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White nectarine tart with raspberry & rose harissa jam and salty white chocolate olive oil namelaka, white peach & tarragon sorbet

september 20, 2019 by marie Leave a Comment

Serves 6

WHITE PEACH & TARRAGON SORBET

500g ripe apricots, pitted and coarsely chopped 
30g tarragon
75g sugar
15g glucose
125g water 

200g water 
170g sugar
20g dextrose  
20g lemon juice
2g stabiliser or locust bean gum 
Pinch of salt 

Add peaches, tarragon, 75g sugar, 15g glucose and 125g water to a saucepan and bring to a boil. Turn down the heat and let the peaches simmer for 20 minutes, covered. Remove tarragon stalks, blend to a fine purée, then sieve and add to a clean pot with remaining water, 150g sugar, dextrose and lemon juice. Mix 20g of sugar with stabiliser and set aside. 

Warm up to 35C, add stabiliser mix and warm the sorbet mix to 82C. Remove from heat, season with a pinch of salt and blend with an immersion blender. Transfer to a bowl and leave overnight in the fridge.

Churn in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer’s instructions.

WHITE NECTARINE TART

Raspberry rose harissa jam

1000g raspberries, fresh or frozen
650g granulated sugar
1 lemon, juiced
1-1 1/2 Tbsp. rose harissa, to taste
1/2 tsp. salt, or to taste

Place raspberries, sugar and lemon juice in a heavy bottomed saucepan. Slowly bring to a boil, stirring all the time so the raspberries doesn’t stick to the bottom. Boil for 4-5 minutes while stirring throughout, add rose harissa and salt to taste. Pour the jam into sterilised jars and seal with sterilised lids. Turn the jars upside down and leave for at least 30 minutes. Keep opened jars in the fridge for up to a few weeks, unopened jars can keep for months.

Pâte sucrée

75 g butter at room temperature 
50g confectioners sugar
1/2 egg 
15g almond flour
125g all purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt

Cream together butter and confectioners sugar. Beat in the egg, then gently stir in flour, almond flour and salt. Be careful not to overwork the dough. Wrap in clingfilm and rest in the fridge for at least 30 minutes. Roll out the dough and line six 7,5cm tart rings with the pastry. Trim the edges and rest for another 15-30 minutes in the fridge. Preheat the oven to 175C and bake the tarts for 15-20 minutes, until golden brown. Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Salty white chocolate olive oil namelaka

(adapted from Valrhona)

250g white chocolate
150g whole milk
300g heavy cream
100g fruity olive oil
2 gelatine sheets (3,4g)
3/4 tsp. salt

Soak the gelatine leaves in cold water for 10 minutes.

Bring the milk to the boil, squeeze excessive water from the gelatine sheets, then add the warm milk.

Melt the white chocolate over a water bath and slowly pour the warm mixture over the chocolate stirring continuously with a spatula to emulsify.
Drizzle in olive oil while emulsifying with an immersion blender until perfectly smooth.

Add the cold cream then blend again, season to taste with salt.

Leave to set in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.

To assemble and serve

6 ripe, but firm white nectarines
Optional: Toasted coriander olive oil crumb for plating the sorbet

Pipe a layer of raspberry rose harissa jam in the bottom of each tart shell, then pipe salty white chocolate olive oil namelaka on top. Slice the nectarines in 2mm slices and arrange in a rose pattern on each tart.

Arrange a nectarine tart on each plate with a quenelle of white peach and tarragon sorbet and olive oil crumb, if using. Serve immediately.


Filed Under: Desserts, Plated Desserts, Preserves, Tarts Tagged With: dessert, desserter, frugttærte, fruit tart, hvid chokolade, more than sweet, namelaka, opskrift, plated dessert, raspberry rose, sorbet, valrhona, white chocolate

Blackberry tart with chamomile and lemon thyme

september 9, 2019 by marie Leave a Comment

Blackberry tarts with chamomile and lemon thyme

Serves 6

Pâte sucrée

75 g butter at room temperature 
50g confectioners sugar
1/2 egg 
15g almond flour
125g all purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt

Chamomile syrup

75g granulated sugar
50ml water 
2 tsp. dried chamomile  

Almond cream

50g almond flour
5g all purpose flour
50g butter at room temperature 
50g confectioners sugar
1/2 egg 

Bring the water and chamomile to a boil, stir in the sugar until fully dissolved. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and leave to steep for 30 minutes. Strain out the chamomile and discard. 

Cream together butter and confectioners sugar. Beat in the egg, then gently stir in flour, almond flour and salt. Be careful not to overwork the dough. Wrap in clingfilm and rest in the fridge for at least 30 minutes. Roll out the dough and line six 10cm tart rings with the pastry. Trim the edges and rest for another 15-30 minutes in the fridge. Preheat the oven to 175C and blind bake the tarts for 15 minutes. 

Meanwhile prepare the almond cream by mixing the ingredients together to a flowy paste. Spread the almond cream onto the blind baked pastry shells and bake for 10 minutes, or until golden brown. Brush the frangipane with warm chamomile syrup and cool completely on a wire rack. Save any leftover syrup.

Lemon pastry cream

250ml whole milk or half and half
1/2 seeds of vanilla bean
Finely grated zest of 1/2 lemon
1/4 tsp. of salt
2 Tbls. cornstarch
50g sugar
1 large egg
2 Tbsp. lemon olive oil 

Warm the milk, vanilla, lemon zest and salt in a saucepan to just below boiling over medium heat. 
In a mixing bowl, whisk the sugar, cornstarch and eggs. Slowly add 1/2 of the milk into the egg mixture and whisk constantly to temper them. Add the remaining milk and return the custard to the saucepan.
Cook while whisking continuously until you get a thick pudding like consistency.
Remove from heat and pour the pastry cream into a bowl, let cool for 10 minutes and then incorporate the olive oil, one tablespoon at a time, until the pastry cream is smooth and glossy. 
Press a piece of clingfilm directly against the surface of the pastry cream and let cool completely in the refrigerator.

To assemble and serve

600g (wild) blackberries
Lemon thyme

Transfer the lemon vanilla pastry cream to a piping bag and pipe onto the cooled pastry shells. Arrange blackberries on top of the pastry cream and brush with a little chamomile syrup. Garnish with lemon thyme.

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Lemon verbena panna cotta with roasted apple sorbet and jasmine-maple apple blossoms

september 5, 2019 by marie Leave a Comment

Lemon verbena panna cotta

Serves 6

500ml heavy cream
25g lemon verbena leaves
3 gelatine leaves (or 1 Tbsp. gelatine powder dissolved in 4 Tbsp. cold water)
45g granulated sugar

Bring heavy cream to just below boiling, add lemon verbena leaves and remove from heat. Leave the cream to infuse for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile soak the gelatine leaves in cold water, then set aside. Sieve off the verbena leaves and discard. Add the sugar to the heavy cream, reheat and stir in gelatine until completely dissolved. Pour the warm mixture into a bowl and chill in the fridge for at least 3-4 hours.

Whip with a hand mixer until a light, airy cream. Pour into a piping bag and store in the fridge until ready to serve.

Roasted apple sorbet

500g apples, cored and cut into quarters  
75g sugar

200g water 
170g sugar
20g dextrose  
15g glucose
20g lemon juice
2g stabiliser or locust bean gum 
Pinch of salt 

Preheat oven to 200C. Mix apples with sugar and roast in the oven for 30 minutes, tossing halfway through. Blend the apples and put through a mesh sieve to remove any larger bits of peel.

Mix 20g of sugar with stabiliser and set aside. Meanwhile caramelise 150g of the sugar in a heavy-bottomed pot. Add the warm purée, water, dextrose, glucose and lemon juice to the caramel.

Warm the liquid to 35C, add stabiliser and warm the sorbet mixture mix to 82C. Remove from heat, season with a pinch of salt and blend with an immersion blender. Transfer to a bowl and leave overnight in the fridge.

Churn in an ice cream maker according to manufacturer’s instructions.

Maple-jasmine apple blossoms

4 Tbsp. strongly brewed jasmine tea
3 Tbsp. maple syrup
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. lemon juice
6 apples

Mix jasmine tea, maple syrup, lemon juice and salt, season to taste. Slice the apples rather thinly on a mandolin slicer and use flower cutters in different sizes to cut apple blossoms. Macerate in the syrup for 30 minutes.

To assemble and serve

Coriander crumble

Pipe a half moon shape of lemon verbena panna cotta on each plate. Artfully arrange apple blossoms on top, place a small spoon of coriander crumble on the plate and finish with a quenelle of roasted apple sorbet. Serve immediately.

Filed Under: Desserts, Frozen desserts, Plated Desserts Tagged With: dessert, desserter, dessertopskrift, jasmine tea, lemon verbena, more than sweet, opskrift, panna cotta, plated dessert

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