Valrhona Tiramisu Recipe

This recipe uses Valrhona's Dulcey blonde chocolate chips – a signature blend which sits somewhere between white and milk chocolate. The fudgey sweetness is beautiful, paired with layers of coffee sponge and acacia honey white chocolate ganache.

This recipe was created by Valrhona.

Valrhona Tiramisu Recipe


Ingredients for the coffee-flavoured Viennese Sponge Serves: 10


Ingredients for the Coffee Dulcey 35% Crémeux


Ingredients for the Ivoire 35% Mascarpone Whipped Ganache


Ingredients for the coffee syrup


Ingredients for the Hazelnut Dulcey 35% Glaze


Method for the Coffee-flavoured Viennese Sponge

  1. Whisk the yolks, eggs and 85g sugar in a stand mixer. Then, beat the egg whites with the remaining 25g of sugar until stiff. Mix the stiffened whites with the other mixture and finally add the sifted flour.
  2. Weigh out 360g of the sponge mixture and spread it out on a 30 × 40cm baking tray with a pastry spatula. Sprinkle the coffee powder over the top.
  3. Bake the sponge in a fan-assisted oven at 445°F (230°C) for approx. 6-7 minutes.
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Method for the Coffee Dulcey 35% Crémeux

  1. Heat the milk to a simmer on a medium heat. Add the coffee beans. Cover with cling film and leave to infuse for 15 minutes.
  2. Strain and reserve the coffee-infused milk, then heat it again. Use a whisk to mix (but not beat) the egg yolks and sugar. Pour the coffee-infused milk into this mixture, stirring all the time.
  3. Decant into a saucepan on a low heat. Stir gently until the cream thickens slightly and sticks to the back of the spatula. Use a thermometer to check the temperature is at 82°C.
  4. Once this coffee crème anglaise has reached this temperature, remove the saucepan from the heat and strain. Add the rehydrated gelatine.
  5. Gradually combine with the melted Dulcey 35% until it has a smooth, glossy, elastic texture. Mix using a hand blender to form a perfect emulsion and ensure a smooth crémeux. Cover the surface with cling film and store in the refrigerator.
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Method for the Ivoire 35% Mascarpone Whipped Ganache

  1. Heat the milk with the honey. Gradually combine with the melted Ivoire 35% while stirring vigorously. Mix and add the cold cream and mascarpone. Mix again to form a perfect emulsion. Seal using cling film and store ideally overnight in the refrigerator.
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Method for the coffee syrup

  1. Heat the coffee and mix the sugar in well. Leave to cool in the fridge.
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Method for the Hazelnut Dulcey 35% Glaze

  1. Melt the Dulcey 35% chocolate at 45°C and add the grape seed oil and chopped roasted hazelnuts. Use at approx. 35°C.
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Method for assembly

  1. Cut three 30×10cm strips of coffee-flavoured Viennese sponge.
  2. Take a 30×10cm pan that is 5cm high. Place a strip of sponge in the pan and soak it in the coffee syrup. On top, pipe 120g of Dulcey 35% coffee crémeux and smooth it out. Freeze.
  3. Beat 120g of the whipped ganache until it has a smooth texture that will pipe easily. Then, pipe it onto the first layer of Dulcey 35% coffee crémeux and smooth it out. Place a strip of sponge on top, soak it in syrup and put the pan in the freezer.
  4. Repeat the above instructions.
  5. Once frozen, turn out from the pan and cut into 3cm wide pieces.
  6. Place the pieces on their sides (so that all the layers are visible) and cover the top with clear glaze for an extra shiny finish. Return to the freezer.
  7. Coat the top and sides with the hazelnut Dulcey 35% glaze. Freeze for 30 minutes.
  8. Finally, place it in the fridge to defrost the day before serving.
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2 comments

  • Hi Bob, this makes enough glaze to fully cover the top and sides of 10 individual desserts – however you may have leftovers. Feel free to try with half the recipe for the glaze and let us know how you get on! Thanks, Helena

    Helena @ Sous Chef UK on

  • This looks amazing, but how much of the 1080 grams of hazelnut/Dulcey glaze is actually used? That seems like a disproportionately large amount relative to the surface area of the dessert.

    Bob on

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