FOR 5 DESSERTS
  • ALMOND & VANILLA PRALINÉ
    • Sugar 400g
    • Raw whole almonds 600g
    • USED VANILLA BEANS 2
    • Fleur de sel 4 g

    Roast the almonds at 300°F (150°C) for 20 minutes.
    While the almonds are roasting, make a dry caramel with the sugar and, once it has cooked, add the used powdered vanilla beans.
    Turn out the caramel onto a baking pan. When the almonds and caramel are cold, blend them in a stand mixer in several stages so that you don’t overheat the praliné. Don’t forget to separate the almonds so that your praliné has a grainy texture.
    Add the fleur de sel once you have finished mixing.
    Set aside.

  • ALMOND & VANILLA CRISP
    • Almond praliné 600g
    • JIVARA 40% VARLHONA CHOCOLATE 180g
    • Eclats d’Or 112g
    • TADOKA NOROHY 1g

    Melt the milk chocolate and add the praliné.
    Then add the crispy wheat flake cereal.
    Roll out the mixture to a depth of 4mm between 2 guitar sheets, then freeze it. Cut it into your chosen shape.

  • ALMOND & VANILLA SPONGE
    • Eggs 564 g
    • Trimoline 167 g
    • Sugar 279g
    • Almond flour 167g
    • All-purpose flour 306g
    • Baking powder 17g
    • TADOKA NOROHY 2
    • Whipping cream 274 g
    • Melted butter 226g

    Whisk together the eggs, invert sugar and sugar. Sift on the dry ingredients and fold them in with a spatula.
    Then add the warm melted butter along with the TADOKA pieces and chilled whipping cream. Put 2kg of sponge in each frame. Bake at 330°F (165°C) for 12
    minutes. Leave to cool and cut into your chosen shape using a cookie cutter.

  • APPLE & PEACH COMPOTE
    • White peach purée 200g
    • Apple purée 200g
    • Yuzu purée 35 g
    • Cubed Golden apple 777 g
    • Raw cane sugar 50 g
    • Raw cane sugar 20 g
    • Pectine NH 8g
    • Bloomed gelatin 70g
    • TADOKA NOROHY 1

    Wash and peel the apples. Cut them into small cubes and mix them with the yuzu juice to prevent them from browning. Cook the apples with first portion of raw cane sugar and the TADOKA until they have your preferred texture. Add the peach purée and apple purée, as well as the second portion of raw cane sugar combined with the
    pectin NH. Cook until it comes to a boil.

    As the mixture finishes cooking, add the cubed bloomed gelatin.
    Cover it with plastic wrap and leave to cool

  • ALMOND & VANILLA CRÈME SUBLIME
    • 70% almond paste 90g
    • Whole milk. 140g
    • Sugar 70g
    • TADOKA NOROHY 2
    • Bloomed gelatin 76g
    • Crème Sublime 1000 g
    • Whipping cream 120 g

    Heat the milk, sugar, and TADOKA. Pour them onto the cubed almond paste. Blend.
    Add the bloomed gelatin.
    Pour the cold liquid creams into the mixture, blending them all the while until perfectly combined.
    Strain to remove the vanilla pieces.
    Refrigerate for 12 hours.

  • NEUTRAL GLAZE
    • VALRHONA ABSOLU CRISTAL 500 g
    • Water 50 g
    • TADOKA NOROHY 1

    Heat the glaze with the water and TADOKA.
    Strain.
    Spray the glaze onto the cakes while it is still hot.

  • CHOCOLATE DECORATIONS
    • VALRHONA OPALYS 33% CHOCOLATE . As needed

    Temper the white chocolate.
    Spread out a small quantity between 2 guitar sheets using a rolling pin.
    Wait for the chocolate to start to set, then cut it into elongated «S» shapes.
    Leave to set completely.

  • ASSEMBLY

    Arrange the piece of sponge on top of the praliné crisp.
    Pipe the apple and peach compote onto the sponge to form a large dome.
    Smooth into an oblong shape using a spatula.
    Freeze.

    Gently beat the almond and vanilla Crème Sublime, then hold the frozen cakes upside-down to dip them in.
    Pull each cake directly upwards from the cream to give it a pointed tip.
    Freeze again. Spray with hot glaze.
    Decorate using the chocolate decorations sprinkled with powdered vanilla. Add a touch of gold leaf.

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About the chef Florence Lesage

Florence Lesage has been pastry chef at the Westin Paris-Vendôme since 2018. Having secured silver in the World Pastry and Confectionery Championship, Florence uses her desserts to express simplicity and excellence. In a chic and refined setting, France’s representative at the prestigious Mondial des Arts Sucrés 2020 competition infuses desserts with pure, tangy flavor. Florence sees Norohy vanilla and its aromas as an irresistible invitation to an indulgent experience.