Nougat with chestnuts and red currants
Recipe from chef Savvas Mappouras
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ΕΚΤΕΛΕΣΗ
Nougat with chestnuts and red currants
Βήμα 1
Preheat oven at 175˚C. Line a baking tray with baking paper and draw 3 circles (18 cm diameter).
Βήμα 2
Place 140 g peeled chestnuts and 100 g almonds into mixing bowl and grind 5 sec/speed 10. Transfer into a bowl and set aside. Clean and dry mixing bowl thoroughly.
- 5 δευτ.
- 10
Nougat biscuits
Βήμα 1
Place 200 g sugar into mixing bowl and grind 5 sec./speed 10.
- 5 δευτ.
- 10
Βήμα 2
Insert butterfly whisk. Add 5 egg white and whip 2 min/70˚C/ταχύτητα 3.
- 2 λεπτ.
- 70 o C
- 3
Βήμα 3
With butterfly whisk still in place, mix 2 min/speed 3.5 or until meringue in firm.
Βήμα 4
Add 50 g flour and 160 g from the reserved ground chestnuts and mix 3 sec/speed 3.
- 3 δευτ.
- 3
Βήμα 5
With a pipping bag, draw circular spirals onto the baking paper with the circle drawing. Draw 3 circles in total and bake 25-30 min (175˚C). Remove from oven and let the round biscuits cool on a wire rack.
Crème pâtissière
Βήμα 1
In the meantime, place 70 g red currants into mixing bowl and grind 5 sec/speed 5.
- 5 δευτ.
- 5
Βήμα 2
Add 500 g, 80 g sugar, 3 egg yolks and1 tsp homemade vanilla sugar into mixing bowl and heat 6 min/100˚C/speed 2.5.
- 6 λεπτ.
- 100 o C
- 2.5
Βήμα 3
Transfer to a container, cover with cling film, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Clean and dry mixing bowl thoroughly.
Assembly
Βήμα 1
Insert butterfly whisk. Place reserved crème pâtissière with red currants, and 20 g orange liquor into mixing bowl and mix 3 sec/speed 3.
- 3 δευτ.
- 3
Βήμα 2
Divide and spread the cream patisserie evenly between the 3 baked nougat biscuits. Stack each nougat biscuit on top of the other to assemble a cake. Cover the sides and surface of the cake with the prepared whipped cream. Sprinkle with the remaining 80 g ground chestnuts and almonds, and garnish with 8-9 red currants. Served chilled.
ΣΥΜΒΟΥΛΕΣ
• You can use fresh or frozen fruit.
• You can replace the red currants with forest fruits and/or raspberries.