
‘Knoppers’ chocolate dessert
This dessert is made by Marco van der Wijngaard, chef of ’t Amsterdammertje and member of the Culinary Team The Netherlands.This dish consists of:
- Mocca tuile
- Marbré of hazelnut ganache with nut praline ganache and cake
- Nut cream
- Chocolate galette
- Boerenjongens (raisins in brandy)
- Rum ice cream
Ingredients
70gIcing sugar
mocha extract
70gEgg white
70gButter
70gFlour
210units.centiliterCream
12units.centiliterhazelnut oil
25gInvert sugar
200gDark chocolate
25gGlucose
5units.itemsGelatin sheets
20gpraliné
1gSalt
50gButter
200gganache base
180gPecans
100gAlmonds
1gSalt
100gpraliné hazelnut paste
100ghazelnuts
0.2lHazelnut syrup
0.1lSugar water (1:1)
0.1lcoffee
11gAgar
0.2lCoffee syrup
0.2lWhite chocolate
200gGranulated sugar
60ggel crema
800mlWater
200gIsomalt
400gMilk chocolate
60mlWater
100mlRum
50gRaisins
15gSugar
1units.itemsStar anise
0.5units.itemsVanilla pod
300units.centiliterSugar water (1:1)
6units.itemsGelatin sheets
100mlRum
2units.itemslime juice
100gYogurt
500units.centiliterTonic
Preparation
- Carefully mix the ingredients with a whisk and let rest for half an hour.
- Spread in a mold and bake for 8 minutes at 160ÀöC.
- Bring the cream, glucose, and invert sugar to a boil.
- Mix the dark chocolate, hazelnut oil, praline, and gelatin, and pour the cream mixture over this. Blend with an immersion blender and finish with the butter and salt.
- Spread the mixture in a mold.
- Brown all the nuts, chop finely, and mix with the ganache.
- Spread in a 'sultana' mold.
- Mix all ingredients, bring to a boil, and let cool.
- Blend until smooth and strain through a fine sieve.
- Blend all ingredients except the chocolate for 30 minutes at 80°C in the thermoblender.
- Pour over the chocolate, mix well, and let cool.
- Spread in a mold and let dry for 30 minutes at 120°C.
- Soak the raisins in the rum.
- Mix with the remaining ingredients and heat until just below boiling.
- Vacuum seal and let sit for at least a week.
- Let the rum, tonic, sugar water, lime juice, and gelatin simmer gently.
- Blend the yogurt with the pro sorbet and cortina.
- Place the mixture in a shock freezer and let it harden.
- Churn, pipe into a mold, and freeze again.





