Roasted honey vanilla peach
- 300g Caster sugar 100g Water 50g Unsalted butter 50g Honey 1no. Split scrapped vanilla pod 2no. Large sprigs fresh thyme 120g White wine Riesling
Koppert Cress
Recipe by chef Simon Jenkins of SNJ - Patisserie, consultant, advisor and UK Ambassador for Koppert Cress.
Roasted honey vanilla peach
1. Place a non stick pan on a medium heat with the sugar, water, honey, and vanilla
2. Cook until the sugar starts to take colour, add the butter and thyme cook until a light caramel is achieved.
3. On a medium heat add the peach halves cut side down and leave until the face starts to take colour.
4. Place in the oven at 190c for approx.. 5-8 minutes remove release the peach from the pan and decook with the wine to make a sauce.
5. Leave to cool, then carefully remove the skin from the peaches.
YKA leaf ice cream
1. Using the milk, cream sugar and yolks make an anglaise cooking to 86c
2. Pass through a chinois, and cool over ice.
3. Mix through the YKA leaves then pour the mix into a paco jet container
4. Freeze completely then spin on the pacojet machine when required.
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