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L'ambroisie chocolate tart


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Has anyone successfully made this at home before? The recipe from their cookbook isn't descriptive enough and I've had moderate success with it but the sabayon texture just looks much more aerated in the ambroisie version

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Probably it's just a matter of the kind of chocolate. I suppose you are using a chocolate with more cocoa mass and less cocoa butter than the one used in the original. Is it written what kind of chocolate they are using, besides the %? Cluizel?

 

 

 

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This is Continued from a previous post, thought id start fresh.     Has anyone successfully replicated this ?  I have been doing so much research about this and cant seem to find any concrete trials of success.   I know there was a chef in Kuala Lumpur who did it w an isi but cant find an exact method.   Can anyone help with this ?

 

 

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32 minutes ago, FrogPrincesse said:

Here you go. Lucky you - it’s been published in the French Elle.

 

http://m.elle.fr/Noel/Cuisine/Recettes-de-Noel/Tarte-fine-sablee-au-chocolat-de-Mathieu-Pacaud-2872112

 

 

 

That's the same recipe that I played with above. Although I see in my notes that @adey73 provided some input and mentions a 2012 version that has -

100 grams 70% chocolate
4 yolks
2 whole eggs
60 grams sugar

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We have tried following the original recipe from Pacaud. Beating the eggs for 30min is clearly wrong, about 4 to 5min gives good results (or until the eggs quadruple in volume).

 

The temperature of the chocolate sabayon is crucial for it to set at the correct consistency, closer to 70C it will resemble a crème anglaise, 75C a soft flan. 

 

After a couple of iterations we got very good results:

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We really couldn't find any decently written recipes, so we added ours to our blog.

Edited by Objective Foodie (log)
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