Plant Pot by Daniel Watkins

Daniel Watkins

Daniel Watkins

6th May 2014
Daniel Watkins

Plant Pot by Daniel Watkins

Plant Pot by Daniel Watkins.
Photography by John Arandhara Blackwell

Ingredients

  • Chocolate mousse
  • 240g chocolate melted
  • 80g yolks
  • 300g whites
  • 100g caster sugar
  • MSK mandarin essence to taste
  • Chocolate jelly
  • 250g water
  • 50g sugar
  • 20g coco powder
  • Orange jelly
  • 1ltr manderin purée
  • 10g agar
  • Chocolate soil
  • 125g ground almonds
  • 125g sugar
  • 125g coco powder
  • 75g plain flour
  • 65g butter
  • To finish
  • Coco nibs
  • Yoghurt crispies
  • Flowers
  • Lemon balm

Method

Chocolate mousse
Whisk egg whites & sugar stiff peak
Melt chocolate & add yolks
Beat 1/4 of whites with chocolate, then fold into the other 3/4
Chocolate jelly
Bring all ingredients together to boil & set in greased tray
Orange jelly
Bring all ingredients together to boil & set in greased tray
Chocolate soil
Melt butter, mix well with other ingredients, bake on tray 180c 4mins
To finish with coco nibs, yoghurt crispies, flowers and lemon balm

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