This cep risotto is garnished with pearls of Madeira jelly, made by pipetting Madeira mixed with gellan gum into vegetable oil. It looks very advanced, but as long as you have the right gellan gum, it's actually fairly easy to do at home. The tarragon oil needs a full day to infuse, so be sure to start a day in advance.
The day before serving, place the vegetable oil for the Madeira jelly in the freezer
Prepare an ice bath for the chlorophyll oil
Heat the grapeseed oil to 60°C, then blend for 4 minutes in a liquidiser with the spinach
Transfer the oil to a sous-vide bag, and submerge the bag in the ice bath
Once cool, strain out the spinach. Transfer the oil the freezer, and freeze for around 2 hours. After 2 hours, any water in the oil will solidify, and stick to the tray. Pour off the chlorophyll oil and pass it through a fine sieve
Blend 500g chlorophyll oil with the tarragon. Infuse for 24 hours
The next day, strain and filter the tarragon oil. Leftover tarragon oil can be stored in the freezer
For the Madeira jelly, bring the wine, sugar and gellan gum to the boil. Take off the heat and allow to cool slightly, then transfer to a squeezy bottle
Drip the mixture into the frozen oil so that it forms little pearls. Strain the pearls through a fine sieve, and rinse them with warm water to remove all the oil. Set aside
Mix the tarragon, apple and salt with the Madeira pearls and 100ml tarragon oil
For the puffed wild rice, first heat the oil to 200°C
Add the wild rice, and then quickly remove as soon as it puffs. Drain in a sieve, and season with salt, nutritional yeast and cep powder
For the mushroom stock, first sweat off the vegetables in the oil in a large stockpot. Add the water to the pot along with the mushrooms and miso, and bring to a simmer. Simmer for 1 hour
While the mushroom stock cooks, sweat the shallots for the risotto in oil until they are tender
Add the rice and toast with the shallots. Add the white wine and simmer until it reduces to nothing
After 1 hour, add the soy sauce to the mushroom stock and then pass the stock through a fine sieve
Add the hot mushroom stock into the risotto ladle by ladle
Simmer for around 13-15 minutes, or until the rice is tender. Season with salt
For the cep purée, sweat the mushrooms and the butter together until golden. Add the garlic, and mix for a minute or so
Add the double cream and bring to the boil. Add the cep powder, and then blend until smooth. Season with salt
When ready to serve, sauté the halved ceps in butter with thyme and garlic. Drain and season with salt
Warm 4 bowls for serving the risotto
Dress the risotto with the tarragon, apple and Madeira dressing, puffed rice, chopped chives and sautéed ceps
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