Sweetcorn Chawanmushi

Johnnie Crowe

Johnnie Crowe

18th October 2024
Johnnie Crowe

Sweetcorn Chawanmushi

120 min

Seasonal dish at Michelin-starred Restaurant St Barts

Ingredients

Custard

  • 1kg sweetcorn stock
  • 1kg infused cream
  • 550g whole egg
  • 150g egg white

Infused cream

  • 1.2kg whipping cream
  • 7 crushed garlic cloves
  • 6 sprigs of thyme
  • 100g LOTH cheese rinds
  • 50 black peppercorns
  • 400g roasted tinned sweetcorn

Shallot mix

  • 600g finely diced shallots
  • 6 garlic cloves (microplaned)
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric
  • 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne
  • salt (to season)

Stock

  • 1.5kg tinned corn
  • 600g shallot
  • 8 cloves of garlic
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric
  • 4 sprigs of thyme
  • 1 bottle of cider
  • 5l water

Sweetcorn butter

  • 1kg soft butter
  • 250g soft smoked butter
  • 200g shallot mix
  • 100g sweetcorn powder
  • 100g Miso

Method

Custard

Combine all together
Steam for 13 minutes at 90C

Infused cream

Roast the sweetcorn, until brown
Sweat the garlic with the thyme
Add the cream and then add everything all together
Bring to a simmer and then leave to infuse for 30 minutes
Strain through chinois

Shallot mix

Add the shallot, spices, garlic and plenty of veg oil
Sweat on a low heat until cooked without colour

Stock

Sweat the shallot and garlic
Add the cider
Reduce by half
Add the corn and the thyme
Add the water and cook out for 20 minutes
Blend all the ingredients
Pass through a chinois
Do not push through with a ladle, strain like you would stock

Brown butter

Use Lincolnshire poacher butter and whisk constantly until you have light brown butter solids, then once cooled slightly strain off the clarified butter until you have mainly the brown butter
solids use this to top the porridge

Sweetcorn butter

Combine all in the kitchen aid

Sweetcorn porridge mix

As a base, use a good quality cider vinegar
Emulsify your butter into this
Add the BBQ corn
Finish with Lord of the Hundreds cheese

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