Salted egg yolk sablé, cheese custard ice cream and botrytis by Victor Liong

Serves

10-12

Prep

45 mins

Cooking

45 mins

This is a creative use of Aurum Poultry Co.’s salted duck egg, the rich savouriness makes the sable irresistible and is the perfect pairing for the cheese and botrytis dessert wine.

Ingredients

Salted Duck Egg Sable

  • 4 x Moorabool Valley salted duck egg yolks SHOP NOW
  • 215 gm Unsalted butter
  • 110 gm Caster sugar
  • 250 gm Plain flour
  • 2 x egg yolks

Cheese Custard Ice Cream

  • 1725 ml Full cream milk
  • 300 gm Caster sugar
  • 225 gm Egg yolks
  • 250 gm Soft cheese – e.g triple cream, brie, camembert

Method

Step 1 Salted Duck Egg Sable

  • Steam salted duck egg yolks at 100˚C for 10 minutes, allow to cool slightly and push through a sieve.
  • Cream butter and sugar together, add the sieved salted-duck egg yolks, and egg yolks.
  • Mix until creamy, add flour until a smooth paste forms, don’t overwork.
  • Rest dough for 30 minutes in the fridge – after resting, form the dough into 8g balls.
  • Preheat the oven to 160˚C.
  • Lightly dust the work surface and press the dough balls with a cookie press.
  • Lay out on baking tray and bake for 8-15 minutes or until lightly golden brown.
  • Allow to cool on a cooling rack.

Step 2 Cheese Custard Ice Cream

  • Heat milk in a saucepan, until almost boiling.
  • Whisk yolks and sugar together until light and fluffy.
  • Pour a small amount of hot milk over the yolk mixture and mix well.
  • Gradually add the remaining milk to the egg, mixing after each addition.
  • Pour mixture back into a saucepan and cook over low heat, stirring with a rubber spatula to prevent overcooking and sticking.
  • Once mixture is at 80˚C, remove from the heat, blend in the cheese with a stick blender.
  • Chill in the refrigerator – once chilled churn in an ice cream maker according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Freeze.

Step 3 To Serve

  • Keep serving plate in freezer.
  • Scoop ice cream into the centre of the plate.
  • Place sable on top of ice cream scoop.
  • Pour Botrytis Semillon over ice cream and serve immediately.

Enjoy your salted egg yolk sablé, cheese custard ice cream and botrytis.

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