Ingredients
1) Plain Sponge
20 g egg whites
17 g sugar
17 g flour
14 g egg yolks
2) Honey Mousse
75 g Elle & Vire Whipping Cream
40 g honey
21 g egg whites
20 g sugar
10 g toasted macadamia nuts
2 g candied ginger, chopped
1 sheet of gelatine
3) Decorations
250 g sugar
105 g white chocolate
45 g cocoa butter
1 apple
Red food colouring
Water
Realisation1) Plain Sponge
Beat the egg whites with the sugar then add the egg yolks and flour. Place on a baking sheet. Bake at 220°C for 3 mins. maximum.
2) Honey Mousse
Cook the sugar and honey with a little water at 120°C. Pour over previously beaten egg whites and when completely cooled, add the sheet of gelatine. Add the toasted macadamia nuts, chopped candied ginger and the whipped Elle & Vire Whipping Cream.
3) Decorations
Mix the white chocolate, cocoa butter and red food colouring together and spoon into a spray gun.
Using a melon ball cutter, cut two balls from the apple and put them on wooden sticks. Mix the sugar, water and red food colouring and bring to a boil. Soak the two apple balls in this syrup. Top with a few gold leaves and smooth with a moistened brush.
Assembly:
1 – Place the sponge in a heart-shaped mould.
2 – Top with honey mousse.
3 – Freeze. Unmould when frozen.
4 – Spray with the white chocolate/cocoa butter mixture and stick the two “love apples” in the top.</P
