And the beet goes on

Method

How to make And the beet goes on

For the chocolate torte:
1) Preheat oven to 180C/Gas 4.

2) Combine the chocolate, butter and golden syrup and melt over a double boiler. In a stand mixer whip the eggs, vanilla and sugar together for several minutes, pour in the melted chocolate, and all of the dry ingredients. Mix together and spread onto a greased 1/2 sheet pan. Bake in oven for 30 mins.

For the beet ice cream:
1) Wash and juice the beets. Simmer the juice 2 hrs, until it is reduced by 2/3. In a separate pot combine the milk and sugar and bring to a boil, temper in your egg yolks. Add the cream and beet juice and freeze according to the ice cream machine instructions.

For the sugar beet paper:
1) Preheat oven to 95 degrees C.

2) Rinse the beets and place in a steamer. Steam until soft. Cool the beets, peel them, chop them up and place them in a blender with the golden syrup and egg white and blend until totally smooth.

2) Spread in a very thin layer on to a silpat and bake in oven for 1 to 2 hrs, until dry and crisp.

3) To assemble cut the torte into circles using a 7.5cm circular cookie cutter. Place a thumbnail-sized drop of chocolate sauce on the plate and streak it using the back side of the spoon. Place the disk of torte onto the plate and a scoop of the beet ice cream directly on top of the torte. Place several large shards of the beet paper into the ice cream and different angles and sprinkle a pinch of the shiso salt on the ice cream and the plate.

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