Elderflower pâte de fruit

  • Petit four
  • medium
  • 4
  • 60 minutes
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This delightful elderflower pâte de fruit recipe from Lee Westcott makes utterly charming petit fours, with slowly-infused elderflower adding a fragrant flavour to the sweets.

First published in 2015
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Ingredients

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Elderflower syrup for the pâte de fruit

Pâte de fruit

  • 40g of caster sugar, plus extra for dusting
  • 4g of yellow pectin
  • 1g of tartaric acid

To garnish

Equipment

  • Deep fat fryer
  • Sugar thermometer
  • Silicon ice cube moulds

Method

1
To make the syrup, combine all of ingredients in a pan and bring to the boil. Stir to dissolve the sugar, then allow to cool and infuse overnight. The next day, pass the syrup through a strainer
2
To make the pâte de fruit, place 400g of the elderflower syrup in a pan, place over a medium-high heat and mix the sugar and pectin together in a bowl. When the elderflower syrup is at a boil, add the sugar and pectin mix to the syrup, whisking continuously. Cook to 107°C
  • 40g of caster sugar
  • 4g of yellow pectin
3
When the temperture reaches 107°C, add the tartaric acid, remove from the heat and pour into mould. Allow to cool and set at room temperature in a cold area
  • 1g of tartaric acid
4
To serve, demould the pâte de fruits and roll in caster sugar, ensuring each shape is thoroughly coated in the sugar
  • caster sugar
5
Preheat a deep fryer to 180°C
6
Separate the elderflower sprigs into smaller clumps of flowers and deep-fry until golden. Drain and allow to cool on kitchen paper before placing a small piece on top of each pâte de fruit
First published in 2015
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After formative years with Tom Aikens at his eponymous two Michelin-starred restaurant in Chelsea, Lee Westcott rose to fame at The Typing Room before launching Pensons – a beautiful restaurant with rooms on the Netherwood Estate in Worcestershire.

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