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Royal Berry Torte
Used with permission from the cookbook
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Royal Berry Torte Makes One 8-inch cake – Serves 8
Chocolate Mousse:
4 eggs
3 oz. sugar 85 g.
8 oz. couverture/chocolate coating 250 g.
3 sheets gelatin, soaked in water
2 tsp. rum 35 g.
2 pts., 1 oz. whipped cream (soft peaks, chilled) 650 ml.
Strawberry and Raspberry Mousse:
11 oz.pureed strawberries 400 g.
11 oz. pureed raspberries 350 g.
13 oz. sugar 400 g.
1 tsp. lemon juice 5 g.
8 sheets gelatin, soaked in water
1 pt., 3 oz. whipped cream (soft peeks, chilled) 400 g.
8 to 10 prepared profiterolles, depending on their size.
chocolate sponge cake
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Instructions
- For the Chocolate Mousse:
- Whip the eggs and sugar to a foam consistency
- Melt the chocolate, let cool slightly, then add to the egg and sugar foam
- Add the rum and gelatin and let cool even more. Fold in whipped cream
- For the Berry Mousse:
- Bring the pureed strawberries and raspberries, sugar and lemon juice to a boil
- Add the gelatin and let cool. Fold the whipped cream into the cooled fruit mixture
- Fill prepared profiteroles (choux paste) with the Strawberry and Raspberry Mousse and freeze. **These can be prepared in advance
- To assemble the torte:
- In advance, prepare a base of chocolate sponge cake using your favorite recipe and cut to fit inside a torte ring lined with an acetate strip.
- Place 8 to 10 Strawberry and Raspberry Mousse-filled profiteroles on the sponge base, leaving the outside edges free
- Fill to the top of the ring with chocolate mousse, leveling off the top. Freeze.
- Decorate the torte with chocolate ruffles and dust with cocoa powder and/or icing sugar.
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