By François Galtier
Ingredients
LEMON SHORTBREAD
for 15 individuals pies
- Flour T55 250 g
- Icing Sugar 75 g
- Almond Powder 35 g
- Salt 1 g
- Lemon Zests 3 g
- Candia Professional Signature Gourmet Butter 140 g
- Lemon Juice 25 g
LIGHT MERINGUE
for 15 individuals pies
- Egg White 100 g
- Sugar 100 g
- Icing Sugar 50 g
- Lime Zests SQ
LEMON CREAM
for 15 individuals pies
- Lemon Juice 250 g
- Egg 150 g
- Egg Yolk 150 g
- Sugar 150 g
- Corn Starch 20 g
- Candia Professional Signature Gourmet Butter 150 g
LEMON CHOCOLATE DISCS
for 15 discs
- White Chocolate 30% 300 g
- Lemon Zests 3 g
- Yellow Chocolate Color SQ
Composition
Lemon Shortbread
Light Meringue
Lemon Cream
Lemon Chocolate Discs
LEMON SHORTBREAD
for 15 individuals pies
Mix all ingredients except lemon juice to incorporate all cubes of butter into the powders and get sandy mixture. Finish the dough with lemon juice at the end to link the powders together. Let cooling down in refrigerator and roll out at 3,5 mm. Bake between 2 airmats at 160°C around 18 min in ventilated oven.
LIGHT MERINGUE
for 15 individuals pies
Whip egg white with sugar to gel the meringue, the add delicately at the end icing sugar with silicon spatula. Pipe drops on top of shortbread and sprinkle lime zests. Bake at 90°C in ventilated oven for few hours. Keep in hermetic box after baking.
LEMON CREAM
for 15 individuals pies
Boil lemon juice and in same time mix egg yolk with eggs, sugar and corn starch. Pour half of hot juice into egg preparation and pour back all the preparation to saucepan to bring to the boil. Out of fire, mix with butter and blend to make a nice emulsion. Let cooling down in refrigerator.
LEMON CHOCOLATE DISCS
for 15 discs
Melt chocolate and blend with zests and color. Make the tempering of the chocolate and spread out between 2 plastic to make a very thin layer. Push on top with round cuter ø7 cm to make the discs.
MONTAGE
Take out the shortbread with meringue in last time (the meringue is very light but very sensitive from the humidity), place it upside down and stick the chocolate disc with one drop of lemon cream. Pipe drops of lemon cream on the chocolate disc and sprinkle some lime zests on top.
