Sweet cicely parfait with sea buckthorn and carrots
- Starter
- medium
- 4
- 1 hour 10 minutes, plus freezing of parfait and setting of jelly
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Christoffer Hruskova's inventive dish is a forager's dream, comprised of both sea buckthorn and sweet cicely. Take care and do your research if foraging for this sweet cicely parfait recipe to avoid any potentially dangerous plants.
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Ingredients
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Sweet cicely parfait
- 200g of sweet cicely
- 6 egg yolks
- 90g of icing sugar
- 250ml of whole milk
- 500ml of double cream
Sea buckthorn broken gel
- 50ml of sea buckthorn juice
- 250ml of carrot juice
- 50g of caster sugar
- 3.5g of agar agar
Baby carrots
- 12 baby carrots, keep the leaves for garnish
- 100g of caster sugar
- 100ml of water
To garnish
- 50g of sweet cicely
Equipment
- Blender
- Metal rings
Method
1
Whisk the egg yolks and icing sugar until white and foamy. Blend the milk and sweet cicely until green and strain
- 6 egg yolks
- 90g of icing sugar
- 250ml of whole milk
- 250g of sweet cicely, 50g for the garnish
2
Whip the double cream into soft peaks and fold through the egg mix, then fold in the sweet cicely milk. Pour into a tray and freeze until set
- 500ml of double cream
3
For the buckthorn gel, bring the carrot juice and sugar to the boil with the agar agar, then remove from the heat and cool down until it sets into a jelly. Blend the jelly with the sea buckthorn juice
- 50ml of sea buckthorn juice
- 250ml of carrot juice
- 50g of caster sugar
- 3.5g of agar agar
4
For the carrots, bring the sugar and water to the boil, then place 8 of the cleaned carrots into the syrup and remove from the heat. Leave the carrots in the syrup until cold
- 100ml of water
- 100g of caster sugar
- 12 baby carrots, keep the leaves for garnish
5
Slice the rest of the carrots thinly and submerge in ice water until they crisp and curl up
6
Cut the parfaits into circles using warmed metal rings. Place each parfait in the middle of each plate and garnish with the broken gel, carrots and herbs
- 50g of sweet cicely
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