Chef Alain’s Weekly Recap – Week 26
December 10, 2014
Chef Alain’s Weekly Recap – Week 26
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Chef Alain’s Weekly Recipe
Buche de Noel Facile – Easy Christmas Log
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Baking time: ~25 minutes
Servings: 4
Ingredients
4 egg yolks
5 oz powdered sugar
4 Tbsp warm water
1 tsp vanilla extract
4 egg whites
1 pinch salt
2 Tbsp sugar
3.5 oz cake flour
1 tsp baking powder
9 oz – 70% dark chocolate
7 oz butter
Procedure
Preheat your oven at 400F.
1. Whisk together 4 egg yolks with powdered sugar, 3 Tbsp warm water and vanilla extract until foamy.
3. Start whipping your egg whites with a pinch of salt and sugar at medium speed.
4. Mix flour and baking powder.
5. Increase mixer’s speed to high to whip your egg whites until firm.
6. Fold your flour mix into your egg yolk mix gently. Add firm egg whites and fold gently.
7. Spread evenly on a baking pan lined with wax paper. Bake for about 15 minutes or until golden color.
8. Peel the biscuit off the paper. Cover with a humid towel to keep it moist.
9. Melt your chopped chocolate in a bain-marie until barely melted.
10. Whisk in the butter at room temperature until it forms a buttercream. If the chocolate was too hot, place in your refrigerator for a while to cool down and whip again until spreadable.
11. Spread 3/4 of your chocolate buttercream on the biscuit (on top of rum syrup if you decide to use that – see note below)
12. Roll your biscuit tight with the help of your towel. Unroll. Place on a serving platter.
13. Cover with the remaining chocolate butter cream and decorate with a fork imitating the bark of a log.
14. Sprinkle with powdered sugar to imitate snow and add any Christmas candy or meringue mushrooms to decorate. See picture.
Chef’s tip: You can brush your biscuit with sugar syrup (1/2 water + 1/2 sugar boiled and cooled) flavored with your favorite liquor. For example, rum goes well with chocolate
Note: This recipe is NOT gluten-free but can be made so by using your favorite gluten-free flour instead of cake flour.
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Until next week, I wish you a great week.
A Votre Sante – To Your Health
Chef Alain Braux
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