Beetroot and bubblegum pastille

  • Petit four
  • medium
  • 70
  • 1 hour 30 minutes
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This pastille recipe by David Everitt-Matthias makes a wonderfully inventive petit fours. The blue flecks of colour on the pastilles come from a slightly unusual ingredient - crushed bubblegum millions! These pastilles are shaped by pouring the mix into a sheet of silicone dome moulds, but if you don't have one at home you can always set the jellies in a tray before cutting into shapes of your choice.

First published in 2015

Ingredients

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  • 450g of beetroot juice
  • 150g of bubblegum syrup
  • 500g of caster sugar
  • 100g of glucose
  • 20g of pectin powder
  • 7g of tartaric acid
  • 3g of citric acid
  • 200g of granulated sugar
  • bubblegum millions, 90g packets

Equipment

  • Sugar thermometer
  • Blender
  • Silicone dome moulds

Method

1
Place the beetroot juice, bubblegum syrup, 450g of the caster sugar and the glucose in a large saucepan and bring to the boil, stirring continuously
  • 450g of beetroot juice
  • 150g of bubblegum syrup
  • 450g of caster sugar
  • 100g of glucose
2
Continue to heat until the mixture reaches 102°C, stirring occasionally so it doesn’t catch on the bottom of the pan
3
Mix the remaining 50g of caster sugar and the pectin powder together in a bowl, incorporating thoroughly
  • 50g of caster sugar
  • 20g of pectin powder
4
Once the beetroot juice mixture reaches 102°C, add the pectin mix and whisk until dissolved - be careful as it will be extremely hot
5
Keep on a high heat and cook to 110°C, stirring occasionally
6
Finally, whisk in the tartaric acid and citric acid and pass into a lined sided tray to a depth of 1cm, or pour onto a sheet of silicone dome moulds if you have one. Allow to cool and cut into pastille shapes with a 20mm cutter. If using dome moulds, pop the pastilles out of the moulds and set aside
  • 7g of tartaric acid
  • 3g of citric acid
7
Pulse the bubblegum flavoured millions in a blender until coarsely textured and add to the granulated sugar. Toss the pastilles in the bubblegum flavoured granulated sugar and place on a wire rack to air dry for 6 hours
  • 200g of granulated sugar
  • bubblegum millions, 90g packets
8
Keep in an airtight container in single layers, in a cool dry place
First published in 2015

David Everitt Matthias does not do anything by halves: he opened his restaurant, Le Champignon Sauvage, decades ago and hasn’t missed a service since, he writes his own cookbooks and forages himself for many of the ingredients that appear in his dishes.

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