Applecake hazelnuts & cardamome

A warm and aromatic dessert combining spiced apple cake with creamy white chocolate–cinnamon cream, deep apple reduction, and a rich salted hazelnut ice cream. Crafted by Brian Mark Hansen, this dish balances Nordic elegance with comforting flavors for a refined, memorable finish.

Applecake hazelnuts & cardamome from Brian Mark Hansen from Søllerød Kro

STEP 1: White Chocolate Cinnamon Cream

Ingredients

  • 250g white chocolate
  • 100g cream
  • 3 cinnamon sticks
  • 175g drained whole milk yogurt

Instructions

  1. Melt the white chocolate.

  2. In a separate pan, boil the cream with the cinnamon sticks, then let it steep for 7 minutes.

  3. Strain the cream into the melted chocolate and mix in the drained yogurt.

STEP 2: Vanilla Custard Base

Ingredients

  • 500g whole milk
  • 400g cream
  • 150g cane sugar
  • 40g trimoline
  • 3 vanilla pods
  • 1 1⁄2 sheets of gelatine
  • 160g egg yolks

Instructions

  1. Bring the milk, cream, sugar, and trimoline to a boil.

  2. Add the vanilla pods, cover and let steep for 15 minutes.

  3. Strain out the vanilla pods.

  4. Mix 160g egg yolks into the milk mixture and heat to 84°C, stirring continuously for at least 5 minutes.

STEP 3: Salted Hazelnut Ice Cream

Ingredients

  • 150g salted hazelnuts
  • 225g sugar
  • 140g cream
  • 650g milk
  • 160g egg yolks
  • 3 sheets of gelatin
  • 11g salt

Instructions

  1. Heat the sugar to create a caramel.

  2. Mix in the hazelnuts, then spread them out on baking paper to cool.

  3. Blend the cooled nougatine to powder and add it to the milk and cream. Heat this mixture to 89°C.

  4. Allow the mixture to soak for 15 minutes, then strain.

  5. Stir in the egg yolks and heat the mixture to 84°C for 5 minutes, adding salt.

  6. Dissolve the gelatin sheets in the mixture, then cool it down.

  7. Use an ice cream machine to churn the mixture into ice cream.

STEP 4: Apple Cake

Ingredients

  • 400g apples
  • 1/2 tablespoon cardamom
  • 1 tablespoon cinnamon
  • 75g yogurt
  • 50g hazelnut oil
  • 140g cane sugar
  • 50g hazelnuts
  • 140g flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons baking powder

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, combine apples, cardamom, cinnamon, yogurt, hazelnut oil, cane sugar, hazelnuts, flour, eggs, and baking powder.

  2. Stir until well combined.

  3. Pour the batter into a greased baking pan and bake at 160°C for 20 minutes.

Credits

Restaurant: Søllerød Kro
Head Chef: Brian Mark Hansen

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