Vanilla Dessert, Raspberry Insert and Mona Lisa Biscuit

Ingredients:


For the Mona Lisa biscuit:

125 g ground almonds

125 g icing sugar

3 eggs

30 g flour

25 g melted butter

3 egg whites

15 g sugar


For the raspberry insert:

200 g raspberry puree

50 g sugar

4 g gelatin


For the vanilla mousse:

500 ml of full-fat liquid cream

100 g sugar

1 vanilla bean

6 g gelatin


For the mirror glaze:

100 g sugar

100 g glucose

100 ml water

100 g white chocolate

75 ml sweetened condensed milk

6 g gelatin

Food coloring (optional)

Instructions:

Mona Lisa biscuit: Preheat the oven to 180°C.  Whisk the ground almonds, icing sugar, eggs, and flour. Beat the egg whites with the sugar until stiff and gently fold them in. Add the melted butter. Spread on a baking sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes. Let cool.

Raspberry insert: Heat the raspberry puree with the sugar. Add the softened gelatin and mix well. Pour into an insert tin and place in the freezer.

Vanilla mousse: Heat 100ml of cream with the split vanilla bean. Add the softened gelatin. Let cool, then incorporate the rest of the whipped cream with the sugar.

Assembly: Cut the Mona Lisa biscuit to the size of the mould. Pour in some of the vanilla mousse, add the frozen raspberry insert, then top with the remaining mousse. Place in the freezer.

Mirror glaze: Heat the sugar, glucose, and water to 103°C.  Pour over the white chocolate and Add the sweetened condensed milk. Stir in the softened gelatin and coloring if desired. Leave to cool to 35°C, then pour over the frozen dessert.

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