Discover why fruit purée is an essential ingredient for pastry chefs, ice cream makers, and mixologists! In this article, we explain everything: its benefits, its uses, and how it enhances your creations with 100% natural and intense flavors.
What is fruit purée?
The production of fruit purée is the result of a precise technological process. After the fruits are crushed and refined, a fruit purée is obtained in which the organoleptic qualities are preserved, as if you had just mashed the fruit yourself.
For food industry professionals, these fruit purées have become natural “ingredients” to be used as is in their preparations: creams, sorbets or ice creams, meringues, fruit jellies, chocolate confections, and even cocktails! They are a concentrate of flavor, color, and convenience. At La Fruitière du Val Evel, we offer two ranges to meet all your needs:
- Fresh HPP purées: ideal for pastry chefs, ice cream makers, chocolatiers, and mixologists seeking a texture and taste close to fresh fruit. They are cold-processed using high pressure to preserve their aromatic intensity, with no preservatives or artificial colorings.
- Frozen purées: perfect for long-term storage and flexible year-round use. Our rapid freezing process ensures that the fruits’ nutritional and taste qualities are preserved, even out of season.
Our purées are made from carefully selected fruits chosen for their varieties and origins. Harvested at full ripeness, they are processed quickly to preserve their full freshness.
Why do pastry chefs and ice cream makers choose fruit purées?
Food industry professionals agree: fruit purée is a major asset for their creations. Here is why our customers trust us:
- Intense, natural flavors: our purées contain between 90% and 100% fruit, with no artificial flavors or colorings. Fruit purée delivers the authentic taste of raw fruit, as if it had just been freshly crushed.
- Convenience and time-saving: ready to use, purées eliminate preparation steps (peeling, blending) and help reduce waste.
- Versatility: suitable for pastry (mousses, ganaches, macarons), ice cream making (sorbets, ice creams), mixology (cocktails, smoothies), and even savory cooking (sauces, marinades).
- Stability and consistency: thanks to expert know-how, purées deliver a smooth and homogeneous texture, essential for consistent professional results.
How to use our fruit purées?
Fruit purée is a culinary chameleon. Here are some ideas for incorporating it into your recipes, inspired by the practices of the greatest Chefs:
Pro tip: For optimal texture, thaw our frozen purées in the refrigerator for 12 hours before use.
- In pastry making: Replace fresh fruits with our purées for smooth ganaches, light mousses or flowing inserts (e.g. a raspberry heart in an entremet). Add 10 to 20% fruit purée to your preparations for a perfect balance between sweetness and acidity.
- In ice cream making: Our purées are ideal for 100% fruit sorbets or smooth ice creams. Mix 70% purée with 30% glucose syrup for a stable and indulgent sorbet.
- In mixology: Create original cocktails by pairing our exotic purées (mango, passion fruit) with spirits or sparkling drinks.
- In savory cooking: Dare to try bold pairings, such as a raspberry purée in a sweet and savory vinaigrette.
La Fruitière du Val Evel: your partner for 100% natural and tailor-made fruit purées
At La Fruitière du Val Evel, the team is committed to innovating, producing and marketing high-quality, natural fruit purée ingredients, a source of practicality and satisfaction for customers. We are far more than a supplier, we are a committed partner by your side to elevate your creations. Here is what sets us apart:
- Mastered expertise: For over 60 years, we have been transforming fruits into exceptional purées, in collaboration with carefully selected producers.
- Naturalness and taste: The pursuit of great taste guides everything we do, without artifice: the careful selection of orchards, origins and varieties, and the choice of the most effective processes to preserve the aromatic structure of the fruit.
- 100% fruit: The recent decision to offer the fresh HPP range entirely as “100% fruit” illustrates our ambition to align with your technical and organoleptic requirements: “100% fruit” for complete control over the nature of the ingredients by artisan chefs, for both sweet and savory applications.
- A unique technology: La Fruitière du Val Evel has always designed its products and processed them in its own workshops, guided by the commitment to apply the best process when it comes to maintaining the original quality of a fruit. The choice of an ultra-high-performance cold pasteurization process using High Pressure (HPP) has made it possible to reach that goal: offering a wide range of fresh HPP or frozen purées of identical quality, in line with the expectations of professionals.
- Packaging solutions: do you have large-scale needs? We offer some of our fruit purées in large formats (5 and 10kg), in both fresh HPP and frozen.
- Technical support: We provide you with recipe sheets and usage advice.
- Our commitment: To offer you purées that combine taste quality, practicality and ethics, for creations that make a difference.
Fruit purée is a must-have for demanding professionals. With La Fruitière du Val Evel, benefit from an exceptional ingredient, designed to elevate your recipes while simplifying your daily work. Ready to test our purées? Contact us to discover our range and our tailor-made services!