Chocolate Gâteau with Chestnuts

Baking and Desserts | French cuisine

⏳ Time

25 minutes

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

The recipe for chocolate gâteau can be found here http://eda.ru/recipe/11205/.

Ingredients

Water - 7 fl oz
Chocolate Gâteau - 1 piece
Sugar - 6 oz
Rum - 2 tablespoons
Milk - 2 qt
Bitter - 8.8 oz
Butter - 3.5 oz
Chestnut flour - 7.1 oz
Whipped Cream - 17 fl oz
White Chocolate - 8.8 oz

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Cut the chocolate gâteau into three layers. Boil 200 ml of water with 150 g of sugar for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in 1 tablespoon of rum. Soak the layers with the syrup and let cool.

Step 2

Bring 1.5 liters of milk to a boil, add 250 g of grated bitter chocolate, and stir until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Add 25 g of butter, then fold in 250 g of whipped cream. Cover the first layer with the chocolate mousse. Allow the mousse to set slightly and cover with the second layer.

Step 3

Mix 200 g of chestnut paste with 50 g of softened butter. Whip vigorously and add 1 tablespoon of rum, then fold in 230 g of whipped cream. Spread the chestnut mousse on the layer and cover with the third layer.

Step 4

Bring 200 ml of milk to a boil with 20 g of sugar; add 250 g of grated white chocolate, then add 25 g of butter; mix thoroughly, let cool, and cover the cake.