Reef Chocolate Raspberry Wild Fennel

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The California coast is surrounded by reefs and wild fennel grows everywhere all year long.
Alto el sol chocolate cremeux gives a rich dominant sourness and red fruits flavor which is the perfect pairing with raspberry and the floral aspect of the wild fennel leaves a fresh palate toward the end of the degustation.
I wanted to use locally sourced products (fennel) and represent the ocean through a self-handmade reef plate in collaboration with a local Pottery Artist Michael Totah.

Recipe components

Chocolate Creme Fraiche Cake

PreparationIngredients
Preparation

Robocoupe all dry indredients, add yolks, add melted butter and melted chocolate (base). Make french meringue with egg white and sugar,  fold in base. Stir in Creme fraiche. Bake 350F.

Ingredients
  • 285g
    almond flour
  • 225g
    powdered sugar
  • 15g
    Cornstarch
  • 50g
    C
  • 50g
    T
  • 115g
    butter
  • 420g
    Egg yolk
  • 90g
    egg whites
  • 60g
    sugar
  • 125g
    Crème fraiche 38%

Alto El Sol 65% Chocolate Cremeux

PreparationIngredients
Preparation

Anglaise Method. Add Gelatin. Pour over chocolate.

Ingredients
  • 100g
    milk
  • 100g
    cream
  • 40g
    egg yolks
  • 40g
    sugar
  • 90g
    C
  • 3g
    gelatin leaves

Chocolate Sable

PreparationIngredients
Preparation

Robocoupe all ingredients.

Ingredients
  • 300g
    A.P. flour
  • 10g
    baking powder
  • 50g
    D
  • 200g
    butter
  • 2g
    salt
  • 70g
    almond flour
  • 120g
    powdered sugar
  • 60g
    whole egg(s)
  • 100g
    brown butter

Wild Fennel Cream

PreparationIngredients
Preparation

Infuse Fennel Pollen overnight with Cream. Mix Vanilla Paste and Mascarpone. Strain Fennel Cream and mix with Mascarpone mixture. Add Powdered Sugar and whip to medium whip.

Ingredients
  • 345g
    cream
  • 35g
    powdered sugar
  • 1g
    vanilla paste
  • 1g
    Fennel Pollen
  • 230g
    mascarpone