Pastry chef Ngô Hải Đức from the Grand Mercure Hanoi
Grand Mercure Hanoi sets the stage for the most romantic night of the year for couples who are looking for a private and heart-warming place. For Valentine’s Day, pastry chef Ngô Hải Đức shows us how to make rose ganache with dried rose petals, white chocolate and whipping cream – bringing an elegant yet tasteful dessert to impress your Valentine.
Heart & Rose Chocolate Cake
Rose ganache:
- 1kg whipping cream
- 15g gelatin (soaked in cold water)
- 225g chopped white chocolate
- 30g dried rose flowers
- Heat the whipping cream with the dried rose flowers until it boils.
- Store the cream in a covered container for 6 to 8 hours.
- After 6 to 8 hours, take out the dried rose flower and reheat the whipping cream
- Heat and mix the white chocolate and the gelatin, and put the mixture into refrigerator overnight
- Whip the mixture
Mixed berries compote:
- 160g frozen blueberries
- 250g frozen raspberries
- 400g fresh strawberries
- 2g gelatin (soaked in cold water)
- 20g corn starch
- 150g sugar
- Put all the frozen berries into a pan and heat for around 3 to 5 minutes
- Mix the corn starch and the sugar, pour the mixture into the pan and boil for around 5 minutes
- Turn off the heat and add gelatin into the pan and stir
Chocolate truffle:
- 300ml water
- 230g sugar
- 240g butter
- 120g chopped dark chocolate
- 225g flour
- 6g baking powder
- 6g baking soda
- 35g cacao powder
- 5g salt
- 3 eggs
- 3g vanilla
- Put the butter and sugar in a pan over medium heat until melted
- Add chopped dark chocolate into the pan and heat to around 50 to 60 degrees Celsius.
- Add eggs into the pan and mix well
- Mix all the flour and powder and slowly add the mixture into the pan and stir well
- Turn off the heat and straining the mixture
- Bake the mixture at 180 degrees Celsius
- Place the white rose cake in the middle of the plate, and decorate with condiments as in the picture
Condiment for Rose Cake plating:
- Strawberry sauce
- Fresh strawberry and blueberry
- Edible flower
- Raspberry jelly
- Chocolate crumble
- Rose ganache
- Gold leaf
The Heart & Rose Chocolate cake is available in the special dinner set menu this Valentine’s Day at the Lộc-ally Restaurant in Grand Mercure Hanoi Hotel, 9 Cát Linh Street, Đống Đa District, Hà Nội. Tel: (+84) 24 3211 5757. VNS
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