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Legacy Sweets
Recipe Book
40 years of artisan desserts
Praline Meringue
Crunch

Praline Crunch Chocolate Mousse


By
Beth Woulfe 1 cup praline paste (we like Valrhona) 3 1/4 cup Semisweet chocolate
1 cup cookie crumbs 1 yolk
1/4 cup milk chocolate 1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown butter* 1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup cream
Melt the butter into the milk 1 envelope granulated gelatin, bloomed
chocolate. Stir in the praline paste, 2 cups cream
mix in the cookie crumbs, and let
set in the refrigerator. Scoop or Melt the chocolate; set aside. Whisk
form into small balls (this is easily the yolk, sugar, milk, and first cream
done if the mixture is cold). together over very low heat until the
mixture coats the back of a spoon.
*To make brown butter, melt butter Whisk in the bloomed gelatin, and
in a saucepan, and stir until the strain over the melted chocolate. Stir
butter foams up and the milk solids until the whole mixture is glossy, and
just begin to turn brown. In order let cool to room temperature. While
to yield 1/4c, you will have to start the chocolate is cooling, whip the
out with more - about 1/2 cup. remaining cream to soft peaks. Fold
the cream into the chocolate, and
Meringue pour into half-dome molds, nestling
a scoop of the praline mix and a
1/4 cup sugar Donsuemor Financier into the mousse.
1 egg white

Whip egg white until it holds soft


peaks; slowly add sugar, and whip
until it is no longer grainy. Pipe onto
the outside of the domes, and toast
the meringue using a torch (or put it
ever so briefly under the broiler).
Cookie Crusted
Vanilla Cheese Cake

Cream Cheese Frosting To assemble cookie cake


By
Chef Ben 1 cup philly cream cheese 3 each almond cookies
¼ cup sugar 1 chocolate Dipped Madeleine cookie
1 each fresh vanilla bean Cream cheese frosting
( scrap the insides) Chocolate glaze
1tsp almond extract ½ strawberry

To make frosting:

Place room temp cream cheese,


sugar, vanilla and almond in mixing
bowl and cream together.

Chocolate Glaze

1 cups chopped chocolate


¼ cup heavy cream
½ cup whipped cream

To make chocolate glaze:

In a double boiler bring cream to


temp, then slowly add chopped
chocolate and incorporate till smooth.
Remove from heat and let cool for
15 min, the fold in whip cream.
Mom’s Chocolate
Cake and icing

3/4 cup butter or margarine Frosting


By 1 1/2 cups sugar
Jill Thomas 3 egg yolks 1/3 cup butter (room temperature)
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour (plus extra for desired dark color)
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1/3 cup milk (cold)
3 teaspoons baking powder 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup cold water 16 oz confectioners’ sugar
3 egg whites (1 standard package)

Grease and flour one 9-inch and one Beat butter and 1/4 cup cocoa powder
6-inch cake pans and set aside. Preheat together in a bowl with an electric
oven to 350 degrees. In a large mixing mixer on low until consistently light
bowl, cream butter or margarine. and fluffy. Gradually add remaining
Gradually add sugar, creaming until 1/4 cup cocoa powder including extra
light and fluffy. Add egg yolks one at a to achieve preferred color, and vanilla
time, beating well after each addition. extract and beat until smooth. Beat
Once creamed, beat in vanilla. In a confectioners’ sugar into the mixture 2
separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa tablespoons at a time. Add in milk one
and baking powder. Add 1/3 of the dry teaspoon at a time until the desired
mixture to the cream followed by 1/3 smooth, rich consistency is reached.
of the water; alternate and beat after
each addition until smooth. In a small
bowl, beat egg whites until stiff but not
dry. Gently fold into batter. Pour into
prepared pans and bake for about 25
minutes or until a toothpick comes out
clean. Rest in pans 10 minutes and
turn out on racks until completely cool.
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