Recipe: Dark chocolate and chilli mille feuille with a salted butter caramel sauce

Dark chocolate and chilli mille feuille with a salted butter caramel sauce

Delicate filo pastry dusted with icing sugar and cocoa powder layered with chilli-chocolate cream and finished with a salted butter caramel sauce.

Dark chocolate and chilli mille feuille with a salted butter caramel sauce

Recipe rating: 5 (1 votes)
Timings: Preparation: 25mn | Cooking time: 15mn | Rest time: 1h

Ingredients

Quantity for 6 person(s)

Unsalted butter : 40 g
Unsweetened cocoa powder : 20 g
Icing sugar : 20 g
Filo pastry sheet(s) : 6 whole

For the garnish(es)

Egg yolk(s) : 2 whole
Semi-skimmed milk : 12 cl
Double cream : 12 cl
Dark chocolate : 170 g
Caster sugar : 50 g

For the sauce

Double cream : 15 cl
Piment d'Espelette : 6 pinch(es)
Caster sugar : 150 g
Salted butter : 20 g

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Recipe method

Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Melt the butter. Roll out the filo pastry and brush with the melted butter. Dust with icing sugar and cocoa powder. Place one sheet of pastry on top of another to create a double layer. Cut the filo pastry into 18 rectangles of equal size. Place the rectangles on to a baking sheet, cover with a sheet of baking parchment and then a second baking sheet. Transfer to the oven and cook for 6 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.

For the chocolate cream
Bring the milk to the boil. Beat the eggs with 50g sugar until pale and fluffy.
Add the eggs/sugar to the milk and allow to thicken. Break the chocolate into pieces, place in a bowl and then add the milk/eggs/sugar mixture. Mix well until all of the chocolate has melted and you have a smooth chocolate cream. Add piment d'Espelette to taste then transfer to the fridge to cool and thicken.

For the sauce
Heat a frying pan and add the caster sugar. Melt, without stirring, to obtain a caramel. Once you have a dark caramel, add the salted butter and the cream. Mix well and allow to cool.

To assemble: place the chocolate cream in a piping bag. Pipe chocolate cream onto a filo rectangle, top with a second filo rectangle and then add another layer of chocolate. Finish with a third sheet of filo pastry and then drizzle over the sauce to finish.

If you do not have any salted butter, use unsalted butter and add a pinch of fleur de sel to the caramel.

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