Terra Rossa Bacon Cookie with Carbon Black Whiskey Ganache

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Part 1: Cookie

Ingredients

80g Butter A (for rendering)
70g Butter B
80g Bacon (chopped)
130g Brown Sugar
60g Caster Sugar
40g Whole Egg
20g Whisky
30g Cocoa Powder (either Terra Rossa or Deep Russet)
60g Cake Flour
100g Plain Flour
10g Tapioca Starch
4g Corn Starch
2g Baking Soda
2g Fine Salt
3g Sea Salt Flakes

Method

Render bacon with butter A until golden brown and crisp, remove from heat and set aside a third of the crisp bacon for garnish.
While butter A is still hot, stir in butter B to infuse all the butter. Place in a bowl and leave in the fridge to cool overnight.
Next day, in a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light.
Stream in the egg and whisky into the batter and mix well.
Sift all the dry ingredients except sea salt flakes and incorporate well into the batter.
Allow the batter to rest in the fridge for at least 20 minutes and prepare a flat tray lined with parchment paper.
After resting, divide into balls of 80g and place on tray with parchment paper with at least an inch distance away from the sides or other balls. Rest in the fridge for another 45 minutes.
Sprinkle the sea salt flakes on the dough balls and bake in a 210C pre-heated oven for 12-14 mins.
Cool completely on tray before removing to chill until firm enough to dip in the whisky ganache.

Part 2: Whisky Ganache

Ingredients

178g Double (Heavy) Cream
63g Sugar
60g Black Cocoa Powder
3g Vanilla Essence
70g Butter
50g Whisky

Method

To make the ganache, mix all ingredients in a pot and bring it up to 65°C and blend until homogenous.
Cool the ganache to room temperature.

Part 3: Assembly

Method

Ensure that the cookies are cold and firm
Dip half of the cookies in the room temperature ganache and drip off excess ganache before placing back on a tray
Before the ganache complete sets, sprinkle the extra crisp bacon and sea salt flakes on the cookie
Allow it to rest and firm up completely in the fridge before eating.

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