Valrhona Caramelia Apple Toffee

A refreshing apple and caramel dessert that's sure to please !

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Caramel, Fruit

Difficulty: Intermediate

Brand: Prova, Valrhona

Servings: plates

Cook the sugar dry to caramelize with the 1 Prova Gourmet Grade A Tahiti Vanilla Beans (4oz) and deglaze with the apple juice.
Bring to a boil.
Weigh 400g of syrup out and stir in the softened and drained gelatin to dissolve.

Dice the apples into about 8mm cubes. Stir the sugar with the apple juice and pour over the apple cubes.
Pour in vacuum sealed pouches and vacuum seal all of the air out.
Set aside in the refrigerator for about 2 hours.
The apple cubes should be translucent.

Combine the cream and milk, then bring to a boil. Lightly stir the sugar and egg yolks together (do not let it become pale yellow).
Add the egg mixture to the milk and cream and cook until it reaches 82-84°C/180°F. Strain and use immediately or chill down quickly and store.

Soak the gelatin in a large volume of cold water to soften, then drain.
Stir the softened gelatin into the hot custard to dissolve.
Gradually pour the hot custard over the melted 485 g Valrhona Caramélia 36% Milk Couverture Chocolate Feves, stirring in the center to create an elastic, smooth and shiny core of emulsion.
Emulsify the ganache with a hand blender and check the temperature, which should be between 40-45°C/ 104-113 °F.
Stabilize the emulsion with a little bit of whipped cream if necessary.
As soon as the texture is smooth, fold in the remaining whipped cream.
Soak the gelatin in a large volume of cold water to soften, then drain.
Stir the softened gelatin into the hot custard to dissolve.
Gradually pour the hot custard over the melted 485 g Valrhona Caramélia 36% Milk Couverture Chocolate Feves, stirring in the center to create an elastic, smooth, and shiny core of emulsion.
Emulsify the ganache with a hand blender and check the temperature, which should be between 40-45°C/ 104-113 °F.
Stabilize the emulsion with a little bit of whipped cream if necessary.
As soon as the texture is smooth, fold in the remaining whipped cream.

Peel the apples and set aside in the freezer.
Chop the apples and sprinkle with a small amount of sugar and place in microwave with a lid on tightly.
Cook for a few minutes until the apples become soft and tender, then let them chill.
Process the cold compote with the apple peels and apple juice using a hand blender.
Strain the excess skin pulp and set the puree aside.
Using the finished puree, add half of the amount of the weight with the neutral glaze and puree again with a hand blender. Set aside in refrigerator.

Combine the 15g of sugar with the sorbet stabilizer.
Cook the 85g of sugar dry to a light brown caramel and deglaze with the water.
Heat the caramel water and stir in the skim milk powder.
At 30°C/86°F, stir in the atomized glucose.
At 45°C/113°F, stir the sugar and sorbet stabilizer mix.
At 50°C/122°F, gradually pour the hot liquid over the melted 375 g Valrhona Caramélia 36% Milk Couverture Chocolate Feves stirring in the center to create an elastic, smooth and shiny core of emulsion.
Pasteurize the mixture at 85°C/185°F, blend the sorbet with a hand blender and chill down as quickly as possible to 4°C/39°F.
Leave the sorbet mixture to mature at 4°C/39°F minimum for at least 4 hours.
Churn at -8/-10°C/ 18°F

Cut the brioche into 5mm cubes and dry in an oven set at a low temperature.
Cook the sugar dry to a light brown caramel, stir in the butter, and toss the brioche cubes in to coat the brioche evenly. Spread onto a silicon mat. Store in airtight containers.

Drain the apple cubes on a paper towel.
Spread 160g of apple cubes in each 20cm side frame.
Pour the caramel vanilla jelly over the apple cubes and set aside in the refrigerator until set.
Spread the CARAMELIA 36% COUVERTURE mousse on top and set aside in the refrigerator until set.
Cut the slab in half with a hot knife, and then into rectangles 2.5cm wide and 10cm long.
For the chocolate garnish, stick a plastic sheet over a flat tray with a little bit of oil.
Temper some CARAMELIA 36% COUVERTURE, pour in the center of the tray, and lay a second plastic sheet over. Spread the couverture out with a rolling pin, pushing the chocolate towards all edges. As soon as the couverture starts to crystallize, mark rectangles by 2.5cm wide and 10cm long and 2.5cm per side squares with a paring knife.
Set aside until crystallized.
Place the chocolate rectangles on the chocolate mousse and turn them over onto a dessert plate.
Stick a few chocolate rectangles upright on the dessert's apple jelly and spoon a couple of apple cubes and Granny Smith compote drops in between.
Spoon a nice stroke of compote along the plate, scoop a nice quenelle of CARAMELIA 36% COUVERTURE sorbet and arrange cubes of caramelized brioche around.