{"id":4639,"date":"2014-12-14T22:02:30","date_gmt":"2014-12-14T21:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/?p=4639"},"modified":"2017-02-20T00:40:17","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T23:40:17","slug":"recipe-totally-hazelnuts-christmas-yule-log-with-praline-mousseline-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roadtopastry.com\/blog\/recipes\/yule-logs\/recipe-totally-hazelnuts-christmas-yule-log-with-praline-mousseline-cream","title":{"rendered":"Recipe: “Totally hazelnuts” Christmas yule log with praline mousseline cream"},"content":{"rendered":"

And here comes again that time of the year<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

The time of crazy shopping<\/strong>, snow, colourful lights and decorations all around, without forgetting Mariah Carey’s song<\/strong> looping in the background.<\/p>\n

But it’s also the time of delicious Christmas cakes and cookies <\/a><\/strong>to share with the ones you love and the only time when you can indulge in rich desserts without any worries<\/strong>… because as the old saying goes: “Christmas calories don’t count<\/em>“! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

One of the most popular Christmas desserts<\/strong> in the world is the yule log<\/strong>, a long rolled cake usually filled with cream or jam: this year I was seduced by the recipe of World Champion Christophe Michalak<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Here is my “Totally hazelnuts” Christmas yule log with praline mousseline cream<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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No need to say this recipe is excellent<\/strong>! It has an insanely soft genoise<\/strong> that doesn’t even need to be moistened with syrup; a light praline <\/a>mousseline cream<\/strong> (yep, the same type you can find in a Paris-Brest<\/a>) and loooads of caramelised hazelnuts<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

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The recipe calls for almost half a kilo of hazelnuts<\/strong>! It’s a very rich and generous cake<\/strong>, but, hey, it’s Christmas<\/strong>!!! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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I really enjoyed making this yule log because I discovered a nice technique to roll a cake using an oven grill; <\/strong>moreover, covering it completely with hazelnuts is simple and fun (it might take some time though!).<\/p>\n

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What do you think about this yule log? Better than last year’s one<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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Yule log with caramelised hazelnuts<\/h2>\n
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