Signature strawberry shortcake

Signature strawberry shortcake

Michaël Bartocetti
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2h30
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A sublimated version of the traditional strawberry shortcake, with a powerful strawberry flavor, hidden beneath a piping work of rare elegance.
Signature strawberry shortcake
Completion time
Preparation
2h30
Cooking
2h
Resting
25h30
Techniques taught
  • Rolling out shortcrust pastry
  • Cutting shortcrust pastry dough
  • Using a cookie cutter
  • Dough frassage by hand
  • Infusing milk or cream
  • Scraping a vanilla pod
  • Smoothing with a spatula
  • Whipping cream with a mixer
  • Piping with a tip
  • Pasteurizing a mixture
  • Make a mousseline cream
  • Making a pastry cream
  • Preparing a shortcrust pastry with a mixer
  • Thinning a mix
  • Whisking egg whites until stiff
  • Rolling out a Joconde sponge biscuit
  • Baking a Joconde sponge biscuit
  • Extracting fruit juice
  • Using a brush
  • Chablonner
  • Preparing a marmalade
  • Preparing a glaze

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Étape 1 : Vanilla-flavored mascarpone Chantilly

Michaël Bartocetti
Michaël Bartocetti
Executive Pastry Chef l George V Paris
Executive Pastry Chef l George V Paris

Étape 2 : Strawberry juice

Étape 3 : Strawberry juice topping

Étape 4 : Strawberry marmalade

Étape 5 : Joconde sponge cake

Étape 6 : Brown sugar sable

Étape 7 : Vanilla mousseline cream

Étape 8 : Assembling the strawberry shortcake

Étape 9 : Final piping step for the strawberry shortcakes

Michaël BartocettiMichaël Bartocetti

Michaël Bartocetti

Executive Pastry Chef l George V Paris

Michaël Bartocetti, a pastry chef born in the Lorraine region, is the Executive Pastry Chef at the Four Seasons George V luxury hotel in Paris.

Raised by a family of restaurateurs, Michaël Bartocetti has been immersed in gastronomy since a very early age. After completing his apprenticeship in a provincial pastry store, the Chef moved to the capital and worked with Guy Savoy for 2 years. Michaël then joined Alain Ducasse's team at the starred Benoît bistro. In 2009, the Chef joined the Plaza Athénée and stayed there for six years. Working alongside three different chefs, he was able to nurture his personal approach to pastry-making. He then continued his training with Christophe Moret at the Shangri-La Palace. Finally, in 2019, the Chef joined the Four Seasons George V palace in Paris, where he now holds the position of Executive Pastry Chef. He is in charge of overseeing the desserts on all menus, including the starred restaurant Le Cinq (3*), L'Orangerie (2*) and Le George (1*).

Talented and creative, Michaël Bartocetti is a committed and responsible chef. He carefully selects his raw materials and uses seasonal produce to craft his desserts, which all have a very low sugar content. His desserts burst with emotions, as he manages to sublimate the final product without ever denaturing it. In 2023, he was named Pastry Chef of the Year by his peers.

For VoilaChef, Michaël Bartocetti is hosting three master classes revolving around three comforting and gourmet desserts, each sublimated with extreme elegance: his favorite childhood dessert, the tiramisu, simple yet regressive; his signature strawberry cream cake, which hides its secrets at its core, under an impressive piping work; and, finally, thin, flaky cherry tarts with floral notes he loves so much.

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