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Cep feuilleté, lemon emulsion and Cupid’s arrow
- October 2017
Try this crunchy and elegant starter for all your festive meals!
Ingredients – 4 servings
- 800g ceps
- 4 eggs
- 4 vol-au-vents
- Daregal frozen shallots
- Red Pepper and Rosemary Crayon de Coulis
- Beetroot and Ginger Crayon de Coulis
- Yellow Pepper and Lemon Thyme Crayon de Coulis
- 60g Parmesan
- 3 organic lemons
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 10g butter
Instructions
- Quarter the ceps, then sauté them over a high heat until they are golden brown, then add the butter and shallots and set aside.
- Cut the lemons into 8, put them in a small saucepan with the sugar, the olive oil and water to cover, then boil hard to reduce until the mixture becomes syrupy.
- Using a hand mixer, beat the eggs for 10 minutes, then cook them in a bain-marie.
- Place the vol-au-vents filled with the ceps, some Parmesan shavings and some lemon syrup into a preheated oven at 210°C and bake for 10 minutes.
Plating
- When they come out of the oven, place a large spoonful of frothy egg on top of the ceps and decorate with a Cupid’s arrow made up of three different types of coulis: red pepper and rosemary, beetroot and ginger, and yellow pepper and lemon thyme.