I'll pass on the recipes for this round and cut right to the chase...My star taster, and crack employee, John (former long-time resident of France; serious foodie; world traveller; heart surgeon instructor; downright nice guy) absolutely loved it. He said, "I first had the earthy taste from the mushrooms, which was followed with the sweet fruitiness of the apricot, and a lingering finish of the earthiness again." "A real winner!"
With that success, I brought one home to Tyler. After his nose unwrinkled, and he started breathing again, he mildly expressed his dislike. Actually he claimed it was my second worst dessert ever (the first being the infamous rose water incident of 2006). I may have confounded the problem by using that pesky roasted chestnut flour. It is so strong that it taints any food that I put it in, and neither Tyler nor I have really enjoyed it much (the scones with white chocolate being the exception).
Two technical notes worthy of sharing. First, lacking fresh chanterelles, I used organic dried chanterelles. I simply pulverized them and treated them as part of my nut flour going into the daquoise. No adjustments were necessary, and the flavor was strong but not dominant. Second, the pudding was a play on the Alinea olive oil pudding. I essentially used the same recipe, except I added kamerdine syrup, and then used chestnut oil instead of olive oil. I liked it quite a bit. Tyler did not. I'll defer to John's assessment to keep my ego afloat!
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I was a bit surprised that you'd continued to use your roasted chestnut flour for anything but the scones... So far it sounds like it has become the bane of the kitchen :P But then I realize it's you and it's not likely that you'll give up so easily. Defer to John indeed ;)
Chestnut flour is strong stuff! we used it in an olive oil cake way back when at Osteria del Circo -- it was called Castanaccio and sold terribly, but we ran it for a few weeks becuase it was the owner's (wife's) recipe.
I do like the idea of a mushroom dacquoise though! it must have smelled great...
For the record, this was the third worst desert. The second worst was the Castanaccio. I'm glad to hear someone else dislikes that recipe, as well.
Worst desert still has to be the infamous rose water disaster of 2006. That was a high point in the food disaster arena.
What is the shiny, dark, long thing?
Just a tear drop of caramelized sugar with an apricot on the end.
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