Rhubarb meringue
Ingredients
Meringue
- 50g of icing sugar
- 50g of caster sugar
- 50g of egg white
Vanilla custard
- 225g of double cream
- 1 vanilla pod
- 40g of egg yolk
- 15g of cane sugar
- 15g of honey
- 1/2 gelatine leaf, bloomed in water
Lemon confit
- 100g of lemon
- 60g of cane sugar
- 100g of water
Poached rhubarb
- 100g of rhubarb
- 10g of cane sugar
- 1 tsp grenadine
- ice
To garnish
- vegetable oil, for frying
- 1 handful of basil leaves
Equipment
- Piping bags
- Vac pac maker
- Sous vide or water bath
- 5cm metal pastry rings
- Thermomix
Method
Preheat the oven to 0 humidity, fan 2 and 100°C/gas mark 1/2
Mix together the icing sugar and the caster sugar
- 50g of icing sugar
- 50g of caster sugar
Put the egg whites in the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment and whisk on full speed until they form soft peaks. Add the sugars in three stages, whisking between each addition, until the mixture forms stiff peaks
- 50g of caster sugar
Transfer the meringue into a piping bag
Line a tray with parchment paper
Prepare a container of hot water. Add the 50mm ring into the hot water, and then pat dry
Place the ring onto the parchment paper-lined tray and pipe the meringue mix into the ring, to the top
Place the ring back into the hot water to clean it, and repeat the process until all the mixture is used up. Make sure to leave plenty of space between each meringue as they will expand in the oven
Bake the meringues for 17 minutes, then turn the tray around and bake them for a further 17 minutes
Once cooked, allow the meringues to cool on the tray, then transfer them to a container. If making ahead of time, keep in the freezer until they're needed
Cook the custard until it reaches 82°C, then add the bloomed gelatine. Mix the gelatine into the custard, and then pass it through a chinois. Transfer the custard to a tray to cool, covering the surface with cling film so it doesn't form a skin
- 1/2 gelatine leaf, bloomed in water
Cut the lemon up into chunks with the skin on. Remove the tough white core and any seeds
- 100g of lemon
Dissolve the sugar in the water, and add the lemon. Cook on medium heat until the lemon is soft and cooked. Strain the lemon, reserving the syrup.
- 60g of cane sugar
- 100g of water
Chop the cooked lemon up very finely, and add the pieces to a mixing bowl. Add the syrup back little by little until the lemon pieces have a marmalade-like consistency. Set aside
To make the poached rhubarb, first top and tail the rhubarb and wash it thoroughly. Chop it into 10cm lengths
Mix together the rhubarb and sugar, and place it in a vac pac bag with the grenadine. Vacuum seal the rhubarb
- 100g of rhubarb
- 10g of cane sugar
- 1 tsp grenadine
Cook the rhubarb in a 65°C water bath for 12 minutes. Remove from the water bath and allow to cool for 10 minutes, then transfer to an ice bath
- ice
Once you are ready to serve, whisk the custard in a stand mixer, and then transfer to a piping bag
Heat up a centimetre or so of vegetable oil in a pan, then add the basil leaves and dry until crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon, and drain on kitchen towel
- vegetable oil, for frying
- 1 handful of basil leaves
Pipe 30g of custard in the bottom of each meringue. Put a dot in the middle of the sharing plate to secure the meringue
Spread 15g of lemon confit on the top of each meringue nest, and then garnish each one with 3 nice pieces of rhubarb. Finish with a fried basil leaf
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