Tonka Bean Fool with Poached Strawberries, Strawberry Jelly + Ice Cream

Aaron Mulliss

Aaron Mulliss

16th May 2011
Aaron Mulliss

Tonka Bean Fool with Poached Strawberries, Strawberry Jelly + Ice Cream

Tonka Bean Fool with Poached Strawberries, Strawberry Jelly + Ice Cream from The Hand and Flowers in Marlow

Ingredients

  • Strawberry Jelly
  • 100ml of strawberry poaching liquor
  • 50ml cabernet sauvignon vinegar
  • Gelatine for setting( 1 leaf per ¼ pint)
  • Tonka Cream
  • 750ml Double Cream
  • 750ml Milk
  • 12 Yolks
  • 100g Sugar
  • 20g Chopped Tonka Beans
  • Strawberry Ice Cream
  • 1 litre x Strawberry puree
  • 1 litre x Single cream
  • 450g x Castor Sugar
  • Poached Strawberries
  • ¼ part sugar to 1 part strawberries
  • 1 x Vanilla Pod

Method

POACHED STRAWBERRIES
1. Hull and half the 3 punnets of strawberries, mix with the 200g sugar and the scrapped vanilla pod. Place in a bowl and clingfilm. Put the bowl over a pan of simmering water and steam cook the strawberries till soft and the juices are out. Remove from the heat and chill.
STRAWBERRY JELLY
2. Take 100ml of strawberry poaching liquor and 100ml of cabernet sauvignon vinegar and bring to the boil. Add the soaked gelatine, remove from the heat and pass into a container. Chill and set.
STRAWBERRY ICE CREAM
3. Mix together, freeze and churn

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