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This exciting chocolate parfait recipe from Agnar Sverrisson combines the sweet with earthy beetroots. It requires a lot of preparation so make sure you're ready for the task ahead. You can get ice cream stabilisers from any online speciality ingredients store.
For the soil, melt both chocolates together in a bowl set over simmering water. Add the remaining ingredients and mix gently until combined. Chill for 2 hours. Heat the oven to 180°C/Gas mark 4
Spread the chocolate mix into a tray and level the surface. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until set. Cool to room temperature and then crumble using a fork
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For the dehydrated beetroot, peel the beetroot and cut it into 2cm cubes. Put in a large pan with the water, vinegar and sugar. Bring to a boil and simmer for 1 hour until tender. Leave in the syrup overnight
Heat the oven to 80°C. Lift the beetroot out of the syrup and put on a baking sheet. Cook for 3-4 hours until dry like a boiled sweet. Cool
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For the baby sweet beetroot, put all the ingredients in a pan and bring to a boil. Turn down to a simmer for 20-30 minutes until the beetroot are tender. Cool in the liquid. Peel off the skins
For the yoghurt ice cream, put all the ingredients except the yoghurt in a pan and bring to a boil. Pour through a fine sieve and cool. Stir through the Greek yoghurt and churn in an ice cream machine
For the chocolate parfait, whip 375ml of cream into soft peaks. Keep chilled. Bring the water and glucose to a boil. Whisk the egg yolks until they are light and fluffy slowly adding the glucose mixture until combined
Bring the remaining cream almost to the boil with the milk powder and pour it over the chocolate. Whizz with a hand blender until emulsified to a ganache
Add a little egg yolk to the chocolate mix to loosen it and then fold the rest in. Fold in the whipped cream. Pour into a container and freeze for 24 hours
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Thaw in the fridge or at room temperature
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Scoop a neat spoonful of the ganache onto a plate. Position the beetroots either side, and add a scoop of the yoghurt ice cream in the middle
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Scatter with the chocolate soil, dehydrated beetroot and edible flowers, and serve
Icelandic chef Agnar Sverrisson has been raising a maelstrom at his restaurant, Texture, since 2007. Named by The Independent New Restaurant of the Year in 2007, Texture has since accumulated a Michelin star, three AA rosettes, a Catey and a Remy Martin Award.
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