
Ingredients
Chocolate-Hazelnut Pastry Cream
- 100 gr. PreGel 5-Star Chef Pastry Select™ Pastry Cream Superior (Hot Process)
- 200 gr. sugar
- 1000 gr. milk
- 1300 gr. PreGel Chocolate-Hazelnut Traditional Paste
Mixed Berry Gelee
- 227 gr. fresh raspberries
- 454 gr. fresh strawberries
- 200 gr. simple syrup
- 90 gr. PreGel Five Star Chef Pastry Gelatin Base
- 20 gr. PreGel Mint – White Traditional Paste
Beignet Batter
- 250 gr. all-purpose flour
- 4.5 gr. dry yeast
- 200 gr. beer
- 3 each egg yolks
- 50 gr. oil
- 100 gr. sugar
- 3 each egg whites
- a pinch salt
- 20 gr. PreGel Vanilla Velvet Traditional Paste (American Vanilla)
- 1000 gr. oil for frying
Method
Chocolate-Hazelnut Pastry Cream
- Combine sugar and PreGel 5-Star Chef Pastry Select™ Pastry Cream Superior (Hot Process) in a bowl
- Whisk in a small amount of milk to dissolve the dry ingredients.
- Heat remaining milk on the stove.
- Slowly whisk hot milk into remaining ingredients; transfer mixture back to the pot and return to the stove.
- Bring to a simmer, stirring constantly; cook for about 1′.
- Remove from heat; transfer to a storage container, cover and refrigerate.
- Once cool incorporate with the PreGel Chocolate-Hazelnut Traditional Paste until the pastry cream is well combined.
Mixed Berry Gelee
- Remove the stems of the strawberries and cut in half, place the fresh strawberries, raspberries, PreGel Mint – White Traditional Paste and simple syrup in a bowl over a double boiler.
- Cover with plastic wrap and let the juices from the strawberries release.
- Pour the mix through a superbag.
- Reserve 500 grams of the liquid and cool.
- After cooling the liquid slightly, add PreGel Five Star Chef Pastry Gelatin Base, mix well until all powder is dissolved with a whisk.
- Pour into desired mold and freeze until set.
Beignet Batter
- In a 5 quart mixer, blend all dry ingredients.
- Continue by adding all the wet ingredients.
- Whip the egg whites and sugar to stiff peaks, and fold into the batter.
- Pipe into mold half way up and freeze.
- Place Chocolate-Hazelnut Pastry Cream in a piping bag and pipe a small even amount on top of the frozen beignet batter.
- Return to freezer until set.
- Finish with another layer of beignet batter and return to freezer until the beignet is fully frozen or until needed.
- Heat up the frying oil and fry until a nice golden color is achieved.
