Chocolate puff pastry flan

Chocolate puff pastry flan

Maxence Barbot
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1 hour 10 minutes
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The ultimate chocolate flan: A subtle and crunchy puff pastry placed around a cocoa-flavored sweet pastry, with a creamy dark chocolate flan filling.
Chocolate puff pastry flan
Total completion time
Completion time
1 hour 10 minutes
Cooking time
1h27
Rest period
19h00
Techniques taught
  • Making a chocolate-flavored flan mix
  • Caramelizing with opaline
  • Making puff pastry with visible layers
  • Preparing opaline
  • Method for a single fold
  • Cutting out a puff pastry dough
  • Roll out a puff pastry
  • Shaping a dough piece before the tourage phase
  • Preparing a puff pastry
  • Pre-baking a sweet pastry dough
  • Baking a flan in the oven
  • Lining a tall ring
  • Making a powder using a blender
  • Making a dry caramel
  • Pasteurizing a mixture
  • Coating with a brush
  • Preparing a sweet pastry dough with a mixer
  • Baking a set cream in the oven
  • Cutting a sweet pastry dough
  • Rolling out a sweet dough

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Step 1: Tempering the cocoa puff pastry

Maxence Barbot
Maxence Barbot
Pastry Chef, Shangri-La Paris and Vice-Champion of France for Dessert
Pastry Chef, Shangri-La Paris and Vice-Champion of France for Dessert

Stage 2: Turning: 3 single turns

Step 3: Assembling the visible puff pastry sheets and rolling out the puff pastry base

Step 4: Filling and baking the puff pastry

Step 5: Sweet cocoa paste

Step 6: Raising the funds

Step 7: Chocolate flan mix

Step 8: Opaline powder

Step 9: Caramelization with opaline

Step 10: Finishing the blanks

Maxence BarbotMaxence Barbot

Maxence Barbot

Pastry Chef, Shangri-La Paris and Vice-Champion of France for Dessert
With a passion for gastronomy from an early age, Maxence Barbot began his culinary studies at a lycée hôtelier, but soon switched to pastry-making. Right from the start, he distinguished himself by winning the medal of excellence at the Olympiad des métiers in London, and by being crowned vice-Champion of France for dessert à l'assiette in 2013. After graduating, he worked at the Plaza Athénée, rising through the ranks from commis to demi chef de partie. He continued his career at the George V and returned to Brittany to discover boutique patisserie with Christophe Roussel. Back in Paris, he worked at the Plaza Athénée and the George V before becoming Executive Pastry Chef at the Shangri-La in 2019. Renowned for his puff pastry techniques, he leads a team of 15, offering a varied and creative culinary offering.

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