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Dreamy sweets!
Magazine style Recipe Part 3
Ribon Girl!
Sakai Ayaka-chans Request.
Chestnutty Mont Blanc.
Full of chestnut cream, to finish a chestnut glace, a nutty
cake with autumn colours.
With a smart square shape, its stylishness doubles.
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Ingredients (Makes 6)
Financier Pastry
Butter 60 grams (about)
Almond Powder 24 g
Hazelnut Powder 8g
Plain flour 10 g
Egg Whites 48 grams (about 2 eggs worth)
Granulated sugar 56 g
Vanilla Essence a little
If you cant get hazelnut powder, using 32 grams of almond
powder is OK too.
Foundations of Financier Pastry
Mont Blanc:s foundations are a cookie base, meringue, or
sponge, there are various varities in stores. But this time we
are going to use a traditional Financier baked pastry base.
Almond powder and a browned butter make a wonderfully
fragrant and moist delicious dough.
Cake tin and special Tools to use.
For more information about tools see pages 62 63.
Paper piping bags 2.
A nozzle attachment for making Mont Blanc.
A 1 cm diameter nozzle attachment.
Silicone baking tray with rectangular molds.
But if you dont have that then a pudding cup (a dariole) is

OK too.
< - for use with the Chestnut mont blanc cream (the one
with little holes)
For use with the whipped cream, a 1 centimeter diameter
round nozzle.
Whipped Cream
Fresh Cream (Double Cream) 250 cc (ml)
Granulated Sugar 40g
Vanilla Essence - a little.
Chestnut Cream Decoration
Marron Paste 200 g
Marron Cream 200g (cl)
Glaized Marrons
(powdered sugar) a suitable amount.
(idek, I havent seen half of these ingredients in England,
let alone the baking wastelands of Japan. But Japan loves
chestnut flavored desserts which is why Mont Blanc is so
popular here. - Anna)
Right is the Marron paste, left is the marron cream. You can
find them in specialist ingredients shops!
Design Discussion
What kind of Mont Blanc design will be good, Ayaka-chan?
1. Before making it, she discussed the design with Chef
Aoki.
2. She drew various designs, and decided upon a stylish
cylindrical design.
Preparations
The eggs and the butter should be at room temperature.
Preheat the oven to 170 degrees (again, maybe set it to
180 190)

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A Chestnutty Mont Blanc
Making the Financier Pastry.
First measure out the ingredients.
1. Measure out the almond powder, flour and hazelnut
powder into a bowl.
2. Mix them together well with a spoon.
3. Sieve the powder.
With a tapping rhythm.
4. Measure out the butter and put it into a pan.
5. Measure out the granulated sugar.
6. Separate out the egg yolks and egg whites. Measure the
egg whites.
If you are careful it will be OK!
7. Add the vanilla essence to the egg whites,
After this all the measuring is done.
Making the browned butter.
8. Heat up the butter in the pan, stir it well with a spoon.
9. Stir it without resting, and once it becomes a caramel
colour and gives off an aroma, take it off the heat.
You can smell it.
It smells like caramel.
Aokis advice.
A point about the Financiers browned butter. When the
butter first melts, it becomes transparent, gradually the
colour will change. Once it becomes a caramel or hazelnut
colour, and starts to give off a fragrance, take it off the
heat.
10. Using a sieve, measure out 48 grams.
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When its done the colour should look like this.
11. The browned butter is done.
12. Whisk the egg whites.
Aokis Advice.

This time we are not making a meringue, It isnt necessary

for it to be completely fluffy. Once it has become whiteish,
the eggs are properly whisked and thats enough.
Snap your wrists like this
13. Add the granulated sugar, and mix thoroughly.
14. After a while add the powder mixture.
Mix it slowly and with big motions.
15. Add the browned butter.
16. Whilst whisking turn the bowl, and stir with big
motions. Lift up the dough and if its sticky then its OK.
If its sticky then its done.
17. The finished doughs condition.
Make it even.
18. Using a small round spoon, put the dough into the
baking pan.
19. Wipe the spoon on the side of the bowl, to keep it
clean.
Aokis Advice.
Before you pour it into the pan, wipe it on the side of the
bowl once, so that the dough doesnt drip. When making
hotcakes as well do the same thing, try it!
20. Put them in a170 degrees preheated oven for 15 17
minutes
Dont burn!
Oven temperature 170 degrees
Baking Time 15 17 minutes.
I want to eat them quickly!
21. Once they are done, remove them from the pan and put
them on a cake cooler / wire rack.
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Chestnutty Mont Blanc Part 2
Making the Nut Cream
Using these two nut ingredients we will make a delicious
nut cream.
22. Measure out the Marron paste and the Marron cream.

Put them in a bowl.

23. Using a spatula or card, put the cream and paste
together in a seive and mix them together.
Using a strainer, the texture of the cream becomes smooth.
24. Make sure to scrap off any remaining paste from the
bottom of the spatula as well.
Aokis Advice.
When using a spatula to blend the cream and paste like this
its called a strainer. Beating the marron paste is a little
difficult but, beating it by hand like this gives it a much
smoother texture so good luck!
Chestnutty Mont Blanc Part 3
Making the Whipped Cream
25. Measure out the fresh cream. Measure out the sugar
and vanilla essence as well and add it to the bowl.
26. Place the bowl with cream in inside another bowl with
ice, beat it with a whisk.
Hang in there Ayaka! Use your shoulder power!
Aokis advice
When using cream with a mont blanc, the nutty cream will
be pressed ontop, so the cream needs to be really stiff, if
its too loose, the mont blanc will fall apart.
Its firm! Is this enough?
27. When the cream clings tightly to the forks of the
whisk, its OK.
28. Using a spatula mix about 30 grams of whipped
cream into the marron paste/cream mixture.
29. The two creams are complete. The nutty cream is to
make the mont blanc. The whipped cream goes into the
piping bag with the circular nozzle, they each go into a
separate piping bag.
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Chestnutty Mont Blanc Part 4
Decoration

Lets try it together

30. Pipe a line of whipped cream out onto the financier
pastry.
This is a good tempo! Youre really skilled!
31. Do the same for all 6.
The cream is really firm.
Wriggle wriggle.
32. On both sides of the whipped cream, pipe the nutty
cream.
33. In the centre too, pipe the nutty cream again.
It now looks like a Mont Blanc!
Aokis Advice
Mont Blanc got its name from a mountain between France
and Italy. Lots of snow falls, so for the final decorations dust
it with powdered sugar until it looks white.
34. Using a tea strainer dust powdered sugar on top.
35. Cut 3 or 4 glazed Marrons in half.
36. Place it on top of the marron cream to complete it!
How is it finished? Does it look like youd planned?
Amazing! It looks like a professional patissier made it!
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Vanilla and Caramels Delicious Combination
Custard Pudding!
Using a hot water bath and baking, a nostalgic pudding. You
can use fruit to decorate it a-la-mode too.
Ingredients. (For 5 puddings)
For the Caramel
Hot water 40 cc (Ml)
Granulated Sugar 100 g
For the baked egg custard
Milk 360 cc (ml)
Fresh Cream (Double Cream) 90 cc (ml)
Vanilla Beans 1 or 2 (but you dont need them, a little

vanilla essence will be fine)

Eggs 200 g (about 4 eggs worth)
Granulated Sugar 90 g
Special Tools
Heat resistant pudding cups (dariol molds), Heat resistant
tray (deep baking tray), tea towel.
Preparations
Lay the tea towel in the baking tray.
Making the Caramel
Whilst its on the heat, dont take your eyes off the pot.
1. Add the sugar and two tablespoons of water (not
included in the ingredients list) to a small pan and put it
on a medium heat. Now and then tilt the pan gently as it
boils.
As you add the water it might splash a bit, so really be
careful not to get burnt!
2. When the sugar becomes a burnt, deep amber colour
take it off the heat. Quickly add the hot water and stir it
in whilst tilting the pan.
3. Place the pudding cups on the tea towel on the tray. Pour
the caramel mixture evenly into the cups, then place
them in a refrigerator to cool.
Vanillas Sweets Magic
When the caramel cools it hardens, and then when it heats
up it pours.
Caramels Advice.
You can use caramel as a sauce for various sweets.
Sugars burnt sweet smell is charming!
What makes pudding even more delicious, is a bitter-sweet
caramel sauce. The sugar is burnt but, a sweet and deep
flavour which can be inspiring. You can use it not just for
pudding, but for ice-cream and fruit too, and adding it to

hot milk is delicious! There are various ways you can use it,
so have fun with caramels bitter-sweet taste!
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Making the egg custard.
Vanillas Sweets Magic
If you mix the egg whites and egg yolk up a lot it will be OK!
4. In a bowl put the eggs, whisk them using a whisk.
5. Using a knife cut the vanilla pod, take out the seeds from
inside.
Enjoy the sweet scent of Vanilla!
Vanillas Advice
The fragrance of vanilla here is the real thing!
For the fragrance of sweets we usually rely on vanilla
essence, its made from natural vanilla. Vanilla is a vine
plant, abd the beans are actually seeds. Compared to
vanilla essence, whats better than the smell is that you
want to use all raw ingredients for such a simple pudding.
But, if you cant get your hands on it, its Ok to use Vanilla
essence.
6. In a small pan, add half the quantity of milk abd the
sugar, cook it on a medium heat. Heat it until just before
it boils so that the sugar dissolves.
7. Take the small pan off the heat, add the rest of the milk
and double cream to the bowl with eggs.
Vanillas Sweets Magic
Stir it gently until there are no bubbles.
8. Whisk it well together with a whisk.
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9. Using a ladle, pour the mixture into the pudding cups.
Ichigos Sweets Memo
Basic Traditional Pudding
What kind of pudding do you like?
Cream ones, fluffy ones, there are lots but this recipe where

it solidifies by baking is a traditional French recipe. Use

cream and fruits to decorate it a la mode to your liking!
10. Line up the pudding cups in the tray, and fill the tray
half full with hot water. Place the tray in an 170 degree
oven for 50 60 minutes.
When it bakes in hot water, steam is created which finishes
it properly.
Ichigos Advice
Too much or too little water is bad, it needs to be about half
of the pudding cups height.
(Oven Temperature 170 degrees, Times 50 60 minutes)
11. When you want to remove the pudding from the
mould, use a pen knife and go once around the edge.
12. Turn the pudding cup upside down on a plate.
13. If the caramel sauce doesnt run out, lightly pull the
cup away.

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From fruit puree, making a glass dessert!
Two coloured fruits Gele.
From raspberries and mangoes you can make this stylish
looking dessert.
Tilting to create the slant and freezing to solidify are two
points here!
Ingredients For 2 or 3.
Mango Gele
Mango (frozen) 70g
Granulated Sugar 30g
Water 100 cc (ml)
Lemon Juice 5 cc (ml)
Gelatine Sheets 5 g
Raspberry Gele

Raspberries (Frozen) 100g

Granulated Sugar 30g
Water 70 cc (ml)
Lemon juice 5 cc (ml)
Gelatine sheets 5g
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Special Tools
(For more info on basic tools see pages 62 63)
Electric Mixer and Food Processor
This time to make the fruit jelly were going to use a mixer
Instructions:
1. Using a food processor, mix together the mango,
granulated sugar and water to make the mango puree.
(See Figure A)
2. Put the mango puree into a saucepan, put it on a medium
heat until all the sugar is dissolved, once the sugar is
dissolved take it off the heat.
3. Soak the gelatin sheets in 200 cc(ml) of water, and when
they are thoroughly soaked wring out all the moisture
and mix it, along with the lemon juice, into the mango
puree. (See Figure C)
4. Swap it into another bowl, and as it cools it should start
to thicken.
5. Pour the mixture into tall glasses so they are half full. Tilt
the glass (See Figure D) and place them in a refrigerator
to cool.
6. While the mango gele is cooling, make the raspberry
puree the same way you made the mango gele. Pour it
on top of the mango jelly once its cooled, and then stand
upright in a refrigerator to solidify.
Ichigos Sweets Memo
Gele is the French word for Jelly.
Its perfect for showy parties!

From the reverberation of the stylish French word Gelee,

we get Jelly. Making fruit juice is simple but, from fruits
we can make a rich, flavoursome and fragrant jelly as well.
Its really delicious, so please challenge yourself to make it!
Here we use 2 layers, once one layer has solidified we add
another colour, it takes a little time so do it when you have
time to spare. Making it the day before a party is a good
idea.
Cooking Point!
A. Using the mixer we can make a fruit puree. A puree will
have a liquid state. Its good to use for many things.
Vanillas Sweets Magic.
Using fruit hot, frozen, cold or raw is OK!
B. You must soak the gelatin in water to use it ne!
C. Make sure the puree is still hot when you mix in the
gelatin so it dissolves properly. Make sure you squeeze
the gelatin sheet out thoroughly before using it!
D. Lean the glasses on a towel in a baking tray, so the liquid
just touches the rim of the glass, this is to get the tilting
layer.
E. Make sure the mango jelly has completely hardened
before you pour in the raspberry jelly.
Vanillas Sweets Magic
If you have time decorate it to finish!
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The symbol of the sweet princes friendship
Madeleine
Seashell shaped madeleines are a French mothers taste.
With honey, it makes a moist dough.
With the basic ingredients and honey you can quickly make
this!
Ingredients
Eggs 250g (5 eggs worth)

Granulated Sugar 85g

Honey 40g
Plain flour 120g
Baking Powder 4g
Butter About 170g
Special Equipment
(For more about special ingredients see pages 62 - 63
Madeleine tray (look in a specialist cookware store)
Using disposable cases is OK too!
If you cant find a real madeleine tray, Using paper of
plastic cake cases is OK as well. For presents its useful!
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Preparations
Butter the madeleine tray with a small amount of butter
(not included in ingredients list), sieve some flour (Not
included in ingredients list), and dust it over the tray. (If
using a teflon pan you dont need to do this)
Instructions
1. Brown the butter. Put the butter in a small pan and heat
it up (Figure A). When it turns a burnt amber colour, turn
the heat off, measure out 110 g of the butter (Figure B),
Leave it in a room temperature place to cool.
2. Put the eggs, honey and granulated sugar in a bowl and
with a whisk mix them well.
3. Sieve in the baking powder and flour to the egg mixture
and mix together until you cant see the flour.
4. Add the browned butter to the eggs and flour (See Figure
C), when they are mixed together well, cover it tightly
with clingfilm and let it rest for 2 hours at room
temperature. (See Figure D)
5. Mix the dough with a spatula, pour it into the tray, it

should be about an 8th of the way . (See Figure E)

6. Bake them in a 180 degree oven for 10 15 minutes.
7. Let it rest on a cake cooler (wire rack), once they are cool
put them in a vinyl plastic bag (or cake tin) so they dont
dry out.
Great anime episode!
The start of the 3 sweets princes friendship!
The madeleines are Ichigos companions, the sweets
princes memorable sweets. The master of chocolate
Kashino, the florist, showy and proud Hanabusa, and the
Japanese sweets expert Andou. When Kashino and
Hanabusa first met they got along badly. However after that
event, when they ate the madeleines they made together,
they gained mutual respect and became friends.
Cooking Point!
A. Making the browned butter. When you melt the butter the
weight decreases, which is why you measure out more
(about 170 g) before melting.
B. Once the butter has been browned, measure it out once
more. It needs to be precisely 110 g this time.
Vanillas Sweets Magic
If it becomes about this burnt brown colour then its OK!
C. Mix in the butter last. But make sure you have mixed in
the granulated sugar, eggs, flour and honey before
adding the butter.
D. When the dough is finished, dont immediately bake it.
First wrap it tightly with clingfilm and let it rest at room
temperature. Make sure its wrapped tightly.
Vanillas Sweets Magic
The shell tray will be shallow so use a spoon to pour it in.
E. The dough should make about 8 madeleines, if you put
too much in it will overflow when it expands.

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Sparkling Sugar for Valentines
Chocolate cookies
The dough is round and sprinkled with sugar, cocoa dough
cookies. Perfect for presents.
The shape can be whatever you like, these are simple
cookies.
Ingredients (For about 30)
Butter 200g
Granulated sugar 100g
Plain flour 270g (you might want to use self raising flour?)
Cocoa 18g
Salt 1 g
Granulated sugar (for topping) suitable amount.
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Preparations
The butter should be at room temperature.
Sieve the flour and cocoa powder together.
Instructions.
1. Beat the butter with a whisk until it becomes paste-like.
2. Add the granulated sugar and mix in well (See Figure A)
3. Add the sieved flour, cocoa and salt to the bowl with the
butter. Mix well (See Figure B)
4. Divide the dough into 2 equal parts and roll to make 2
long cylinder shapes. (See Figure C)
5. Put the granulated sugar in a baking tray, roll the dough
in the granulated sugar until all the sides are covered. (See
figure D). Wrap it in clingfilm and place it in a refrigerator
for at least an hour to cool down.
6. Take off the clingfilm and cut the roll into 7mm thick inch
slices (See Figure E). Place them on baking paper on a
baking tray with a 3cm gap between cookies for when they

expand. (See Figure F). Place in a 180 degree oven for 15

minutes to bake.
7. Let it cool on a cake cooler/wire rack.
Ichigos Sweets Memo
Sugar-sprinkled cookies are called diamond!
The official name for these cookies are Diamant O
Chocolat Diamant is the French word for diamond. When
covered all over in sugar it sparkles like diamonds, which is
why it is called this. Its appearance is very chic so it makes
the perfect present. Storing the dough in the fridge is a
good idea. When you want to eat cookies you can just take
it out, cut some slices and put it in the oven, so you can
bake them at any time!
Cooking Point!
A. Mix the granulated sugar until you cant see the
individual granules anymore.
B. Mix the dough until it is all an even cocoa colour.
Vanillas Sweets Magic
Mix until you cant see any white from the flour!
C. Roll each half of the dough into a long cylindrical shape.
Using clingfilm helps it keep its shape!
D. Put a lot of sugar in the baking tray. Whilst rolling the
dough, make sure all sides get completely covered.
E. If you let the dough cool in the fridge, it becomes easier
to handle. When you cool it before you cut it then its OK!
F. Line them up on oven paper on a table top, and then put
them into the oven. Make sure they are not attached,
there should be a gap between cookies.
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Wrapping your sweets up cutely as a present for
your friend!
Ichigos Wrapping Course!
If you become good at making sweets, make sure to wrap

them up cutely for your friends. You can use these close at
hand materials and easy techniques, Ill teach you great
wrapping ideas!
For cookies and Madeleines, and other small baked
goods
A ribbon and tag for simple treatment!
Symbol of friendship!
Preparation
A transparent bag, ribbon and tag in the colour of your
choice!
How to wrap.
Put your small baked goods in a clear plastic cellophane
bag, Tie the ribbon cutely around and attached a tag like a
luggage tag. Make sure the ribbon and tag colours go
together well. On the tag, write a message and name!
For wobbly jelly too, you can hand it over easily.
Use an empty bottle (or jar) to cool the jelly down in, that
way it looks like jam!
Preparation
Empty jam jar or bottle, Cloth (about 15 cm square), ribbon,
(about 50 cm)
How to Make
Pour the jelly into an empty jam jar and let it cool. Put the
lid on and the a piece of cloth over the top. Fasten a ribbon
around it. If the cloth is too big for the lid, use pinking
shears (scissors that cut with a ragged edge) and cut it to
size.
You can see the pretty colours are like jam.
Empty fruit boxes can be stylishly re-used.
An empty box, lacy doily paper and rivvon for dressing up.
Its OK for Choux-Crme too!

Preparations
An empty grape or peach box (fyi, I dont recall seeing
boxes like this for fruit in Japan), lacy doily paper, ribbon,
transparent film or clingfilm
How to Wrap.
Place the lacy doily paper inside the fruit box, Line up the
choux crme or cake inside, once thats done cover it with
clingfilm or transparent film to cover it, wrap it over with
two ribbons. It should make a cute cross like the one in the
photograph.
To surprise your friends, use this cute idea.
For wrapping up cylindrical cookies you can transform it into
a cute mouse!
Preparations
Coloured paper, masking tape, string, clingfilm.
How to Wrap
Wrap the cookies once more in clingfilm. Make a cylindrical
shape with the coloured paper, sharpen and twist one side
to make the face of the mouse. Using masking tape make
the mouth and the nose, use a marker for the eyes. On the
other side attach the string to make the tail.
Your friend will be surprised!