1. Vanilla rice pudding
- 125g Round Rice
- 750g Milk 3.6% fat
- 250g Cream 35% fat
- 10g vanilla pod
- 50g Sugar
- 60g Butter 82% fat
1. Vanilla rice pudding
Heat rice and butter (10g) until translucent on low heat
Add milk, cream, vanilla pod and sugar Cook on low heat
Reduce until thick
Add 50g of butter
Chill
2. Shortbread pastry
Mix butter, icing sugar, salt and almond powder
Add eggs and flour
Roll it out
Cut round shapes
Bake for 30 minutes at 150°C
3. Strawberry glaze
Mix all ingredients together
4. Strawberry crémeux
Mix sugar, pectin and glucose
Add strawberry purée
Bring to the boil Add butter
Blend
5. Strawberry mousse
Mix cream with strawberry crémeux (previous step)
Pipe 160g per 120x2 cm ring
6. Choux paste sponge
Bring to the boil the milk, salt and butter Remove from heat, add flour
Dry it out
Add egg gradually
Add grapeseed oil
Beat egg white and sugar mix both
Spread into a 60x40 cm baking sheet Bake for 10 minutes at 180°C
Remove from the oven and cover with cling film until cold
7. Assembly and finishing
Pipe the rice pudding onto a tart base Then pipe the strawberry crémeux
Place a circle of choux paste
Cover the layer of strawberry mousse with strawberry glaze
Pipe strawberry mousse around the edge
Put the disc of Couverture on top
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