Culinary

Nutcracker Pastry

Name: Nutcracker
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 1 Pastry
Ingredients: 0 Flourless Hazelnut Cake; 0 Lemon Panna Cotta Sphere; 0 Nutcracker Ice Cream; 0 Candied Hazelnuts; 0 TEALEAVES Tuile; 0 Grapefruit Segments (for garnish); 0 1 Microgreens (for garnish); 0 Edible Flowers (for garnish); 226 g. Praline Paste; 226 g. 64% Chocolate; 113 g. Butter; 5 Eggs, large; 230 g. Milk; 96 g. Cream; 10 g. Sugar; 100 g. Yogurt; 2 Lemons, zested and juiced; 6 Gelatin Sheets; 250 g. Milk; 250 g. Cream; 25 g. TEALEAVES Nutcracker Loose Leaf Tea; 125 g. Sugar; 60 g. Egg Yolks; 2 g. Ice Cream Stabilizer; 100 g. Whole Hazelnuts, toasted; 75 g. Sugar; 80 g. TEALEAVES Nutcracker Loose Leaf Tea, steeped; 30 g. Oil; 10 g. All-Purpose Flour

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Nutcracker

Hazelnut and citrus elegantly perform a pas de deux upon a rich, icy landscape. A gossamery tuile finishes the dessert off, as delicate as a ballerina’s tutu.

The Waldorf Astoria’s Executive Pastry Chef Deden Putra took apart the palate of the Nutcracker tea, individually selecting each element of flavor to incorporate into a pastry as beautiful as a ballerina on stage.

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Nutcracker

Notes from Deden Putra, Executive Pastry Chef at Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills:

“I wanted to create a dessert as beautiful as a ballerina dancing on stage. Making a tuile is a very simple process, but it took three hours to find the perfect ratio of water and flour to create a tuile as delicate as a ballerina’s tutu.”

Servings: 1 Pastry

Keywords: Pastry, Dessert, Sweet

Prep Time: 45 mins
Cook Time: 25 mins
Total Time: 1 hours 10 mins

Ingredients

Instructions

Ingredients

Nutcracker

Flourless Hazelnut Cake
Lemon Panna Cotta Sphere
Nutcracker Ice Cream
Candied Hazelnuts
TEALEAVES Tuile
Grapefruit Segments (for garnish)
1 Microgreens (for garnish)
Edible Flowers (for garnish)

Flourless Hazelnut Cake

226 g. Praline Paste
226 g. 64% Chocolate
113 g. Butter
5 Eggs, large

Lemon Panna Cotta Sphere

230 g. Milk
96 g. Cream
10 g. Sugar
100 g. Yogurt
2 Lemons, zested and juiced
6 Gelatin Sheets

Nutcracker Ice Cream

250 g. Milk
250 g. Cream
25 g. TEALEAVES Nutcracker Loose Leaf Tea
125 g. Sugar
60 g. Egg Yolks
2 g. Ice Cream Stabilizer

Candied Hazelnuts

100 g. Whole Hazelnuts, toasted
75 g. Sugar

TEALEAVES Tuile

80 g. TEALEAVES Nutcracker Loose Leaf Tea, steeped
30 g. Oil
10 g. All-Purpose Flour

Instructions

Nutcracker

Place the flourless chocolate cake on the plate.
Place the lemon panna cotta sphere on the top right of the cake.
Arrange the grapefruit segments around the cake.
Spoon the black tea ice cream on the right side.
Place the tuile on top of the cake.
Finish with microgreens and edible flowers.

Flourless Hazelnut Cake

Melt the butter, praline paste, and chocolate on a water bath until well combined.
Let it cool for 10 minutes.
Whip the eggs until they double in volume, then gradually fold into a melted chocolate mixture.
Pour onto a prepared form and bake for 10 minutes at 270ºF.

Lemon Panna Cotta Sphere

Soak the gelatin sheets in cold water and set aside.
Combine the milk, cream, sugar, lemon zest and lemon juice in a saucepan, and bring to a boil.
Strain the hot milk into a chinois and stir in the soaked gelatin.
Pour into a sphere mold and freeze.

Nutcracker Ice Cream

Combine the milk and cream in a saucepan.
Infuse the loose leaf tea in the milk for an hour. Strain.
Combine sugar, egg yolks and stabilizer with the infused milk.
Bring the mixture to a boil, and let thicken. Chill.
Churn in an ice cream machine.

Candied Hazelnuts

Make a light caramel with sugar and a small amount of water.
Stir in the hazelnuts until lightly coated.
Spread the candied hazelnuts on a tray to cool.

TEALEAVES Tuile

Combine all the ingredients together.
Preheat the sheet pan for 15 minutes.
Pour the mixture on the hot sheet pan and place in the oven.
Bake until it turns a light golden brown.

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