Chestnut roll, an autumn favourite!
QUANTITY
10
rolls
COMPLEXITY
Intermediate
TIME
65
Minutes
Sponge
- 60 g rye flour
- 55 g buckwheat flour
- 30 g corn starch
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 70 g coconut butter
- 3 Tbsp coconut palm sugar
- 180 ml almond milk
- 3 Tbsp raw cacao powder + 2 Tbsp for dusting parchment paper
- 1 Tbsp agar agar powder + 10 Tbsp of warm water
- 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 60 g rye flour
- 55 g buckwheat flour
- 30 g corn starch
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 70 g coconut butter
- 3 Tbsp coconut palm sugar
- 180 ml almond milk
- 3 Tbsp raw cacao powder + 2 Tbsp for dusting parchment paper
- 1 Tbsp agar agar powder + 10 Tbsp of warm water
- 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
Cream
- 250 g boiled and peeled chestnuts
- 180 ml almond milk
- 1 Tbsp agave syrup
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Heat oven to 180C. Put the parchment paper on the baking tin and grease it with coconut oil.
Dust cacao powder over the greased parchment paper and shake off the rest of powder.
Mix agar agar powder with water and stir until there are no lumps (if needed, add more water). Put the agar mix in freezer.
All dry ingredients (flours, starch, cacao powder and baking powder) sift in a bigger bowl.
Add wet ingredients and agar mix to sifted dry ingredients and mix with hand mixer on medium speed until all ingredients are combined.
Pour batter on already prepared parchment paper and level it with a spatula to get square.
Put the tin in the oven for about 15 - 20 minutes, until the sponge is springy. Watch out not to burn the sponge.
When the sponge is baked, together with parchment paper, fold it in roll (by length). Let the roulade cool completely. In meantime, prepare chestnut cream.
Put the boiled and peeled chestnuts in blender and add milk. Mix all together for a few minutes until it became a smooth mixture without any lumps (if needed, add more milk).
Add agave syrup and vanilla and mix one more time all together. Taste the mixture and add if something is missing (more agave syrup for sweetness etc.)
It's time for unroll the roll and put the filling in. Carefully unroll completely cooled sponge. The sponge is very fragile and it can crack easily. On unrolled sponge gently spread the chestnut mixture and, again, carefully roll the sponge back (this time without parchment paper) from the short sides. Put roulade in the fridge for cooling. You can decorate it with whipped coconut cream, cacao powder and cacao nibs, as I did, or with whatever you like