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Chocolate Crémeux and Passion Fruit Sorbet Recipe
by Caroline Martins
8
3 hours
Ingredients

Passion fruit sorbet

  • 250g of passion fruit purée
  • 40g of glucose
  • 115g of caster sugar
  • 270g of water
  • 30g of honey
  • 10g of white balsamic vinegar
  • 2g of xanthan gum

White chocolate base

  • 125g of white chocolate, melted

Chocolate crémeux

  • 125g of whole milk
  • 125g of UHT whipping cream
  • 50g of caster sugar
  • 50g of egg yolk
  • 125g of dark chocolate, melted
  • 100g of red cocoa butter, melted
  • Panko breadcrumbs, to garnish

Crystallised chocolate crumb

  • 55g of dark chocolate
  • 45g of water
  • 120g of caster sugar
  • 2g of flaky sea salt

Garnishes

  • fresh blackberries, slivers of radish and cucumber
  • edible flowers, dehydrated
Method
1

Blitz all ingredients for the passion fruit sorbet except the xanthan gum until smooth

  • 250g of passion fruit purée
  • 40g of glucose
  • 115g of caster sugar
  • 270g of water
  • 30g of honey
  • 10g of white balsamic vinegar
2

Blend in the xanthan gum until the mixture thickens

  • 2g of xanthan gum
3

Place the sorbet into pacojet jugs and freeze until solid, or, if using an ice cream maker, chill overnight

4

Churn before serving and place sorbet into a piping bag

5

Fill the silicone canelé moulds with water, and place toothpicks inside each mould. Freeze until solid

6

Once frozen, dip each canelé-shaped ice cube in melted white chocolate, so you have an even coat of chocolate all around the outside of each ice cube. Transfer each ice cube to an oven tray lined with baking paper. Let the water melt at room temperature, then remove the toothpick and pour off the water

  • 125g of white chocolate, melted
7

Warm the top of a small knife over a flame, then poke a small hole at the bottom of each white chocolate shell

8

Fill the white chocolate shells with passion fruit sorbet through the hole. Keep them in the freezer until ready to serve

9

Add all ingredients for the chocolate crémeux to a Thermomix except for the cocoa butter and the panko. Cook the mixture until it reaches 83°C. Alternatively, blend the ingredients together and then cook in a pan, stirring constantly, until it reaches 83°C

  • 125g of whole milk
  • 125g of UHT whipping cream
  • 50g of caster sugar
  • 50g of egg yolk
  • 125g of dark chocolate, melted
10

Divide the mixture between the silicone dome moulds and freeze until solid

11

Once frozen, dip the domes in the red cocoa butter

  • 100g of red cocoa butter, melted
12

Place the dipped chocolate domes on a baking paper-lined tray to defrost, then keep them in the fridge until ready to serve

13

For the crystallised chocolate crumb, chop the chocolate into small pieces, roughly 1 cm in size

  • 55g of dark chocolate
14

Line an oven tray with a silicone baking mat

15

Melt the water and sugar together into a syrup. Cook the syrup until it reaches 135°C, then immediately add in the chocolate and stir everything quickly with a whisk. After about 10 seconds, the chocolate will transform into a crumb. Immediately, carefully pour the hot crumb onto the silicon mat, then allow it to cool completely

  • 45g of water
  • 120g of caster sugar
16

Once cool, stir in the flaky sea salt

  • 2g of flaky sea salt
17

To assemble this dish, first garnish each plate with some chocolate crumb. Place the white chocolate base of the mushroom on the plate

18

Gently press a few pieces of panko onto each red mushroom top, then place it onto the white chocolate base

  • Panko breadcrumbs, to garnish
19

Garnish the plate with flower petals, blackberries and slivers of radish and cucumber

  • fresh blackberries, dried flowers, slivers of radish and cucumber
  • edible flowers, dehydrated