Ingredients
Equipment
Method
Savoiardi Sponge
- Preheat the oven to 350° Fahrenheit
- Separate egg whites and egg yolks. Set the egg yolks aside.
- Beat the egg whites until stiff peaks are reached. Gradually add in sugar, one teaspoon at a time, until stiff and glossy
- Mix in lemon and vanilla extracts into the egg yolks.
- Fold the egg yolks into the egg whites until combined. Sift flour, cornstarch, and salt over the egg mixture and fold until combined.
- Using a piping bag, cut the tip of the piping bag to have a ½ inch opening. Pipe into 3-inch length logs. Pipe the logs to be close / touching until the sponge is 6 ¼ inches in width. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.
- Bake for 10 minutes. Rotate the baking sheet and then bake for another 5 minutes.
- Let cool, create an acetate tube and line the inside of the tube with the sponge. Cut off excess sponge to even out bottom.
Mango Mousse
- Soak the gelatin in 2 teaspoons of cold water.
- Pour half of the mango puree into a pan (if you have the mango but need to puree it, see notes). Stir in sugar and stir over a low heat to dissolve the sugar.
- Remove pan from heat and stir in gelatin until dissolved. Add in the remaining mango puree. Let cool until warm but not hot.
- In a large bowl, whisk the heavy whipping cream until soft peaks are reached.
- Fold the puree into the cream.
- Pour into the center of the savoiardi sponge tube and let set.
Lychee Mousse
- Soak the gelatin in 2 teaspoons of cold water.
- Pour half of the lychee puree into a pan (if you have the lychee but need to puree it, see notes). Stir in sugar and stir over a low heat to dissolve the sugar.
- Remove pan from heat and stir in gelatin until dissolved. Add in the remaining lychee puree. Let cool until warm but not hot.
- In a large bowl, whisk the heavy whipping cream until soft peaks are reached.
- Fold the puree into the cream.
- Pour into the center of the savoiardi sponge tube (on top of the mango mousse) and let set.
Raspberry Custard
- Soak the gelatin in 2 teaspoons of cold water.
- In a large bowl, whisk together egg yolks, vanilla extract, and sugar until pale and cream.
- In a medium pan, heat heavy whipping cream on a low heat until almost boiling. Remove from heat if tiny bubbles are starting to form.
- Slowly pour hot cream into the egg yolk mixture while continuously whisking. Pour it back into the saucepan and heat until thickened but not boiling.
- Remove from heat and stir in gelatin and puree. Strain into a heat proof bowl and let cool.
- Melt white chocolate candy melts in the microwave on 30 second bursts. Once melted, line each cavity of a semi-circle mold with the chocolate. Fill with the raspberry custard. Place in fridge and let set.
- Place spheres on top of the lychee mousse. Remove acetate and replace with a ribbon.
Notes
For fruit purees, remove cores / pits and blend remaining fruit. Pour through a sieve to make the puree smooth.