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Ginger Threads

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- Ingredients
Ingredients
Ginger Ice Cream
Yoghurt Foam
Honey Wafer Threads
Ginger Gastrique
Verjuice Gel
Garnish
To Assemble
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Steps
- Preheat oven to 160°C Fan Forced.
For the Ginger Ice Cream
- Bring cream, milk and ginger to a simmer in a small saucepan over. Meanwhile whisk egg and sugar together.
- Temper by pouring hot cream and milk mixture into egg mixture and pour back into saucepan over medium heat.
- Cook to 82°C then remove from the heat emulsify using a stick blender. Strain through a fine sieve and discard ginger solids.
- Pour mixture into a pan and cool down in the freezer until cold. Churn in an ice cream machine or with liquid nitrogen until smooth and creamy.
- Reserve in freezer until ready to plate.
For the Yoghurt Foam
- Combine cream and sugar into a saucepan and bring to a simmer.
- Squeeze water from the gelatine leaf then add to cream mixture.
- Remove from the heat and mix until the gelatine has melted.
- Pour mixture into a stainless steel bowl and chill until cool.
- Add in yoghurt and lemon juice and emulsify with an immersion blender until smooth.
- Pour mixture into a syphon canister and charge twice with cream chargers, shaking well after each addition.
- Keep refrigerated.
For the Honey Wafer Threads
- Place raw sugar into a spice grinder and grind to a fine powder.
- Place the powdered sugar, butter and honey into a pot and cook until sugar dissolves.
- Remove from the heat and transfer mixture into a stainless steel bowl.
- Whisk egg whites and gradually whisk into hot sugar and honey mixture.
- Mix until combined, add in plain flour and mix until well combined.
- Refrigerate until cold.
- Once the mixture has chilled, spread one third of the mixture thinly onto a silpat mat and freeze until pliable.
- Using a plastic comb, comb off the excess mixture to create thin strands of batter.
- Bake for 5-10 minutes or until golden.
- Remove from the heat and before it cools down, bring the threads together to make one ball. Allow to cool down and harden.
- Keep in an airtight container.
For the Ginger Gastrique
- Combine all ingredients and cook until reduced and jammy.
- Pour out onto a tray and cool down, transfer mixture into a piping bag.
For the Verjuice Gel
- Whisk caster sugar and agar agar together until combined and set aside.
- Place verjuice into a pot and bring a simmer. Whisk in sugar mix and bring to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes and remove from the heat.
- Pour mixture into a tray and chill in the freezer until set.
- Once set, transfer gel into a tall canister and emulsify with an immersion blender into a liquid gel, adding extra water and ginger juice, one teaspoon at a time, until a silky gel consistency is achieved.
To Serve
- Place a pinch of crushed Honey Wafer Threads on the bottom of your serving plate, topped with a scoop of Ginger Ice Cream followed by a drizzle of Verjuice Gel and Ginger Gastrique.
- Squeeze Yoghurt Foam over the top, then top with a pile of Honey Wafer Threads and finish with a few picked elderflowers.
- Serve immediately.



















