Sunday, October 12, 2008

Store-bought Mont Blanc


Store-bought Mont Blanc

Mont Blanc is my absolute favorite, but I have never tried making one myself.


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This one consisted of sponge(?) cake at the bottom and layers of whipping cream and chocolate sponge cake, covered with chestnut cream and topped with whipping cream, a piece of bitter chocolate and a chervil leaf. Another fluffy, not-too-sweet dessert which disappeared VERY quickly.
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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

OH MY GOSH! That looks SO good. I have never had this 'mont blanc' before, but now I want some. Yum. :D

Anonymous said...

wow! which store did you buy this from?

Marie said...

I've never heard of mont blanc before, but chestnut cream sounds like a not too sweet, but still tasty dessert element!

Rachael Hutchings said...

I LOVE mont blanc! I love how you can get so many different variations on it in Japan. Mmmmmm... I miss it!

yamo said...

looks delicious!
my wife is a Japanese pastry chef so I get all these nice Japanese pastries like mont blanc and shortcake :D

safiria said...

here's the traditional recipe ;)
in this version , that has French origins, the preparation results a bit longer and more complicated... It's made with peeled big chestnuts, boiled with milk, vanilla and sugar and passed through a vegetable-mill.
You have to use that one with large holes, so the mashed chestnuts will fall in a "mountain" pile...and, finally, you just have to cover it with a delicious amount of "snowy" whipped cream!!!

obachan said...

Anonymous commenter
Yep, it was really good. ;)

Zakux5
I bought it at a supermarket called "Ace One."

Marie
Yeah, chestnut cream is so flavorful and I love it soooo much.

Fuji mama
Talking about different variations of mont blanc, check this out! ;)

Yamo
OMG, LUCKY YOU!! (Can you ask your wife if she knows a male pastry chef who is looking for a Japanese wife?) LOL

Safiria
Wow... Peeling big chestnuts must be a hard work but it must be really worth it. I can imagine. :)

yamo said...

I'm sure she does! Want me to ask? hahaha