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- Prep time:
- 20 mins, plus 3 hrs freezing
- Cook time:
- 15 mins
- Serves:
- 6-8
Paul Gayler's silky smooth savoury parfait is served with an intriguing pepper syrup and crunchy hazelnut brittle and makes an elegant dessert
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Ingredients
For the iced ricotta parfait
- 50g caster sugar
- 2 Eggs, separated
- 1 vanilla pod, split lengthways, seeds removed and reserved
- 250ml double cream
- 100g Ricotta cheese
- 75ml hazelnut-flavoured liqueur
- 1 Lemon, finely grated zest only
For the hazelnut brittle (optional)
- 50g Hazelnuts, chopped
- 100g caster sugar
- 2 tbsp water
For the caramelised peppers
- 1 small red pepper, seeds removed, cut into 1cm dice
- 1 yellow pepper, seeds removed, cut into 1cm dice
- 4 tbsp Honey
- 1 tsp Balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 Lemon, juice only
- 50g raisins, soaked in a little water, drained and dried
- 3 tarragon leaves, chopped
Method
1. To make the parfait; whisk together the sugar, egg yolks and vanilla seeds in a bowl until pale and almost doubled in volume.2. Whisk the cream until soft peaks begin to form, but do not over-whisk.
3. In another bowl, whisk the egg whites until very stiff peaks form.
4. Add the ricotta, liqueur and lemon zest to the egg yolks and blend together.
5. Gently fold in the whipped cream and then fold in the egg whites.
6. Spoon the mixture into 6-8 ramekins, soufflé dishes or 8 metal rings.
7. Cover with cling film and freeze for at least 3 hours.
8. To make the nut brittle; spread the hazelnuts on a lightly oiled oven tray.
9. Put the caster sugar and the water in a pan and stir over a medium heat until the sugar is dissolved.
10. Bring to the boil and cook without stirring, until caramelised and golden.
11. Remove from the heat, allow the bubbles to subside and pour over the hazelnuts. Leave to set and harden. When hard, roughly crush into pieces.
12. To make the caramelised peppers; place the peppers in a small pan with the honey and cook for 3-4 minutes until lightly caramelised and soft.
13. Add the vinegar, lemon juice, raisins and tarragon and cook for 5 minutes to form a light syrup.
14. Remove from the heat and leave to cool.
15. To serve; remove the parfaits from their moulds by quickly immersing the moulds half way up in hot water and turn out on to individual serving plates. Leave to soften for 5 minutes.
16. Pour the pepper syrup over the parfaits and serve immediately. Decorate with the nut brittle if desired.
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