By Nicolas Boussin - Maxime Guérin

Recipe Miella

To make this dish

Ingredient list

  • PATE SABLÉE
    360 g plain flour (T55, approximately 11% protein)
    150 g icing sugar
    60 g almond powder
    210 g Lescure Unsalted 250g butter Roll 82% fat
    70 g egg
  • MIELLA MIXTURE
    160 g Lescure Unsalted 250g butter Roll 82% fat
    168 g sugar
    136 g honey
    116 g cream
    250 g flaked almonds
  • MIELLA COATING
    300 g chocolat noir

The recipe, step by step

  1. 01

    PATE SABLÉE

    Work the flour, icing sugar, salt and ground almonds into the butter.

    Add the eggs and mix briefly.

    Refrigerate.

  2. 02

    MIELLA MIXTURE

    Heat the butter, sugar, honey and cream in a saucepan and cook until golden in colour.

    Stir in the slivered almonds to combine. 

  3. 03

    MIELLA COATING

  4. 04

    ASSEMBLY

    Roll out the pastry to a thickness of 3 mm.

    Prick the pastry and cut out a rectangle the same size as the half-frame.

    Pre-bake in a 150°C convection oven for approximately 25 minutes.

    Prepare the miella mixture and spread on top of the pre-baked pastry base placed in the half-frame.

    Bake in a 170°C convection oven for approximately 10 to 12 minutes and let cool.

    Cut into 3.5 x 12-cm rectangles using a knife.

    Coat with the tempered dark chocolate. 

    Chef's Tip

    Be careful with the cooking because if it is overcooked, the cake will smell like bitter caramel. The consistency will be too soft and sticky.