Fig Leaf Milk Veil Recipe - Great British Chefs

Fig Leaf Milk Veil Recipe - Great British Chefs

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This wonderfully ethereal dessert captures the light like a stained glass window – and it tastes as good as it looks. Strawberries, flowers and herbs are sandwiched between sheets of filo pastry,...

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Ingredients

  • 2kg whole milk
  • 200g of caster sugar
  • 20g of fig leaves
  • 1 dash of fig leaf olive oil
  • 1 pinch of xanthan gum
  • 1.2l water
  • 100g of caster sugar
  • 4 lemongrass sticks, bruised and chopped
  • 1 vanilla pod, split and seeds scraped
  • 30g of lemon juice
  • 1kg strawberry purée, Ollie uses Boiron brand Mara des Bois purée
  • 395g of whipping cream
  • 80g of mascarpone
  • 40g of caster sugar
  • 10g of gelatine leaves, soaked in cold water for 10 minutes
  • 1/2 vanilla pod, split and seeds scraped
  • 150g of whipping cream
  • 37g of whole milk
  • 117g of liquid glucose
  • 75g of caster sugar
  • 53g of unsalted butter, cold and diced
  • 0.75g of fine salt, (1 very small pinch)
  • 1 handful of strawberries, finely sliced
  • 16 sheets of filo pastry, trimmed into neat rectangles
  • cold-pressed rapeseed oil, for brushing
  • 1 handful of edible flowers, such as marigolds and pansies
  • basil leaves
  • fennel fronds

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