Recipe: Butter-free Christmas Log

Name: Bûche de noel sans beurre
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6 portions
Ingredients: Pour le g'teau roulé :5 oeufs100 g de sucre60 g de Maïzena60 g de farine30 g de cacao amerPour le sirop :1 cuillère à soupe d'eau1 cuillère à soupe de sucre2 cuillères à soupe de kirschPour la crème p'tissière :75 cl de lait6 cuillères à soupe de sucre en poudre1 sachet de vanille (ou une gousse de vanille)3 jaunes d'oeufs + 1 oeuf entier75 g de farinePour le sirop :1 cuillère à soupe d'eau1 cuillère à soupe de sucre2 cuillères à soupe de kirschPour la ganache :100 g de chocolat noir p'tissier20 cl de crème fraîche1 cuillère à soupe de

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Prep 30 min

Cook 15 min

Total 45 min

Servings 6 serv.

Christmas meals are often hearty, even too hearty, so here's an original idea to make a chocolate Christmas log without butter, it's always something that won't weigh you down...

Ingredients for 6 servings

For the rolled cake:

5 eggs
100 g sugar
60 g cornstarch
60 g flour
30 g bitter cocoa

For the syrup:

1 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons kirsch

For the pastry cream:

75 cl milk
6 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 packet vanilla (or 1 vanilla pod)
3 egg yolks + 1 whole egg
75 g flour

For the syrup:

1 tablespoon water
1 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons kirsch

For the ganache:

100 g dark pastry chocolate
20 cl fresh cream
1 tablespoon of

Step-by-step directions

Prepare the pastry cream the day before:
Bring the milk and vanilla sugar to a boil, beat the sugar and egg yolks and whole egg together. Add the flour and mix again. Pour the boiling milk into the mixture, return everything to the pan and thicken over low heat.
The same day:
1/ Make the rolled cake: separate the whites from the yolks. Reserve 2 whites from the pastry cream. Whip the 7 whites until stiff peaks form. Mix the egg yolks and sugar until the mixture becomes pale.
2/ Add the flour and bitter cocoa.
3/ Fold in the stiffly beaten whites
Cover the baking sheet with buttered parchment paper. Pour the batter in the center of the sheet and spread it into a rectangle 1 cm thick. Preheat the oven to 170°C (thermostat 6) for 10 minutes.
4/ Remove the sheet from the oven, flip the sponge cake onto a damp kitchen towel and remove the parchment paper.
5/ Roll the cake immediately with the towel. Let it cool this way.
6/ Finish the cake: unroll the sponge, remove the towel. Using a brush, soak the surface of the cake with the syrup (mixture of sugar, water and kirsch). Spread the pastry cream, then roll it up.
7/ Make the ganache: melt the chocolate with the cream and sugar until you get a homogeneous mixture (stir well so it doesn't stick).
To finish... Cover the log with the cold chocolate ganache and streak the ganache with a fork to give it a "wood" appearance, decorate, and enjoy. The log can be made in advance and even frozen.