Steamed Set Creme Brulee with Chamomile & Berries

Chef Stefan Rose celebrates the seasonal ingredients of summer with this delicate Steamed Set Crème Brûlée, infused with fragrant chamomile and finished with fresh berries. This elegant dessert brings together silky crème brûlée, gentle floral notes and vibrant seasonal fruit for a beautifully refined summer showstopper. Make sure to follow us at Candia Professional UK Instagram for more recipe inspiration. 

Chamomile Set Cream, Fresh British berries, Raspberry Sorbet 

Chamomile Set Cream 

Ingredients:                        

  • 1100g Candia Whipping Cream 
  • 30g Chamomile Tea or other flavouring

Method:

Heat cream & milk to 85-90C. Add chamomile and mix. Clingfilm and leave to infuse in fridge for 4 hours or overnight. Once infused pass through a fine sieve, reweigh the mixture with extra cream back to 1100g. 

  • 208g caster sugar
  • 208g egg yolks
  • 208g egg whites

Heat the cream again to 80C. Slowly pour hot cream onto egg mix with sugar, adding slowly. Chill overnight.

The next day, pass through a fine sieve and use the sauce gun to put into moulds. Steam at 80C 100% humidity 3/5 fan until just cooked with a tiny wobble for around 45-50 minutes. Remove from the oven, leave for 1 hour at room temperature before freezing. 

Puffed Quinoa Crispy Base

Ingredients:                                                 

  • 60g Puffed Quinoa                                                      
  • 120g Feuillitine                                                             
  • 150g White Chocolate                                                                  
  • 70g Cocoa butter                                                         
  • 30g Vegetable oil                                                                            
  • 1g Fine salt                                                  

Method:

Roast the Puffed Quinoa at 160C for 3/5 Fan for 15 minutes to make crunchy. 

Melt together white chocolate and cocoa butter. Combine with dry ingredients, mould, set in fridge or freezer before demoulding. 

Berry Jus/Consommé 

Ingredients:

  • 3kg of frozen Berries
  • 600g Caster Sugar

Method:

Place a mixture of Frozen berries, Strawberries, Raspberries, Blueberries etc as per your preference together with the caster sugar in a large metal bowl. Cover with cling film and steam over a Bain Marie for 3 hours until soft, pass off and leave the fruit hanging in the fridge to extract as much juice as possible. If desired, thicken very slightly with a tiny touch of xanthan gum whisked in before straining. 

Garnish 

Caster sugar, to caramelise custard

Selection of Fresh Berries

Fresh Herbs, such as Lemon Verbena or Mico Basil.

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