Valhrona Chocolate Fondant with Blood Orange Crêpe Suzette and Sorbet

Preparation

1. FONDANT:

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   3 each egg yolks

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   3 each whole eggs

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   2.5 oz castor sugar

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   4.5 oz unsalted butter

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   4.5 oz Valhrona chocolate

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   1 oz plain flour

2. METHOD:

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   1. Grease 4 individual moulds well with extra soft butter, then place a disc of greaseproof paper on bottom of mould and grease again.

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   2. Melt chocolate & butter in a bowl over a bain marie.

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   3. Whisk together eggs, yolks & sugar in a kitchen aid or using a hand mixer until white & fluffy.

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   4. Fold butter & chocolate into sabayon, then sift in butter & fold until just combined.

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   5. Pour into prepared moulds.

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   6. Bake at 375°F for approximately 6 minutes (depending on oven type) May require more or less time, but the cake should be just set & still soft in the centre.

3. CREPES: INGREDIENTS:

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   4.5 oz milk

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   1 oz unsalted butter

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   2 each whole eggs

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   1.7 oz plain flour

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   .5 fluid oz water

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   .3 oz castor sugar

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   .2 fluid oz vanilla essence

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   1 vanilla bean

4. METHOD:

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   1. Melt butter

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   2. In a bowl, sift plain flour & add sugar

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   3. Whisk in eggs, then melted butter, trying to keep lumps to a minimum.

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   4. Add milk & water, then vanilla essence.

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   5. Scrape the seeds from vanilla beans & keep pods for another use.

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   6. Pass crepe mix through a fine strainer & refrigerate for 30 minutes.

5. TO COOK:

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   1. Heat the Teflon pan until hot, spray with canola spray & pour in a small amount of mix. Spread mix out to quite thin in pan.

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   2. When the bottom side is coloured flip over & cook just until the crepe is set.

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   3. Continue to cook until all of the mix is used.

6. Step 30

   12 fluid oz blood orange juice (strained)

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   4 fluid oz lemon juice (strained)

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   4 oz sugar

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   1.2 oz glucose

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   1 oz stabilizer

7. METHOD:

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   1. Combine all ingredients in a pot

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   2. Boil to a light syrup, remove from heat & pass through a fine strainer

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   3. Refrigerate mix until chilled

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   4. Churn in an ice cream machine as per your ice cream manufacturer’s instructions.

8. BLOOD ORANGE SYRUP FOR CREPES INGREDIENTS:

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   12 fluid oz blood orange juice

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   4 fluid oz lemon juice

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   1 lb castor sugar

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   1.5 fluid oz Grand Marnier

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   .2 fluid oz vanilla essence

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   vanilla bean (from crepe mix)

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   4 blood oranges, peeled & sliced for garnish

9. METHOD:

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   1. In a large pot, place all ingredients.

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   2. Bring ingredients to the boil & remove from heat, skimming the top if necessary

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   3. Place through a fine strainer.

10. PRESENTATION:

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    1. Cook fondant until just cooked; whilst the fondant is cooking warm crepes in enough syrup to cover.

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    2. Invert fondant onto the plate once cooked.

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    3. Pile 3 crepes folded in quarters in front of fondant & scoop sorbet to the right of the crepes; arrange orange slices alongside.

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    4. Dust fondant with icing sugar & place a sprig of mint between crepes & fondants.

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    5. Serve immediately.