Sirop à 30°B / Simple syrup
In a saucepan, bring the sugar & water to boil.
When all sugar crystals have dissolved, pour into a sterile jar & let cool.
Keep the extra in the refrigerator after use.
Sirop d'imbibage
Mix all ingredients & set aside.
Crème anglaise au café
To make crème anglaise au café, whisk egg yolks & sugar in a saucepan, bring milk & coffee to boil in another saucepan then slowly whisk it into the yolk mixture.
Whisk the yolk mixture while heating over low heat until 82-85C.
Remove from heating & stir in the gelatine.
After cooling, mix in the Cognac.
Fold in the whipped cream.
Mousse au caramel
To make crème caramel, warm whipping cream & vanilla.
In a saucepan, combine sugar & glucose, heat over low heat & caramelise, carefully stir in vanilla cream, then stir in Cognac.
Sift through to remove vanilla pod then stir in gelatine.
To make pâte à bombe, bring the syrup to boil then add slowly to egg yolks with stirring.
Fold pâte à bombe into creme caramel, fold in whipped cream.
Decoration
Coffee extract
Nappage (or apricot glaze)
Assembling
Cut the joconde into 3" square & place at the bottom of the mousse ring, Soak with syrup then pipe in the coffee mousse until half the height of the mousse ring.
Place another joconde on top & soak with syrup.
Pipe in the caramel mousse, freeze until firm.
Brush with coffee extract & cover the top with nappage/apricot glaze.
Remove from the rings & serve.