Home Baking

OQO LIME

Made with Oqo 73%

Nicolas Guercio
LUTETIA HOTEL, PARIS

4 steps

Makes 30 individual desserts

Recipe Step by Step

Step01

COCOA CRISP

100g Butter
100g Sugar
60g Flour
25gCocoa powder
90g Hazelnut flour
4g Salt
30gCocoa nibs

Cream the butter and sugar and then add the remaining ingredients.
Form small balls on a baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes at 170°C.
Step02

LIME GANACHE

140g Cream
300g Lime juice
380gMANJARI 64%
35g Invert sugar

140g Cream
300g Lime juice 380g MANJARI 64%
35g Invert sugar
Step03

ALMOND AND HAZELNUT PRALINE

500g Hazelnuts
500g Almonds
400g Sugar
3 pieces Dried vanilla beans

Make a dry caramel and stir in the toasted nuts.
Leave to cool, then break and finely grind into a paste.
Step04

OQO TUILE

As neededOQO73%

Temper the OQO couverture.
Use a rolling pin to spread the couverture as thinly as possible between 2 guitar sheets, then immediately peel the guitar sheet off the top before it sets to create a vacuum molding effect.
Allow to set, then cut into irregular pieces.

Assembly and finishing

Lime segment
Cilantro sprout
Gold leaf

To assemble, alternate a piece of OQO tuile, lime ganache, praline, and a few pieces of the cocoa crisp. Repeat the process for a second layer, finishing with a piece of OQO tuile.
Add a few dots of ganache, and pieces of the cocoa crisp on top of the tuile.
Finish with 1 lime segment, a few cilantro shoots, and gold leaf.