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Mini Chocolate Hazelnut Entremets


  • Author: ruth-martha
  • Total Time: 345 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Description

Sophisticated entremets featuring a crunchy cocoa biscuit base, silken dark chocolate mousse, and velvety milk chocolate hazelnut mousse topped with a glossy ganache.


Ingredients

Scale
  • 120 g intense chocolate sandwich cookies (cream filling removed)
  • 40 g unsalted butter, melted
  • 150 g high-quality dark pastry chocolate (minimum 60% cacao)
  • 200 g heavy whipping cream (minimum 30% fat content), ice-cold
  • 2 g gold-grade gelatin (1 sheet)
  • 150 g premium milk chocolate de couverture
  • 40 g pure hazelnut paste
  • 80 g dark chocolate de couverture, finely chopped
  • 50 g heavy whipping cream
  • 100 g whole hazelnuts, toasted and skinned
  • 4 premium hazelnut praliné rochers

Instructions

  1. Pulverize the cookies in a food processor until fine.
  2. Pour the melted butter over the cookie crumbs and mix.
  3. Pack the mixture into 4 pastry rings on a baking sheet and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
  4. Bloom the gelatin in cold water for the mousse.
  5. Melt the dark chocolate using a double boiler or microwave.
  6. Bring 2 tablespoons of cream to simmer and incorporate the bloomed gelatin.
  7. Whip the remaining cream to soft peaks.
  8. Fold the whipped cream into the cooled dark chocolate mixture.
  9. Pipe the dark chocolate mousse into the pastry rings and freeze for 30 minutes.
  10. Bloom the second gelatin sheet and melt the milk chocolate with hazelnut paste.
  11. Incorporate the gelatin into the warm chocolate mixture.
  12. Whip the cream and fold it into the hazelnut mixture.
  13. Pour the milk chocolate mousse over the set dark chocolate layer and refrigerate for 4-5 hours.
  14. Chop the dark chocolate for the ganache and bring the cream to a boil.
  15. Pour the cream over the chopped chocolate to form a ganache.
  16. Unmold the entremets and pour ganache on top, allowing it to drip.
  17. Top with toasted hazelnuts and a praliné rocher. Chill for 15 minutes before serving.

Notes

For best results, chill overnight before serving. Use toasted hazelnuts for maximum flavor.

  • Prep Time: 45 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Category: Dessert
  • Method: Chilling
  • Cuisine: French

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 entremet
  • Calories: 450
  • Sugar: 35g
  • Sodium: 100mg
  • Fat: 26g
  • Saturated Fat: 10g
  • Unsaturated Fat: 12g
  • Trans Fat: 0g
  • Carbohydrates: 50g
  • Fiber: 3g
  • Protein: 7g
  • Cholesterol: 40mg

Keywords: chocolate, hazelnut, entremets, dessert, pastry