Recipe of Chestnut and cognac Yule log (buche Mont-Blanc) in 18 Minutes for Mom

Peter Hawkins   11/09/2020 06:52

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Chestnut and cognac Yule log (buche Mont-Blanc)
Chestnut and cognac Yule log (buche Mont-Blanc)

Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chestnut and cognac yule log (buche mont-blanc). One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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How to Make Tasty Chestnut and cognac Yule log (buche Mont-Blanc). Impress Christmas guests with this yule log, or "Buche de Noel" in French, filled with whipped cream and frosted with chocolate ganache. The chestnut Yule Log (bûche de Noël aux marrons) is certainly one the best of all - It begins with a soft and thin almond sponge, stuffed with a delectable chestnut mousseline; candied chestnut (marrons glacés marinated in Cognac).

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chestnut and cognac yule log (buche mont-blanc) using 18 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chestnut and cognac Yule log (buche Mont-Blanc):

  1. Prepare 6 eggs
  2. Prepare 50 g butter (melt in a pan)
  3. Take 210 g plain white flour
  4. Prepare 210 g white granulated sugar
  5. Get 1 drop vanilla extract (optional)
  6. Take 1 drop cognac (optional)
  7. Make ready For chestnut purée
  8. Make ready 500 g sugar
  9. Make ready 500 g water
  10. Get 500 g roasted and peeled chestnut
  11. Take 1 teaspoon vanilla
  12. Get Meringue
  13. Take Egg white for one egg (roughly 40g)
  14. Get 40 g granulated sugar
  15. Prepare 40 g powdered sugar
  16. Get 4 g corn flour
  17. Get 1 pinch salt
  18. Get 1 drop lemon juice

Larger than expected for a Yule Log, however it will make a lovely size family cake, and I. There are just about a million ways to make a yule log, but they all have three main components: cake, filling, and frosting. (Well, four if you count all of the fun bits and bobs you can use for decoration.) This recipe is a mashup of Dominique Ansel's flourless chocolate cake and Cook's Illustrated's. I need a yule log cake for an upcoming holiday party and none of the bakeries I've called can make one this early in December? Some of the Italian bakeries can make one, but it sounds like a tacked up jelly roll.

Steps to make Chestnut and cognac Yule log (buche Mont-Blanc):

  1. Separate whites from yolks Combine yolks with sugar (leave 2 tbsp sugars for later). Whisk until pale and sugar dissolved
  2. Combine yolk and sugar (leave 2 tbsp sugar for later). Whisk until sugar dissolves and the mixture becomes white
  3. Fold in the four
  4. Whisk eggs whites with half a teaspoon of salt and add gradually the remaining sugar until fluffy and white
  5. Gradually fold in the eggs whites with the cake mixtures (start with 1/3 of the egg whites). Don't over mix, just fold until the two are combined. Add the melted butter.
  6. Immediately evenly spread over a baking tray lined with baking parchment. And put in preheated oven (210 degrees with fan) for 10 mins.
  7. Make sure this is done quickly to avoid losing the air in the mixture
  8. Wet two kitchen cloths (and drain excess water)
  9. Remove sponge from oven and flip over on wet cloth and cover on top with another wet cloth and let it rest for 10-15 mins. Then carefully remove paper and then put them back on with wet cloth
  10. For chestnut purée, mix water with sugar on max heat until it boils
  11. Put the chestnuts in a food processor with the vanilla, some brandy and whiskey (50 ml combined, but that's up to taste), and gradually add the sugar syrup (not all the quantity but adjust to taste)
  12. Keep processing until you get a paste texture
  13. If it needs to be sweeter add icing sugar, keep processing until smooth
  14. For the meringue, whish the egg white until frothy. Gradually add granulated sugar (1/3 at a time) and keep whisking until well combined and stiff
  15. Fold in the sieved icing sugar and corn flour until well combined. Don't over mix!
  16. Add to piping bag and pipe to a lined baking tray, then into the oven on low heat for a few hours
  17. Put the cream evenly on the biscuit, and roll using the parchment paper. Then using a ruler, press on the parchment paper until it's circular in shape.
  18. Spread a thin layer of cream around the roll, then continuously pipe the chestnut purée on the roll

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