Beetroot gel

Ingredients: Beetroot gel

  • 10.6 oz
    beetroot juice
  • 1.8 oz
    red wine vinegar (Carbernet Sauvignon)
  • 5.3 oz
    red wine
  • 0.2 oz
    agar

Preparation: Beetroot gel

Bring to the boil together and pour onto a tray.

Mix into a smooth gel using the Thermomix.

Marinated beetroot

Ingredients: Marinated beetroot

  • 4 piece(s)
    beetroot

Preparation: Marinated beetroot

Peel and slice the beets and cut out circles of the same size, using a cookie cutter.

Ingredients: Marinated beetroot

  • 2.2 lb
    beetroot juice
  • 3.5 oz
    red wine vinegar (Carbernet Sauvignon)
  • 3.0 oz
    cane sugar

Preparation: Marinated beetroot

Bring to the boil, and shortly cook the beet slices.

Leave to cool.

After cooling, leave to infuse in the smoker.

Poached pear sorbet

Ingredients: Poached pear sorbet

  • 1.8 lb
    poached pears

Preparation: Poached pear sorbet

Mix finely in the blender.

Chocolate crumble

Ingredients: Chocolate crumble

  • 7.1 oz
    butter
  • 0.1 oz
    smoked salt
  • 1.8 oz
    cane sugar
  • 1.8 oz
    light brown caster sugar

Preparation: Chocolate crumble

Mix all together.

Ingredients: Chocolate crumble

Preparation: Chocolate crumble

Add to the butter mixture and roughly mix in.

Ingredients: Chocolate crumble

  • 2.1 oz
    almond powder

Preparation: Chocolate crumble

Add and roughly mix.

Ingredients: Chocolate crumble

  • 7.1 oz
    flour
  • 1.4 oz
    CP

Preparation: Chocolate crumble

Add and roughly mix into a crumbly dough.

Spread out on a baking tray with baking sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes at 170°C.

Cramelised smoked cocoa nibs

Ingredients: Cramelised smoked cocoa nibs

  • 3.5 oz
    sugar
  • 2.5 oz
    water

Preparation: Cramelised smoked cocoa nibs

Boil together to 115°C.

Ingredients: Cramelised smoked cocoa nibs

  • 3.9 oz
    NIBS-S502

Preparation: Cramelised smoked cocoa nibs

Add to the boiling sugar syrup.

Take away from the heat and keep stirring until the mixture starts to crystallise. Pour onto a Silpat sheet and leave to infuse in the smoker.

Yoghurt sphere

Ingredients: Yoghurt sphere

  • 1 l
    water
  • 0.2 oz
    alginate

Preparation: Yoghurt sphere

Mix and leave to rest overnight.

Ingredients: Yoghurt sphere

  • 1.1 lb
    yoghurt
  • 1.8 oz
    sugar syrup (50/50)

Preparation: Yoghurt sphere

Mix yoghurt and syrup.

Make spheres to the desired size by submersing yoghurt partitions into the alginate liquid (spherification technique).

Finishing and presentation

Arrange onto a plate and finish with hazelnut oil.