Steamed chocolate sponge, baked white chocolate, white chocolate aero and sugar snap salad by Michael Wignall - Print Recipe

1

To begin, make the mint ice cream. Bring the milk and sugar to the boil and add the milk powder and stabiliser. Bring to 85°C and cook for 1 minute

50g of sugar
250g of milk powder
5g of ice cream stabiliser
10g of glucose powder
1.1kg milk

2

Add the gelatine and mint and leave to infuse for 2 hours. Pass through a fine sieve into Pacojet containers and transfer to the freezer

2 gelatine leaves, softened in iced water
200g of fresh mint, leaves only

3

For the nitro orange segments, place the orange segments into the freezer until solid then dip into liquid nitrogen. Break into shards with a rolling pin or other heavy object and return to the freezer

1 orange, segmented

4

To make the white chocolate aero, melt the chocolate to 50°C then mix with the olive oil. Transfer to a gas canister and charge 3 times. Siphon into a vacuum box and vacuum until doubled in size. Transfer to the fridge and allow to set for 4 hours

485g of white chocolate
25g of olive oil

5

For the sponge, melt the chocolate over a bain marie of simmering water. Whisk the yolks and sugar until pale. Whisk the whites to soft peaks, then mix the melted chocolate into the yolk and sugar mixture. Mix in the egg whites in 2 stages, then steam at 100°C for 35–40 minutes

120g of dark chocolate
80g of egg yolks
25g of sugar
320 egg whites

6

For the orange rocks, blitz all of the ingredients together in a blender and transfer to a gas canister. Charge with 2 canisters and syphon into liquid nitrogen, continuously stirring to break into pieces

400ml of milk
100ml of orange juice
50g of sugar
30g of pro espuma

7

To make the olive oil jam, boil the glucose and trimoline and transfer to a blender. Allow to cool, then slowly add the yolks followed by the olive oil. Season to taste with salt

50g of trimoline
50g of sugar
185g of extra virgin olive oil
2g of salt
3 egg yolks
50g of glucose

8

For the sugar snap gel, juice the sugar snaps and bring the juice to the boil with the agar for 1 minute. Set in a tray in the fridge. Once completely set transfer to a blender and blitz until smooth. Pass through a fine sieve

500g of sugar snap peas
5g of agar agar

9

Preheat the oven to 160°C/gas mark 3. Line a tray with baking paper and sprinkle over the white chocolate. Bake for 6–8 minutes or until caramelised

150g of white chocolate

10

To make the orange gel, boil all of the ingredients for one minute then transfer to a tray to set. Blitz in a blender until smooth then pass through a fine sieve. Drop from a pipette into liquid nitrogen and store in the freezer

2g of agar agar
200g of fresh orange juice

11

Slice the sugar snaps thinly and dress with olive oil

25ml of extra virgin olive oil
100g of sugar snap peas

12

To plate, place the chocolate sponge on the plate with a piece of aero and freeze dried mandarin on top. Dot the sugar snap gel and the olive oil jam around the sponge

13

Scatter around the baked white chocolate, sugar snaps and orange segments. Finish with the frozen orange gel, orange rocks, and a quenelle of the sorbet

Steamed chocolate sponge, baked white chocolate, white chocolate aero and sugar snap salad

Ingredients

Mint ice cream

Nitro orange segments

White choclate aero

Chocolate sponge

Orange rocks

Olive oil jam

Sugar snap gel

Baked white chocolate

Orange gel

Sugar snap peas

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