Charlotte Rouge – Coconut, Red Berry Mousse, and Raspberry Compote Dessert by Koji Izumi
A refined French-style charlotte by Chef Koji Izumi with coconut bavarois, red berry mousse, raspberry compote, and Chantilly rouge in a striking red finish.This exquisite Charlotte Rouge is the embodiment of elegance, complexity, and flavor harmony—crafted by Japanese pastry master Koji Izumi of Asterisque. It features a soft and airy biscuit cuillère dyed red and wrapped around layers of creamy coconut bavarois, tart-sweet red berry mousse, and a luscious raspberry compote center. The dessert is beautifully topped with a vibrant Chantilly rouge and fresh berries, finished with raspberry glaze and festive decoration. Perfect for special occasions or pastry lovers seeking a refined challenge, this charlotte delivers a stunning visual and a luxurious taste experience.
Course Dessert
Prep Time 40 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 12People
Ingredients
🍪 Biscuit Cuillère (For 40×60 cm baking tray)
Egg yolks: 240 g
Granulated sugar A: 42 g
Honey: 9 g
Granulated sugar B: 195 g
Dried egg white: 2 g
Egg whites: 212 g
Cake flour: 165 g
Cornstarch: 25 g
Baking powder: 3.5 g
Red food coloring: as needed
🥥 Bavarois Coco
Milk: 178 g
Coconut milk purée: 178 g
Coconut milk powder: 42 g
Egg yolks: 114 g
Granulated sugar: 64 g
Silver gelatin sheets: 11 g
Coconut liqueur: 28 g
Heavy cream35%: 320 g
🍓 Mousse Rouge
Strawberry purée: 90 g
Raspberry purée: 90 g
Silver gelatin sheets: 8 g
Raspberry eau-de-vieFramboise liqueur: 32 g
Granulated sugar: 98 g
Egg whites: 48 g
Water: 30 g
Heavy cream35%: 218 g
🍇 Raspberry Compote
Frozen whole raspberries: 90 g
Raspberry purée: 58 g
Honey: 8 g
Water: 120 g
Granulated sugar: 70 g
LM pectinLMSN325: 2.5 g
Lemon juice: from ½ lemon
Lemon zest: from ½ lemon
🍧 Chantilly Rouge
Heavy cream41%: 250 g
Granulated sugar: 10 g
Raspberry gelée: 65 g
🍷 Raspberry Gelée
Raspberry purée: 128 g
Granulated sugar: 16 g
Trehalose: 4 g
Silver gelatin sheets: 2.5 g
🍓 Decoration
Fresh strawberries
Raspberries
Red currants
Chocolate Santaoptional or seasonal decoration
Instructions
🔹 Biscuit Cuillère
Mix egg yolks, honey, and sugar A. Warm to 35°C and whip until ribbon stage.
In a separate bowl, whip egg whites with dried egg white and sugar B to make a meringue. Add red coloring.
Sift flour, cornstarch, and baking powder together. Gently fold into the yolk mixture along with the meringue.
Pipe onto a baking tray and bake at 160°C for ~10 minutes.
🔹 Bavarois Coco
Heat milk, coconut purée, and coconut milk powder to a boil.
Whisk egg yolks with sugar, then slowly temper in the hot milk mixture.
Cook the anglaise to 82–84°C.
Off heat, add bloomed gelatin and strain through a chinois.
Cool to ~20°C, then fold in whipped cream and coconut liqueur.
🔹 Mousse Rouge
Bloom gelatin and melt it at 40°C. Mix with strawberry and raspberry purées and the raspberry eau-de-vie.
Cook sugar and water to 120°C, then pour over egg whites to make Italian meringue.
Fold whipped cream into the berry mixture, then gently fold in the meringue.
🔹 Raspberry Compote
Combine raspberries, purée, honey, water, lemon juice, and zest. Heat to 50°C.
Mix sugar and pectin, then add to mixture. Bring to a boil and simmer for 2 minutes.
Chill thoroughly.
🔹 Chantilly Rouge
Whip all ingredients together until soft peaks form. Chill until use.
🔹 Raspberry Gelée
Heat half the raspberry purée with sugar and trehalose to 60°C.
Stir in bloomed gelatin until dissolved.
Mix in the remaining purée and refrigerate overnight.
🏗️ Assembly
Cut round bases (15 cm) from the biscuit cuillère and place them inside ring molds.
Cut biscuit strips (3 cm wide) and line the inner sides of the molds.
Pour Bavarois Coco to the edge of the biscuit rim.
Pipe raspberry compote over the center of the bavarois.
Fill to the top with Mousse Rouge and freeze until fully set.
Unmold and spray with a protective chocolate velvet spray (optional).
Pipe Chantilly Rouge on top.
Add a swirl of raspberry glaze (mixed with a bit of nappage) on top.
Garnish with strawberries, raspberries, red currants, and a festive Santa chocolate if desired.