Part 1: True Dark Granita
Ingredients
Method- 1,000g Rice Milk
- 90g Sugar
- 15g deZaan True Dark Cocoa Powder
- 1g Salt
- 9g Vanilla Extract
- Combine all the ingredients and blend them until the sugar has dissolved.
- Place the mixture in a large container and store it in the freezer.
- After 30 minutes, whisk the mixture. Repeat every 20-30 minutes until the mixture is completely frozen and fluffy.
- You can reserve as is and scoop per order, or portion into single servings – 1.5 cup/175g. Keep frozen.
Part 2: Pear Sorbet
Ingredients
Method- 500g Water
- 100g Glucose
- 350g Granulated Sugar
- 1,000g Pear Puree
- 20g Lemon Juice
- 8g Vanilla Bean Paste
- 1g Salt
- 2g Stabilizer
- Blend the water, sugar, and salt until dissolved.
- Blend in the remaining ingredients until smooth and strain.
- Rest overnight before spinning.
- Blend once more right before spinning.
Part 3: Port Jam
Ingredients
Method- 1,360g Seedless Dark Grapes
- 127g Water
- 200g Port
- 255g Granulated Sugar
- 35g Pectin
- 4g Vanilla Paste
- 90g Lemon Juice
- Combine the grapes, water, and port. Bring to a boil.
- Blend with a hand blender into small chunks.
- Add the sugar, pectin, vanilla, and lemon juice. Cook to 104°C/220°F.
Part 4: Assembly
Ingredients
Method- Sliced Grapes
- Gold Leaf
- Gold Dusted Almond Pieces
- Take two half spheres and line them with plastic wrap. In each sphere, fill in with the true dark granita. Leave a divot in the center of each one.
- Place a scoop of the pear sorbet in the center of one of the half spheres.
- Press the two halves together to form a full sphere. Freeze until needed.
- Place the port jam in the center of the plate and push out to the edges.
- Create a circle in the center of the place with the slices of grape.
- Unmold the true dark granita sphere and place it in the center of the plate and grapes.
- Garnish with a gold leaf.
- Sprinkle the gold-dusted almonds around the granita sphere.
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