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    Lemon Chocolate Mirror

    Lemon flavoured sugar syrup

    Sugar 225g

    Water 125ml

    Lemon 100mlMethod

    1. Place the sugar and water in a pan and bring to the boil, remove from the heat, stir in the lemon

    juice and leave to cool.

    Pistachio sponge cake

    Marzipan 750g

    Pistachio blanched & ground 100g

    Eggs 9

    Apple compote 75gCorn flour 100g

    Butter melted 150gMethod

    1. Whisk the marzipan, egg yolks and apple compote together until smooth.

    2. Mix the pistachio and cornflour together.

    3. Beat the egg whites to a stiff peak.

    4. Fold half the egg whites into the marzipan mix, then fold in half the flour mix. Repeat with

    the remaining ingredients.

    5. Finally carefully fold in the melted butter.

    6. Pour the mix onto a prepared baking sheet and even out. Cook in a hot oven approx. 210C7. Once cooked, cool and cut in half down its length.

    Lemon Mousse

    Double cream 500ml

    Egg yolks 12

    Sugar 100g

    Custard powder 50g

    Lemon juice 250ml

    Gelatine 9 sheets

    Egg whites 20

    Sugar 350gmMethod

    1. Soak the gelatine in cold water.

    2. Boil the 350g of sugar to 120C with about 100 mls of water. Meanwhile whip the egg whites to

    a peak, once the sugar has reached the correct temperature pour into the egg whites and whisk

    until cold

    3. Bring the cream to the boil with the egg yolks, sugar, custard powder and lemon juice, stirring

    all the time.4. Once the mix has boiled remove from the heat and stir in the drained gelatine. Stir well, strain

    and leave to cool.

    5. When nearly set fold in to half the Italian meringue, then carefully fold in the remaining

    meringue stirring until smooth.

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    Chocolate Genoise

    Eggs 4 5 10

    Sugar 200g 250g 500g

    Flour 160g 200g 400g

    Cocoa powder 25g 30g 60g

    Starch 15g 20g 40g

    Butter 40g 50g 100g

    Method

    1. Set oven to 200-220C Gas 6-7 400-425F

    2. Grease Genoise tin with butter and cover bottom with circle of silicone paper or greased

    greasproof paper dust lightly with flour

    3. Whisk eggs and sugar over hot water in a bowl, (slow cooking) to ribbon stage. Remove from

    heat and continue to whisk until cooled

    4. Sift the flour with the cocoa powder and the cornflour, twice.

    5. Without too much mixing fold in flour keeping the mixture as light as possible.

    6. When all the flour is in pour in the butter around the edge of the batter and gently fold in.

    Pour gently into the greased and floured tin and oven bake till brown and firm to the touch

    about 20 - 30 minutes

    7. N.B. If when you run your fingers over the top it leaves imprints the sponge it is not ready.

    8. Turn out onto a rack, peel off paper, replace and allow to cool

    9. Use as required

    Lemon Glaze

    Golden jelly (lemon marmalade) 1k

    Lemon juice 150mlMethod

    1. Bring to the boil and thin with the lemon juice.

    Lemon zest

    Blanch a fine julienne of lemon zest 3 times then cook in a sugar syrup (1 part water 1 part sugar) for

    1 hour.

    Assembling the cake

    1. Place a metal cake ring that is 4-5 cm high over a cardboard circle. Cut a circular base from

    the pistachio sponge cake. Place it over the cardboard inside the ring.2. Fill the ring halfway with lemon mousse.

    3. Place a layer of chocolate genoise that is slightly smaller in diameter than the ring over the

    mousse just to the rim of the ring.

    4. Brush it generously with the lemon flavoured sugar

    syrup.

    5. Fill with lemon mousse just to the rim of the ring.

    6. Place the cake in the freezer to set.

    7. Glaze the top of the cake with lemon glaze using a

    ladle, and smooth it with a metal spatula.

    8. Sprinkle candied lemon zest on top of the cake.

    9. Remove the metal ring by heating the outside.Note place a thin strip of plastic around the cake to

    protect it and enhance its presentation.