Gateau Louise

🥘 Ingredients

Sauce

• instant coffee
  1.5 tsp
• plain chocolate
  225 g
• sugar
  100 g
• vanilla essence
  2 tsp
• water
  137 ml

Pastry

• butter
  150 g
• corn starch
  50 g
• plain flour
  225 g
• salt
  pinch

Icing and filling

• double cream
  275 ml
• rum

🍳 Cookware

• saucepan

1. 📝

   This is a recipe I got from Katie's grandmother. It's a family recipe :)

Sauce

1. 1

   Put plain chocolate , sugar , water , instant coffee into a saucepan and melt together very slowly until smooth. Stir in vanilla essence . Divide in half and leave to cool to room temperature. Use as required.

   plain chocolate: 225 g, sugar: 100 g, water: 137 ml, instant coffee: 1.5 tsp, vanilla essence: 2 tsp

Pastry

1. 1

   Sieve together plain flour , corn starch , salt and rub in the butter . Sir in half of the chocolate sauce and beat the mixture until well blended and smooth. Divide the mixture equally into six parts.

   plain flour: 225 g, corn starch: 50 g, salt: pinch, butter: 150 g
2. 2

   Spread each part into 20cm circles on baking trays. Smooth the edges and bake each separately in a hot oven, 220°C for ⏱️ 5-8 minutes . Remove from trays whilst still hot.

Icing and filling

1. 1

   Whisk double cream until thick, fold in remaining chocolate sauce, flavour to taste with rum , and use this to sandwich the layers together, leaving enough to top te gateau. Sprinkle with grated chocolate. Chill thoroughly before serving.

   double cream: 275 ml, rum