- 20 Gavottes crepes dentelle (broken into pieces)
- 100g isomalt (can be replaced by 80g of dry-cooked sugar and 20g glucose)
Apricot pastry:
- 300g apricots
- 150g brown sugar
- 3g agar agar
Basil cream:
- 20g sweet cream
- 2 egg yolks
- 50g sugar
- 15g cornflour
- 3 sheets of gelatin
- 20cl whipped cream
- 20g basil leaves
CROQ’GAVOTTES
- Heat the isomalt and add the broken Gavottes. Stir with a spatula and leave to cool on a silicone sheet, then grind in a food mixer.
- Make a 10cm x 3cm rectangular hollow and sprinkle the contents obtained in this shape (on a sheet of baking paper) making 3 (very thin) rectangles per person.
- Bake at 170 °C until light golden and cool.
APRICOT PASTRY
- Wash and stone the apricots; keep one to cut into raw squares for the garnish. Break the stones to remove the kernel and add to the apricot segments.
- Add sugar and cook with a lid for 5 minutes, then bind with the agar agar and pour into a rectangular mould (so as to be able to cut slivers into the preparation at a later stage). Leave to cool.
BASIL CREAM
- Cream the egg yolks with the sugar.
- Add the cornflour and pour the boiling cream infused with basil and mix.
- Cook as for a custard sauce then add to the gelatin (previously softened) and blend.
- Pass through a chinois sieve and cool.
- Finally, add the whipped cream and leave to set in the fridge.
PRESENTATION
- Arrange a slice of Croq’Gavottes on a plate and cut a slice of apricot pastry.
- Add another slice of Croq’Gavottes.
- Using a piping bag (with a large nozzle) arrange the basil cream lengthwise.
- Add a final slice of Croq’Gavottes. Add the apricot salad (finely diced) seasoned with basil and olive oil.