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Sentiers de l’Esterel plated dessert with citrus and pine by Morgane Raimbaud

Sentiers de l’Esterel plated dessert with citrus and pine by Morgane Raimbaud

 

Morgane Raimbaud, from Alliance restaurant in Paris, has been the winner of the professional category of the Championnat de France du Dessert 2020. The chef, who won the first prize in the junior category in 2016, has surprised the jury this year with a plate full of sensations.

The pastry chef came up with this dessert years ago after a walk through l’Esterel, in the south of France. “Before the ascent through the pine forest, I saw houses with gardens adorned with Mediterranean fruit trees, among which were citrus. The ideas in my head were about to explode, and I promised myself that one day I would transmit the emotion that I felt that day through a dessert”.

“Here we find the sublimated kumquat, worked whole as when I had seen it in this garden, but also available in various textures and cooking. Its brother, the limequat, provides energy and awakens the taste buds. To rediscover the scent of resin that my nostrils smelled during this walk, pine is used as an infusion in the form of a nedle, sprout, or even cone, combining subtlety and power at the same time. Finally, the pine nut adds sweetness and delicacy to this dish “

Photographies: Cultures Sucre / Julien Bouvier Studio