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Apple Shaped Dessert with White Chocolate and Apple Jelly

Apple Shaped Dessert with White Chocolate and Apple Jelly

Chef Eslam
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Freezing time 18 hours
Total Time 19 hours 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine International
Servings 12 pieces

Ingredients
 
 

Apple jelly:

  • 1 ⅕ cups organic apple juice
  • 3 tbsp limoncello
  • 1 oz cristalized ginger
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 tbsp apple pectin
  • 2 g gelatin sheets
  • 10 oz organic granny smith apple
  • 1/4 squeeze lemon juice

White chocolate vanilla mousse:

  • 180 g whole milk
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla powder
  • oz gelatin sheets
  • 12 oz white chocolate couverture
  • 1 ½ cups heavy cream

White chocolate coating glaze (Flocage/ Enrobage):

  • 8 oz white chocolate couverture
  • 8 oz cocoa butter

White chocolate mirror glaze:

  • 1/2 cup water
  • 7 oz sugar
  • 7 oz corn syrup
  • 3/4 cup condensed milk
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla powder
  • 1/2 oz gelatin sheets
  • 10 ¾ oz white chocolate couverture disks
  • 2 tsp organic ground turmeri

Instructions
 

How to Make Apple Jelly:

  • Soak gelatin in cold water to soften and drain.
  • Mix sugar and pectin; set aside.
  • Warm up apple juice, limoncello, ginger and vanilla. Mix in the sugar-pectin mixture.
  • Bring to boil and simmer for 2 minutes. Remove from heat, whisk in gelatin.
  • Transfer apple jelly onto a small baking tray lined with plastic wrap. Let cool and chill completely.
  • Meanwhile, peel and dice green apples into small cubes (brunoise) and toss in lemon juice and chill.
  • In a food processor, smooth out the chilled apple jelly and add about 2 ounces / 60g diced apples; give a few more pulses.
  • Remove apple jelly mixture from the food processor and fold in remaining diced apples.
  • Scoop out and fill the mini demi-sphere silicone mold and freeze completely.
  • Unmold apple inserts (wear disposable gloves) and seal them by 2 and shape into 1 ounce (30g) spheres. Freeze asap.

How to Make White Chocolate Vanilla Mousse:

  • Soak gelatin sheets in cold water for about 5 minutes or more; drain and set aside.
  • Meanwhile, melt white chocolate over water-bath, (the bottom of the bowl should not touch the boiling water). Stir every so often. Do not over heat chocolate; remove once just melted.
  • Heat up milk and vanilla (no boiling nenessary).
  • Turn off heat and mix in gelatin and add melted chocolate.
  • Give a good emulsion using an immersion blender.
  • Let cool to 86ºF (28/30ºC), fold in whipped cream. Use immediately.
  • *Couverture chocolate is a very high-quality chocolate that contains a higher percentage of cocoa butter than baking or eating chocolate. In addition to taste better, it is also much easier to work with.

Assembly:

  • Fill each apple mold half way through with the white chocolate vanilla mousse and place a frozen apple jelly insert in the center.
  • The apple jelly inserts must not touch the bottom of the mold.
  • Fill up each cavity with remaining mousse pressing the mousse inside to avoid any possible gaps left between the insert and the edges of the mold.
  • Freeze 18 hours at least before unmolding or store for up to 3 months in their molds. In a professional environment use blast freezer.
  • *If using different silicone molds, follow the instructions on the packaging.

How to Make White Chocolate Coating Glaze (Flocage / Enrobage):

  • Flocage chocolate glaze is largely used in the patisserie world. It is pulverized on frozen cakes to create a velvet effect or use as is to create a thin shell.
  • Melt cocoa butter first (cocoa butter can be boiled but not chocolate) and mix in white chocolate, blend and pass through a sieve.
  • Use at 113ºF (45ºC). Store at room temperature or in a warm area if in use every day.

How to Make White Chocolate Mirror Glaze:

  • Soak gelatin sheets in cold water for about 5 minutes or more; drain and set aside.
  • Cook water, sugar and corn syrup to 218ºF (103ºC) and mix in gelatin, condensed milk and vanilla.
  • Pour over white chocolate, let sit to melt and blend without adding too much air.
  • Pass through a fine sieve, tap over the counter to remove remaining air bubbles and chill completely. Rewarm to to 86ºF (30/32ºC) before using.
  • For the apple stems blend some dark chocolate in a food processor until it forms a workable paste; shape into apple stems and set aside.
  • For the leaves (optional) use real ones if possible or make them using green marzipan.

How to Glaze the Apple Shaped Dessert:

  • Unmold hard frozen apple cakes, arrange them on a frozen tray.
  • Carefully, insert a short banboo skewer (one inch dip) inside each ‘apple’. Place them back in the freezer for a few hours or until hard frozen.
  • Warm up white chocolate coating glaze to 113ºF (45ºC) – blend with immersion blender a few seconds; keep warm.
  • Warm up chocolate mirror to 86/88 ºF (30/32 ºC); keep warm.
  • Carefully, immerse an hard frozen apple cake (do it one by one keeping remaining apple cakes in freezer) into the white chocolate coating glaze first.
  • Rotating the fruit allows the coating to spread more evenly and set faster.
  • Once set, immerse the apple cake into the white chocolate mirror glaze and continue until done
  • Leave glazed desserts at room temperature for now and remove skewers carefully.
  • Insert stems and leaves; use melted white chocolate as a glue if needed.
  • Place the finished apples in the refrigerator a few hours to thaw completely before serving they can be kept frozen for up to 2 months.

Notes

Apple Shaped Dessert with White Chocolate and Apple Jelly
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