Put the stoned plums with the sugar and the spices and rum in a vacuum pac bag and macerate overnight
2kg plums, stoned
660g of caster sugar
35ml of dark rum
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In the morning strain off the liquid and reduce by 1/3 over a gentle heat (keep the plum flesh for another dish)
4
Measure the liquid in a jug and make a note of the amount. Take one sheet of gelatin for each 100ml of liquid and soak in cold water until soft
8 gelatine leaves
5
Gently heat the plum liquid then stir in the gelatin. Pour the jelly into moulds and leave to set
6
To make the Victoria sponge, whizz all the ingredients to a batter in a food processor
225g of butter
225g of caster sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla extract
225g of self-raising flour
1 dash of milk
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Spoon the batter into a cream gas canister and aerate with two charges. Siphon the sponge batter into cup and microwave the sponge until cooked, about 3-4 minutes
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To make the orange crisp heat the oven to 90°C/lowest gas mark your oven will go to
9
Slice the orange thinly with a very sharp knife. Dip in the stock syrup and dehydrate in the oven until crispy but not discoloured. Remove from the oven and allow to cool and harden whilst you make the sorbet
1 orange
stock syrup
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To make the orange and olive sorbet, mix all the ingredients together apart from the olive oil and bring to the boil
120ml of orange juice
250g of caster sugar
150g of powdered glucose
7g of stabiliser
20g of trimoline
1000g of orange purée
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Cool then put into an ice cream maker and churn until frozen
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Add the olive oil, blend, then churn to frozen
300ml of olive oil
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To serve, you want the dish to look deconstructed: neatly arrange the component parts on a plate or a slate, making sure to scatter the sponge crumbs and position the orange crisp last