Bring some old-school romance to your Valentine’s day with these ever-so-sweet Love Letters. These tasty clotted cream and rhubarb mousse bites are the perfect light bite after an indulgent Valentine’s meal.
Clotted cream and rhubarb mousse
Vanilla mix
Ingredients65g egg yolk 50g whole egg 125g caster sugar 135g vanilla infused water 62g butter |
MethodIn a large pan heat vanilla infused water. Combine whole eggs, egg yolks and sugar in a separate bowl. Pour vanilla water onto egg mixture combine and transfer back into the pan. Cook to 84°c. Strain and chill to 35°c. Blend in the butter and use straight away. |
Mousse
Ingredients310g vanilla mix 100g clotted cream 140g double cream 20g Sosa instangel 4 sticks of rhubarb (diced and cooked) |
MethodBlend the instangel into the vanilla mix. Blend the clotted cream into vanilla mix. Semi whip the double crema and fold into mixture. Lastly fold through the rhubarb pieces and pipe into moulds. Place in freezer. |
Spray
Ingredients |
MethodOnce mousses are fully frozen, turn out and place onto a flat tray. Spray mousses with velvet spray ensuring an even full coverage. Place back into freezer until ready for use. |
Rhubarb gel
Ingredients200g rhubarb puree 150g stock syrup 25g rhubarb and ginger gin |
MethodCombine and blend all ingredients together. Leave mixture to hydrate for a minimum of 30 minutes. Blend again for final texture and gloss. |
Poached rhubarb
Ingredients300g water 150g caster sugar 75g rhubarb and ginger gin 3 stalks rhubarb (cut into desired size piece) |
MethodHeat water, sugar and rhubarb gin. Place chopped rhubarb in liquor. Cook rhubarb in poaching liquor until just cooked but still has a bite to it. |
Rhubarb crisps
Ingredients1 stalk fresh rhubarb 100g stock syrup (equal quantities of sugar and water) |
MethodCut rhubarb down into desired size piece. Use a peeler to peel very fine slices of the rhubarb. Place into the stock syrup to coat. Lay out each crisp on to dehydrator tray. Dry until fully crisp. |
Vanilla milk foam
Ingredients100g whole milk 10g Sosa glucose |
MethodHeat together the ingredients to 80°c. Using a hand blender buxx the mixture to create a foam. Scoop off the bubbles on to a dehydrator tray. Dehydrate until crispy. |
Assembly
MethodArrange the desired amount of each recipe on the plate. |