Pistachio Berries Opal

pistachio cake

Ingredients: pistachio cake

  • 1.0 lb
    eggs
  • 14.1 oz
    caster sugar
  • 8.8 oz
    Pistachio paste
  • 0.3 oz
    guerande salt
  • 6.3 oz
    sunflower oil
  • 10.6 oz
    wholegrain spelt flour
  • 3.5 oz
    powdered almond
  • 0.5 oz
    raising agent

Preparation: pistachio cake

Whisk the eggs with the sugar and add the pistachio paste and salt. Gradually pour in the sunflower oil and the flour, almond and raising agent mixture, fill the moulds previously lined with butter and flour and bake at 160ºC for 35 minutes. 

pistachio ganache

Ingredients: pistachio ganache

Preparation: pistachio ganache

Boil the cream and add the gelatin and the pistachio paste, mix with a hand-held blender and strain.

Add the chocolate in drops and emulsify the mixture, then leave for 24 hours before using. Apply a generous layer of ganache to the cake before applying the Opal coating.

assembly

Once the cake is coated, roll in raw powdered pistachio and finish by decorating with 3 capsules filled with a reduced raspberry purée.