Recipes for professionals
End of The Mekong by Pierluigi Sapiente
Ingredients
Sablè
164 g butter 82% fat
273 g Molino Grassi Kronos Molino Grassi semolina
3 g fine Cervia salt
50 g egg yolks
110 g icing sugar
600 g total
Rice mousse
250 g rice cream
500 g cream
50 g fine caster sugar
8 g gelatine
40 g water for gelatine
848 g total
Crispy rice puffs
100 g rice
300 g water
15 g rice starch
415 g total
Passion fruit and apricot air
100 g passion fruit
500 g apricot extract
5 g soya lecithin
605 g total
Orange and Arzà rice cream
146 g Carnaroli rice
583 g high quality fresh milk
219 g mascarpone
73 g fine caster sugar
5 g orange zest
20 g Arzà liqueur
1.045 g total
Apricot confit
1.000 g fresh apricots
1.000 g fine caster sugar
500 g water
100 g glucose 62 DE
2.600 g total
Recipe components
Lemon Crumble
Garda lemon gel
Lemon and Garda olive oil sponge cake
Pea avocado cream
Light lemon and white chocolate mousse
Neutral glaze
Preparation
Bake 35g of crumble in an 8cm-diameter aluminium mould. Prepare the sponge cake and cut 6 cm discs using a pastry cutter.
Pour a layer of lemon and white chocolate mousse into a silicone mould, cool and place a layer of lemon jelly, top with the pea and avocado cream and finish with the sponge cake then freeze the whole thing. Remove the single portions from the moulds and glaze with neutral jelly.
Dress the crumble bass with a little lemon jelly and place the glazed single portion on top. Decorate with lemon zest and more to taste.
Lemon crumble method
Weigh all the ingredients as per the recipe. Cut the butter into cubes and place in the refrigerator. In a planetary mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine all ingredients together and knead. Spread lightly between two sheets of baking paper and freeze.
Mix pre-crumbled into homogeneous pieces.
Baking:
Fan-assisted oven 150°C-160°C for 15 min, conventional oven 170°C-185°C for 15-20 min
Oil and cocoa sponge cake method
Weigh all the ingredients as per the recipe. Heat the egg yolks with the sugar, flavourings and salt and add a drizzle of room-temperature rice germ oil. Separately, whip the egg whites with the other part of the sugar until creamy. Gently add one part of the latter egg whites to the first whipped egg whites, then one part of the combined sifted powders repeat until done.
Take 1/10 of the mixture and add the melted butter at 45°C, stir and gently incorporate into the mixture. Place in a mould and bake immediately.
Soft lemon jelly method
Weigh all the ingredients separately. Rehydrate the gelatine powder in lukewarm water. Mix the lemon juice and neutral gelatine in a measuring jug. Take a small part of the mixture and heat it in the microwave at 40°C with the gelatine. Combine everything and mix well. Pour into moulds and freeze immediately.
Storage: +4°C in a hermetically sealed container.
Pea, avocado and mint cream
Weigh all the ingredients separately. Cream of peas and avocado: Steam in the oven at 120°C for 30 minutes. Mix everything to obtain a smooth, even puree.
Pea, avocado and mint pureed soup method
Pureed soup: Rehydrate the gelatine in water. In a saucepan, bring the milk to the boil and dissolve the gelatine in it, stirring constantly. Melt the white chocolate at 40°C. Pour a small amount of the liquid over the chocolate and rub vigorously. Repeat until smooth and shiny and emulsify with an immersion mixer. Always maintain the temperature above 35°C.
Mix and refine the texture and add the cold liquid cream, salt, pea cream, lemon juice and zest. Cover with cling film and leave to set for at least 6 hours.
Light white chocolate mousse 35% method
Weigh all the ingredients as per the recipe. Rehydrate the gelatine powder in water at 38°C. Semi-whip the cream and store at +4°C. Boil the milk and pour over the chocolate with the lemon zest and emulsify well together with the dissolved gelatine.
Bring the mixture to 30-31°C before adding the whipped cream.