Recipe created and prepared by graduates of Institut Paul Bocuse – Promotion 2016
Servings: Recipe for 10 verrines
Keywords: Carrot Rainbow
Ingredients
Vegetable Stock
- 1l water
- 100g orange carrots
- 70g turnip
- 70g celeriac
- 30g celery stalks
- 20g leeks
- 70g brown onion, peeled and finely diced
- 1 bouquet garni (thyme and bay leaf)
- 10g Elle & Vire® Gourmet Butter
Yellow Carrot Puree
- 200g yellow carrots
- 0.1l vegetable stock
- 30g brown onion, peeled and finely diced
- 40g Elle & Vire® Gourmet Butter
- 5g rice vinegar
- 4g Imperator Curry
White Carrot Puree with Ginger
- 200g white carrots, peeled and roughly diced
- 30g brown onion, peeled and diced
- 10g fresh ginger
- 100g vegetable stock
- 20g Elle & Vire® Gourmet Butter
- 0.05l Elle & Vire® Excellence Whipping Cream
- 2g sugar
- 5g rice vinegar
Purple Carrot Jelly
- 250g purple carrots
- 40g premium quality balsamic vinegar
- 4g sheet gelatine (gold strength), softened in cold water
- Salt and black pepper
Pickled Carrot Brunoise and Triangles
- 50g yellow carrots
- 50g white carrots
- 50g orange carrots
- 40g white wine vinegar
- 0.2l water
- 3g mustard seeds
- 3g black peppercorns
- 4g coriander seeds
- 5g garlic
- 4g salt
- 5g sugar
- 25g softened gelatine per litre
Baby Carrots
- 5 baby carrots with tops, washed and peeled
Purple Carrot Crisps
- 150g purple carrots, washed and peeled
- 2l frying oil
Procedure
Vegetable Stock
- Finely dice the vegetables without peeling them.
- Sweat the onion and leeks in butter then add the remaining vegetables and the bouquet garni.
- Cover with water. Cover and simmer gently for 1 hour.
- Season then strain to obtain a clear stock.
Yellow Carrot Puree
- Sweat the onions in butter then add the carrots.
- Submerge in the vegetable stock.
- Add the vinegar, Curry Imperator and season.
- Once the vegetables are cooked, mix and whisk in the butter. Chill and transfer into a piping bag.
White Carrot Puree with Ginger
- Use the same method as for the yellow carrot purée, just add ginger and cream during cooking.
Purple Carrot Jelly
- Extract the juice of the purple carrots using a juicer.
- Combine the carrot juice with the balsamic vinegar reduced to a glaze, salt and pepper and the gelatine sheets.
- Keep the jelly at room temperature.
Pickled Carrot Brunoise and Triangles
- Cut 3/4 of the carrots to a brunoise.
- Cut the remaining 1/4 into 2mm thick slices using a mandolin, then cut into 3cm long right-angled triangles.
- Crush the coriander seeds and crack the black pepper.
- Place these spices, the mustard seeds and the chopped garlic into a cloth bag.
- Add vinegar, water, sugar and salt to the mixture.
- Bring to boil then add the carrot brunoises and triangles. Simmer for 4 mins, cover and leave to infuse for 1 hour.
- Cool and leave to marinade for 24 hours.
- When ready to use, drain the pickles and pat dry.
- Incorporate the gelatine to thicken the marinade.
- Before presentation, glaze the carrot brunoise and triangles with this mixture.
Baby Carrots
- Tie the bunch of carrots by the tops: boil in salted water, cool in iced water and pat dry.
- Cut into quarters.
- Glaze with some of the thickened marinade.
Purple Carrot Crisps
- Use the mandolin to slice the carrots to a thickness of 2mm.
- Fry in oil at 311°F for 2 mins until crisp, but do not brown.
Assembly and Decoration
- Garnish the hot verrine with a layer of the yellow carrot purée.Set in the freezer.
- Repeat the operation with the white carrot purée.
- Repeat again with the purple carrot jelly and place in the refrigerator to set.
- Decorate each verrine with two baby carrot quarters.
- In the centre, form a dome with a half teaspoonful of the brunoise cut pickle.
- Place one triangle of each of the yellow, orange and purple carrots in.