Recipe: Strawberry and vanilla parfait

Try this recipe of strawberry and vanilla parfait

 

Strawberry and vanilla parfait
Strawberry and vanilla parfait

Make this ever classy dessert and surprise your loved ones with this beautiful strawberry dessert.

Vanilla parfait

  1. 190gm caster sugar
  2. 5 no egg yolks
  3. 250ml double cream
  4. 2 vanilla pods
  1. To make the parfait, heat the sugar and water in a small saucepan. While the sugar is cooking begin to whisk the egg yolks on a mixer, when the sugar reaches 121°C pour the sugar onto the yolks and continue to whisk until the mixture is room temperature
  1. Gently whip the double cream with the vanilla then fold into the egg and sugar. Leave to cool in the fridge. Once cold roll the parfait mix in Clingfilm to form cylinders about 3.5cm in size. Transfer to the freezer

Strawberry gel

  1. 500ml strawberry purée
  2. 3 sprigs mint
  3. 5 gm agar agar
  1. For the strawberry gel, warm the strawberry purée, add the mint then infuse for 1 hour. Pass through a sieve into a clean pan then add the agar and heat to 72°C. Pour onto a tray and set in the fridge. Once set blitz in a blender and pass through a fine sieve

Strawberry crumble

  1. 50gm butter
  2. 50gm flour
  3. 50gm ground almonds
  4. 50gm caster sugar
  5. 50gm brown sugar
  6. 10gm chopped strawberry
  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4. To make the crumble, mix all the ingredients together on a mixer until combined, do not overwork the mix. Transfer onto a baking tray and cook for 15–20 minutes until golden brown. Leave to cool then break the crumble up into small pieces
Strawberry and vanilla parfait
Strawberry and vanilla parfait

Strawberry sorbet

  1. 350ml  stock syrup
  2. 150ml  strawberry purée
  3. 8ml lemon, juice
  1. For the strawberry sorbet mix all ingredients together and blend on a hand blender. Churn in an ice cream machine and keep in the freezer until needed

Strawberry jelly

  1. 300ml strawberry purée
  2. 2g agar agar
  3. 2 gelatin leaves
  1. For the strawberry jelly, heat the strawberry purée, add the agar and heat to 72°C. Whisk in the gelatin and pour onto an acetate sheet to a thickness of 2–3mm then chill in the fridge. Wrap around the vanilla parfait once chilled.

2.To plate, scatter the crumble around the plate and pipe dots of the strawberry gel. Arrange 2 strawberries per place and one piece of the parfait and finish with a quenelle of the sorbet.

Recipe from Hyatt Regency Gurgaon. This month, give yourself a fruity treat at Kitchen District with their flavor of the month – Strawberry.