Chocolate fondant with nougatine biscuit and toffee sauce
- Dessert
- Medium
- 10
- 1 hour 50 minutes
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Dominic Chapman's chocolate fondant recipe comes complete with a helping of vanilla ice cream, nougatine biscuit and a delightfully viscous toffee sauce. Around ten fondants will be made from this recipe with lots of leftover ice cream and sauce to use for other desserts.
Ingredients
Chocolate fondant
- 250g of dark chocolate
- 250g of butter
- 5 eggs
- 5 egg yolks
- 250g of sugar
- 125g of plain flour
- cocoa powder for dusting
- butter for greasing
Vanilla ice cream
- 500ml of double cream
- 500ml of full-fat milk
- 150g of sugar
- 12 egg yolks
- 3 vanilla pods
Nougatine biscuit
- 100ml of milk
- 100ml of glucose
- 250g of butter
- 300g of sugar
- 5g of pectin
- 50g of cacao nibs
- 250g of flaked almonds
- 1 pinch of pepper
- 1 tsp sea salt
Toffee sauce
- 250g of Demerara sugar
- 60ml of glucose syrup
- 60g of golden syrup
- 225g of unsalted butter
- 350ml of whipping cream
Equipment
- Ice cream maker
- Silicon baking mat
- Thermometer
- Dariole moulds
Method
1
First, make the nougatine biscuit. Mix together the pectin and a small amount of the sugar in a small bowl. Boil together the milk, glucose, butter, and sugar in a heavy bottomed pan, and once the mix reaches boiling point, pour in the pectin and sugar, whisking continuously. Cook out until the mix reaches 106°C, stirring occasionally so that it cooks evenly
- 100ml of milk
- 100ml of glucose
- 5g of pectin
- 300g of sugar
- 250g of butter
2
Remove from the heat and add the remaining ingredients to the pan. Stir to combine, then scrape out onto a silicon baking mat, taking care as the mixture will be very hot. Place another silicone mat on top and roll the mix out as thinly as possible. Leave to set at room temperature
- 50g of cacao nibs
- 250g of flaked almonds
- 1 pinch of pepper
- 1 tsp sea salt
3
To make the vanilla ice cream, place the cream, milk and vanilla in a pan and bring to the boil. In a separate bowl, whisk the egg yolks and sugar together until pale. Pour the contents of the pan over the egg and sugar mix, whisk to combine, then return back to the pan and cook to 82°C, stirring constantly
- 500ml of double cream
- 500ml of full-fat milk
- 3 vanilla pods
- 150g of sugar
- 12 egg yolks
4
Pass through a fine sieve into a bowl set over ice. Allow to chill, then churn in an ice cream maker
5
To make the chocolate fondant, add the chocolate and butter to a heatproof bowl and set over a pan of gently simmering water (do not allow the base of the bowl to touch the water). Stir gently until the chocolate and butter have melted together to form and thick, smooth sauce
- 250g of dark chocolate
- 250g of butter
7
Preheat the oven to 200°C/gas mark 6
8
Butter and dust some fondant moulds with cocoa powder and leave to chill in the fridge. Carefully pour the mixture into each mould until two thirds full, and bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes
- butter for greasing
- cocoa powder for dusting
9
For the toffee sauce, place the sugar, both syrups and the butter in a thick-bottomed pan and heat gently to 160°C
- 250g of Demerara sugar
- 60ml of glucose syrup
- 60g of golden syrup
- 225g of unsalted butter
10
Meanwhile, warm the cream in a separate pan until hot but not boiling. Slowly and carefully whisk the hot cream into the 160°C sugar mixture, stirring constantly until well combined
- 350ml of whipping cream
11
Pass through a sieve and allow to cool - the sauce should be dark in colour and taste slightly bitter
12
Remove the fondants, turn off the oven and allow the nougatine biscuits to warm through in the residual heat. Serve each fondant with a quenelle of the churned vanilla ice cream, nougatine biscuit and some toffee sauce
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