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Sous Vide Cauliflower, Gouda and Truffle Recipe
by Michael Wignall
8
60 minutes
Ingredients

Purple cauliflower

  • purple cauliflower, 1 head of

Truffle purée

  • 25g of butter
  • 200g of chestnut mushrooms
  • 100ml of Madeira
  • 50ml of sherry vinegar
  • 1 tbsp of squid ink
  • 5g of truffle, fresh, sliced
  • 400ml of chicken stock

Pickled orange cauliflower

  • orange cauliflower, 1 head of
  • 300ml of orange juice
  • 200ml of Chardonnay vinegar
  • 100g of caster sugar

Romanesco and white cauliflower pieces

  • romanesco, 1 head of
  • 1 cauliflower
  • 20ml of pomace oil (1)
  • 1 pinch of salt

Gouda foam

  • 50g of Gouda, aged
  • 50g of Gouda
  • 300ml of chicken stock
  • 20g of whipping cream
  • 2g of soya lecithin
  • salt
  • lemon
  • 1 shallot
  • 1 sprig of thyme
  • 1/2 garlic clove

Puffed wild rice

  • 100g of wild rice
  • oil

To serve

  • 1 slice of Brillat-Savarin
  • truffle, fresh, sliced
Method
1
Submerge the purple cauliflower into iced water and leave to soak for 8 hours. Remove from the water and portion into florets, then finely slice cross sections of the florets on a mandolin. The cauliflower will start to break up, but you only want to use the perfect slices. Dehydrate at 65°C for 3 hours
  • purple cauliflower, 1 head of
2
Meanwhile prepare the gouda foam. Break the gouda down into chunks and slowly toast under the grill for 11 mins until even colour, using a tray to catch any fat released from the cheese. Tip this fat into a sauté pan and use it to sweat the shallots with garlic and thyme. Add the gouda chunks and chicken stock, bring to the boil then remove from the heat and leave to infuse for 2 hours
  • 1 shallot
  • 50g of Gouda, aged
  • 50g of Gouda
  • 1 sprig of thyme
  • 1/2 garlic clove
  • 300ml of chicken stock
3
For the truffle purée slice the mushrooms and sweat in butter until soft. Add the chicken stock, sherry vinegar and Madeira to the pan and reduce by half. Once the liquid has reduced add the squid ink and truffle to the pan, then blitz in a blender until smooth. Pass through a fine sieve and reserve at room temperature until required
  • 200g of chestnut mushrooms
  • 25g of butter
  • 100ml of Madeira
  • 400ml of chicken stock
  • 50ml of sherry vinegar
  • 1 tbsp of squid ink
  • 5g of truffle, fresh, sliced
4
Break the white cauliflower and romanesco down into small florets and add to a vacuum bag with the pomace oil and a little salt. Cook at 92°C for 12 minutes
  • 1 cauliflower
  • romanesco, 1 head of
  • 20ml of pomace oil (1)
  • 1 pinch of salt
5
For the orange cauliflower pickling liquid bring the orange juice, chardonnay vinegar and caster sugar to the boil then leave to cool. Break the orange cauliflower into florets and finely slice on a mandoline. Transfer to a vacuum bag with the pickling liquid and compress on full pressure, setting aside until required
  • orange cauliflower, 1 head of
  • 300ml of orange juice
  • 200ml of Chardonnay vinegar
  • 100g of caster sugar
6
To make the puffed wild rice deep fry the rice at 220°C - it will instantly puff up. Carefully remove the puffed rice with a slotted spoon and leave to drain on kitchen paper
  • 100g of wild rice
  • oil
7
Finish the gouda foam by adding the cream and lecithin to the pan along with salt and lemon to taste. Pass through a fine sieve and return to the pan. When ready to serve gently heat until warm and use a hand blender to create a foam
  • 20g of whipping cream
  • 2g of soya lecithin
  • salt
  • lemon
8
To serve, pipe different sized dots of the truffle purée across the plate and arrange the pieces of romanesco and cauliflower. Put a piece of Brillat-Savarin onto the middle of the plate and stand slices of the pickled and dehydrated cauliflowers around it. Spoon over the gouda foam and garnish with slices of fresh truffle and wild rice
  • 1 slice of Brillat-Savarin
  • truffle, fresh, sliced