Put a heart of fresh raspberries on top and dust with icing sugar before serving. Spoon over the chocolate crumbs and pat down well into the conserve. Turn the cake bottom up and spread with the remaining conserve. Cool.įinely grate the remaining 25g chocolate into the cold crumbs and add the hazelnuts. Spread on a foil-lined baking sheet and put into the oven for 15-20 minutes until lightly baked. Put the remaining 55g of plain flour, 1 tsp cocoa, 25g caster sugar and 25g of butter into a small bowl and rub together until crumbly. Dans un saladier, fouettez les jaunes avec le sucre. Ajoutez la farine et la levure tamises dans le chocolat fondu. Faites-les fondre en bain-marie jusqu’ avoir un mlange homogne. Leave to cool in the tin before turning out. Coupez le chocolat et le beurre en petits morceaux. A skewer pushed into the centre should come out clean. Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin, turn the oven down to 160C, fan oven 140C, gas mark 3. Now sift the dry ingredients again into the bowl and fold in quickly using a large metal spoon. Whisk the egg whites until stiff then gradually whisk in 85g of the sugar until the egg whites are stiff and shiny. Stir the melted chocolate and butter together until smooth. Meanwhile, sift together 70g of the flour, the baking powder and 5 tsp of the cocoa. Put 100g of the chocolate and 100g of the butter into a large heatproof bowl and set over a saucepan of gently simmering water for 10 minutes to melt. Put the beetroot and 2 tbsp of the conserve in a blender and blitz for a few seconds to puree.
Grease and line a 15cm wide, 8cm deep heart-shaped tin with baking parchment. WEEK 53 runs Friday 24 April – Sunday 3 May.Heat the oven to 180C, fan oven 160C, gas mark 4. 2020 marks the twentieth birthday of the venue, with details of the celebrations to be announced. The Lowry is the most visited cultural destination in the North West and is increasingly expanding its role as producer and commissioner, cementing its position as a powerhouse for culture. WEEK 53 is part of The Lowry’s ambition to host bold and experimental contemporary art that is accessible and engaging to a broad audience. We’re excited to bring Le Gateau Chocolat’s work to Salford in partnership with an institution of such high regard as Manchester Camerata and we’re thrilled to announce it as part of the WEEK 53 line-up today.” Julia Fawcett OBE, chief executive of The Lowry, said: “WEEK 53 is a flagship event in our programme and Pandora by Le Gateau Chocolat a great example of the collaborative nature of our commissioning process. As the schedules are cleared from their year-round demands, The Lowry welcomes an incredible celebration of international cross-arts productions, challenging convention and revealing hidden parts of this iconic building. The Lowry’s WEEK 53 inhabits and takes over the unique stages and spaces for one special week every two years. Do we have any agency in this? And ultimately, as Hannah Gadsby asked, “What is the purpose of my human?”
Are we poisoned or enriched by its content? What and who we are forced to become. This incredible opportunity has enabled us to not only realise a project that has been in the making for many years but to also collaborate with the internationally renowned Manchester Camerata.įor me, the most intriguing aspect of Pandora’s lore are the contaminants released from her jar and the trauma of it opening. Le Gateau Chocolat says: “I am delighted to be returning to Greater Manchester and to be making my debut at The Lowry’s WEEK 53 next year with the world premiere of my new work PANDORA – which has been generously supported and commissioned for the festival by The Lowry and The Lawrence Batley Theatre. The commission will beLe Gateau Chocolat’s biggest solo show to date, and is accompanied by a 15 piece orchestra from Manchester Camerata, with a score sampling textures from the classical and operatic world, original compositions and the world’s biggest pop stars.