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Modern Mono Cobbler
Single-portion cobbler with a cocoa shortbread, pistachio bavaroise and an Idukke chocolate mousse
Giancarlo Alosa
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Components
1. Classic cocoa shortbread
1 kg Butter
2 kg Caster Sugar
3 kg Weak flour
250 g Cocoa 22/24 Dark
120 g Egg yolks
400 g Whole eggs
10 g Salt
Vanilla, grated lemon and orange

Knead the butter and the sugar. Add the eggs, the salt and the flavourings, and finally the flour. Cover the mixture and leave to rest in the fridge for at least eight hours. Roll out and prepare the base of the tarts.

2. Pistachio Bavaroise
330 g Milk
150 g Egg Yolks
75 g Sugar
16 g Gelatine
80 g Water
230 g Cristallo White
115 g Pistachio Paste
100 g Semi-whipped cream

Prepare some custard with the first three ingredients. Add the rehydrated gelatine. Pour over the chocolate combined with pistachio paste. Emulsify and cool to a temperature of 30°C. Dilute with cream.

3. Idukki Mousse
350 g Cream
260 g Dark Chocolate Idukki
350 g Semi-whipped cream
3 g Powdered gelatine
15 g Water

Prepare a ganache with the first part of the fresh cream. Boil the cream and pour over the chocolate and the rehydrated gelatine. Mix well, leave to cool, and add some fresh semi-whipped cream at a temperature of 30° C.

4. Raspberry Jelly
500 g Raspberry Pulp
200 g Sugar
20 g Gelatine
100 g Water

Heat half of the pulp with the sugar and then dissolve the rehydrated gelatine inside. Add the rest of the pulp and the paste. Garnish, chill and remove from the mould.

5. Decorative Spray
250 g Raspberry Chunks
250 g Cocoa butter drops
6 g Red Colorant

Temper the cocoa butter and the raspberry chocolate. Add the colorant and emulsify.

Assembly and decoration

Once the cobbler base has cooled, pour over the pistachio bavaroise and leave to cool. Prepare the chocolate mousse by adding some raspberry jelly. Place on top of the bavaroise and decorate.

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