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Gourmandise Reasoned
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Our recipes Reasoned Gourmandise
Reasoned Gourmandise, responsible patisserie
As opposed to the current trend for “free-from” and “zero”, Reasoned Gourmandise is about opting for better.
“Nothing is forbidden, no ingredient is off-limits, but quantities are carefully considered. Butter and sugar can be used, only if necessary. Just what's needed, not too much. Reasoned Gourmandise represents pastry based on quality, seasonal ingredients. For me, it's the pastry of the future,” emphasizes Frédéric Bau.
Good enough to eat—just because Reasoned Gourmandise is, well, reasonable, that doesn't mean it's not irresistible.
“Reasoned Gourmandise is a success when the person doesn't realize that the treat they're enjoying is healthier and lower in calories.”
The Essentials 2023
In 2023, all of Valrhona’s work will be underpinned by our Reasonable Indulgence concept. Inspired by this philosophy, the chefs at L’École Valrhona have reworked 22 recipes and added them to the Essentials 2023.
Created by L’École Valrhona with leadership from Frédéric Bau, the Essentials are a collection of basic recipes which has become a pastry-making benchmark. This indispensable tool, last updated in 2018, returns in 2023 with more than 20 recipes reworked with a sense of Reasonable Indulgence.
With the Essentials, Valrhona’s main aim is to enable makers and pastry chefs to think differently and unlearn the old techniques, habits and reflexes that have been repeated and passed down for generations so that they can work in a more aware way and create their own conventions.
These new guidelines enable us to push back the limits of creativity and eat more healthily, while preserving the gustatory experience and excellence of sweet cuisine, today and tomorrow!
