Christmas log
Ingredients (for 6 to 8 people)
- For the chocolate ganache:
- 250 g of dark chocolate
- 250 g of whole liquid cream
- 55 g of butter
- 1 pinch of salt
- For the rolled cookie:
- 4 eggs
- 115 g of sugar
- 68 g of T65 wheat flour
- 12 g of blond spent grain flour
- 40 g of hazelnut powder
Preparation
- Start by preparing the chocolate ganache:
- Melt the chocolate.
- Reheat the cream.
- Add the cream to the chocolate in 3 times, mixing well after each incorporation.
- Add the butter cut into pieces.
- Set the ganache in the refrigerator.
- Prepare the cookie:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Separate whites from yellows.
- Whisk the yolks with the sugar until the mixture whitens.
- Beat the egg whites then add them to the previous mixture.
- Add the flours and hazelnut powder, and mix gently.
- Pour the mixture onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Smooth with a spatula.
- Bake for 10 minutes at 180°C.
- Turn the plate over on a damp cloth, gently remove the parchment paper then immediately roll the biscuit in the cloth.
- Let cool.
- Assembly of the log:
- Unroll the biscuit, cover it with chocolate ganache before rolling it again. Set in the refrigerator then cover the log with ganache.
- Sprinkle with icing sugar to decorate!