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Chocolate and Beetroot

Name: Chocolate and Beetroot
Yield: 6
Ingredients: rock salt, for roasting; 5 medium sized beetroots; 150g frozen blackberries, defrosted; 1 egg white; ¼ cup icing sugar; oil, for greasing; 1kg frozen blackberries; 505g caster sugar; 120g glucose syrup; 7g citric acid; 20g pectin; white sugar, for coating; 6 sprigs thyme, leaves picked; 50ml cabernet sauvignon vinegar; 20g caster sugar; reserved beetroot purée; 1 x 140g beetroot, peeled and thinly sliced on a mandolin; 20g roasted and peeled hazelnuts; 15g flaked almonds; 20g macadamia nuts, roughly chopped; 80g oats; 20g sunflower seeds; 1 tsp ground ginger; 2 tbsp honey; 15g spicy glacé ginger, finely chopped; 20g dried blueberries; 15g toasted coconut chips; 150g 70% Callebaut dark chocolate callets; 150g 55% Callebaut chocolate callets; 50g 70% Callebaut chocolate callets

Gary Mehigan

Judge · 11 May 2017

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Serves

Components

Ingredients

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Season

Ingredients

Semi Freddo

rock salt, for roasting

5medium sized beetroots

150gfrozen blackberries, defrosted

1egg white

¼ cupicing sugar

Blackberry Jubes

oil, for greasing

1kgfrozen blackberries

505gcaster sugar

120gglucose syrup

7gcitric acid

20gpectin

white sugar, for coating

6 sprigsthyme, leaves picked

Pickled Beetroot and Crispy Beetroot Discs

50mlcabernet sauvignon vinegar

20gcaster sugar

reserved beetroot purée

1 x 140gbeetroot, peeled and thinly sliced on a mandolin

Ginger Granola

20groasted and peeled hazelnuts

15gflaked almonds

20gmacadamia nuts, roughly chopped

80goats

20gsunflower seeds

1 tspground ginger

2 tbsphoney

15gspicy glacé ginger, finely chopped

20gdried blueberries

15gtoasted coconut chips

Tempered Chocolate Discs

150g70% Callebaut dark chocolate callets

Chocolate Mousse

150g55% Callebaut chocolate callets

50g70% Callebaut chocolate callets

80ghazelnut oil

250mlthickened cream

Garnish

Micro red vein sorrel

Thyme leaves

Fresh blackberries

Method

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Tagged

ChocolateThymeBeetrootAlmondsMacadamiaHazelnutIcing SugarBlackberriesCaster SugarThickened CreamEgg WhitesDessert

Recipe by Gary Mehigan. Originally published by Network 10 on 11 May 2017.

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