Classic or original, gourmet or delicate, chocolate or fruit. to end the year with all the gusto, here’s a list of the most beautiful yule logs of 2022.
In all families, the “Yule” log ends the Christmas Eve meal with pleasure. Year after year, pastry chefs come up with creative displays to delight the eyes and tantalize the taste buds. True works of art, they are sometimes classic like Tour d’Argent’s hazelnut and chocolate, bold like the truffle creation offered by Lutetia, or breathtaking like the Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme creation. The goal of these talented confectioners. Surprise, joy and togetherness.
Originality and tradition
This year again, originality and tradition are on the table. Unsurpassed in flavor, chocolate inspires. Two-star chef Hélène Darozé turns it into a soft and crunchy cocoa brownie with chestnut flour, all wrapped in chestnut mousse. Maison Méert chose to pair it with mango, while Maison Dalloyau chose a chocolate and praline accord.
Christmas spices are also a big hit. Pastry chef Geoffrey Cagnes works with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves in a feliantine praline, while Maxence Barbot focuses on star anise, which he pairs with clementine marmalade.
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The Christmas log in all its forms
Some pastry chefs have gone all out on the design side. If Nicolas Cloiseau, MOF of the Maison du Chocolat, chooses a log in the form of gifts, the house of Hugo & Victor creates a fairy-tale Christmas setting with an almond cookie. hidden, the chestnut flour is crumbled and the cream is sprinkled with broken chestnuts. In his heart? Clementine cream. The most surprising of these silhouettes is none other than the Kimpton St Honoré Paris log, a life raft named “Alerte à Malibuche” after the American soap opera. One thing is for sure, there is something for everyone with this 2022 edition.
Source: Le Figaro
