Chocolate, blood orange, crispy walnuts and coffee sabayon
This elegant dessert recipe combines silky set chocolate, blood orange and toasted walnuts with a dusting of freshly ground coffee.
- Cooking:
- Serves: 6 persons
Ingredients
- 500g of milk
- 500g of double cream
- 150g ofegg yolk
- 125g of caster sugar
- 500g ofdark chocolate
- 100g ofbrandy
- 10g ofsea salt
- 50g ofegg yolk
- 50g of sugar
- 1blood orange, juiced and zested
- 1single espresso shot
- 100g ofbutter, melted
- 1tsphoney
- 100g ofwalnuts
- 2blood oranges, segmented
- ground coffeefor dusting
Instructions
Step 1
Combine the milk and cream together in a saucepan and warm over a medium low heatStep 2
Whisk together the egg yolks and sugarStep 3
Just before the milk mixture comes to the boil, pour it over the yolks and whisk to combineStep 4
Return the mixture to the pan and cook out, whisking all the time, until the mixture reaches 84°CStep 5
Pour the mixture over the chocolate and whisk everything together until the chocolate has melted. Once cooled, whisk in the brandy and sea salt. Allow to chill overnightStep 6
To make the coffee sabayon, combine the yolks, sugar, coffee, blood orange zest and honey in a heatproof bowlStep 7
Whisk everything over a saucepan of boiling water until the mixture becomes thick, then slowly add the melted butter, whisking all the time. Once emulsified, add the juice of the orange and transfer the mixture to an iSi Whip. Charge twice and keep warmStep 8
Preheat the oven to 180°CStep 9
Spread the walnuts out on a baking sheet and toast in the oven for 20 minutes, until lightly brownedStep 10
Spoon a generous amount of set chocolate in the middle of 6 bowls. Using the back of a hot spoon, make a well in the centre of eachStep 11
Divide the orange segments between the wells in the chocolate and top with the walnuts of the chocolate with the walnuts. Shake the coffee siphon and cover the chocolate with sabayon. Dust with ground coffee and serve immediately