Most of the places of interest are in the centre of the capital, Saint-Denis. The last part of the menu is an ode to the architecture of the Creole and Bourgeois dwellings in the capital city. The most well-known products of Reunion Island are sugar cane & Bourbon vanilla. I have combined these two products in this dessert. First of all, the thin layers of puff pastry reflect the urban architecture in the roofing, perfectly caramelised using a panini machine. Creamy Bourbon vanilla custard cream, accompanied with very tasty galabé (part of the sugar cane) caramel.
The ingredients
6 PEOPLEPuff pastry
- 600 g of flour
- 8 g fleur de sel
- 8 g baker’s yeast
- 260 g water
- 25 g butter
Turning process :
- 550 g of soft butter
- 280 g sugar
- 160 g muscovado brown sugar
Reunion Island vanilla cream
- 580 g milk
- 2 vanilla pods
- 7 egg yolks
- 150 g sugar
- 45 g cream powder
- 15 g flour
- 60 g butter
Galabé cane sugar caramel
- 150 g galabé cane sugar
- 80 g butter
- 200 ml single cream
Finishing touches and presentation
- Icing sugar
- Vanilla powder