Apple Pie
Mats Rajala
This apple pie bonbon is inspired by what we in Sweden call "smuldegspaj". It's commonly served with a vanilla custard.
Components
Apple Caramel - AW 0.7694
- 134 grams (4.73 oz) granulated sugar A
- 70 grams (2.47 oz) glucose syrup (DE40)
- 30 grams (1.06 oz) water A
- 0.3 grams (0.01 oz) cream of tartar
- 5 grams (0.18 oz) water B
- 200 grams (7.05 oz) cream (36% fat)
- 10 grams (0.35 oz) granulated sugar B
- 0.5 grams (0.018 oz) cinnamon
- 0.5 grams (0.018 oz) cardamom
- 1 vanilla pod
- 1 gram (0.035 oz) sea salt
- 150 grams (5.29 oz) apple puree
- 30 grams (1.06 oz) reduced apple juice at 55 °Brix
- 50 grams (1.76 oz) browned butter
Vanilla Ganache - AW 0.8064
- 1 vanilla pod
- 105 grams (3.7 oz) cream (36% fat)
- 200 grams (7.05 oz) white chocolate
- 32 grams (1.13 oz) glucose syrup
- 30 grams (1.06 oz) sorbitol powder
- 30 grams (1.06 oz) egg yolk powder
Crispy Layer - AW 0.3821
Part 1 - Crumble
- 90 grams (3.17 oz) flour
- 15 grams (0.53 oz) granulated sugar
- 50 grams (1.76 oz) butter (82% fat)
Part 2 - Crispy Layer
- 25 grams (0.88 oz) cocoa butter
- 25 grams (0.88 oz) browned butter
- 75 grams (2.65 oz) crumble crust
- 1 gram (0.035 oz) sea salt (ground)
Instructions
How It's MadeApple Caramel
- Mix the vanilla seeds with sugar B, salt, and the spices
- Blend the cream of tartar with water B
- Add the cream to a small saucepan and heat it to 40°C (104°F), then add the spice and sugar mixture
- Maintain it at 40°C (104°F), though it’s fine if it reaches a little higher like 42°C (107.6°F) but not below 40°C
- Add water A to a saucepan, followed by sugar A
- Cook to 100°C (212°F) and add the cream of tartar mixture
- When the syrup reaches 110°C (230°F), add the glucose syrup
- Continue cooking until a golden caramel forms
- Carefully pour the cream over the caramel in three stages, whisking and cooking until it reaches 110°C (230°F)
- Add the apple puree and reduced apple juice (this mixture should also be at 40°C/104°F)
- Cook to 107°C (224.6°F), then turn off the heat and add the browned butter. Ensure the mixture is homogeneous
- Pipe at room temperature
Vanilla Ganache
- Scrape the vanilla pod and add the seeds to the cream
- Follow with the egg yolk powder, sorbitol powder, and glucose syrup
- Heat this mixture to 40°C (104°F)
- Add the heated mixture to the melted white chocolate, which should also be at 40°C (104°F)
- Mix well with an immersion blender and pipe at 29°C (84.2°F)
Crispy Layer
- Make a crumble crust with flour, granulated sugar, and butter
- Bake in the oven at 225°C (437°F) for about 7 minutes, depending on the size of the crumble
- Once baked, let it cool, then blend if the "crumbs" are too large for piping
- Melt 25 grams (0.88 oz) of cocoa butter with 25 grams (0.88 oz) of browned butter
- Add the salt, then mix in the crumble crust
- Ensure the mixture is homogeneous; tempering is preferable before filling the bonbons
- Pipe at 29°C (84.2°F). Temperature will be lower if tempered. Don't worry.
- Once the crispy layer has crystallized. Cap the bonbons and enjoy.