
is firm to the touch. If meringue(s) brown during baking, reduce
heat. Transfer meringue(s) to rack and let cool. FOR CHESTNUT PUREE:
Peel chestnuts using small, sharp knife and leaving inner skin.
Preheat oven to 375 deg F. Place chestnuts in shallow heatproof dish
and bake 10 to 15 minutes, or until skin dries and peels off easily.
Rub nuts in rough cloth to remove skins. Place peeled nuts in
saucepan with vanilla bean and water to cover and bring to a boil
over high heat. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 25 to 30 minutes, or
until very tender. Remove vanilla bean (it may be washed and reused.)
Drain chestnuts, then put through food mill or sieve, or in food
processor, and puree. Briefly boil together 3/4 c water and sugar to
make thin sugar syrup, then set aside to cool. When cool, beat enough
syrup into chestnut puree to make it thin enough to pipe through
pastry bag but still thick enough to hold its shape. If using canned
puree, sweeten to taste, making sure it is thin enough to be piped.
Fit pastry bag with 1/8-inch plain tube and fill with puree. Beat
cream until stiff, then add sugar to taste and vanilla. Beat egg
white in separate bowl until stiff peaks form, then fold into cream.
Place cream mixture into pastry bag fitted with star tip. Arrange
meringue(s) on serving platter and pipe chestnut puree in birds nest
shape around edge of meringue. Pipe cream mixture in center, piling
it high. Sprinkle grated chocolate over whipped cream and chill until
serving time.
Source from luhu.jp
sprinkle with flour, and mark 1 9inch circle or 10 3.5 inch circles
(this may require more than one baking sheet) In large bowl, beat egg
whites with salt until foamy. Add cream of tartar and beat until soft
peaks form. Beat in 2 tb sugar until mixture holds long, stiff peaks
when beater is lifted. *Fold* in remaining sugar and vanilla. Place
in pastry bag fitted with 1/2-inch plain tube and pipe 1 large round
or 10 small ones onto prepared sheet. Bake 1 hour or until meringue
is firm to the touch. If meringue(s) brown during baking, reduce
heat. Transfer meringue(s) to rack and let cool. FOR CHESTNUT PUREE:
Peel chestnuts using small, sharp knife and leaving inner skin.
Preheat oven to 375 deg F. Place chestnuts in shallow heatproof dish
and bake 10 to 15 minutes, or until skin dries and peels off easily.
Rub nuts in rough cloth to remove skins. Place peeled nuts in
saucepan with vanilla bean and water to cover and bring to a boil
over high heat. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 25 to 30 minutes, or
until very tender. Remove vanilla bean (it may be washed and reused.)
Drain chestnuts, then put through food mill or sieve, or in food
processor, and puree. Briefly boil together 3/4 c water and sugar to
make thin sugar syrup, then set aside to cool. When cool, beat enough
syrup into chestnut puree to make it thin enough to pipe through
pastry bag but still thick enough to hold its shape. If using canned
puree, sweeten to taste, making sure it is thin enough to be piped.
Fit pastry bag with 1/8-inch plain tube and fill with puree. Beat
cream until stiff, then add sugar to taste and vanilla. Beat egg
white in separate bowl until stiff peaks form, then fold into cream.
Place cream mixture into pastry bag fitted with star tip. Arrange
meringue(s) on serving platter and pipe chestnut puree in birds nest
shape around edge of meringue. Pipe cream mixture in center, piling
it high. Sprinkle grated chocolate over whipped cream and chill until
serving time.
Source from luhu.jp
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