Ingredients
Chocolate delice
140ml full fat milk
325ml double cream
2 free-range eggs
340g good quality dark chocolate, minimum 70 per cent cocoa solids, roughly chopped
Malt ice cream
600ml whole milk
600ml double cream
60ml liquid glucose
1 vanilla pod
210g egg yolks
240g caster sugar
2 or 3tbspmalt extract (depending on your personal taste)
Honeycomb
75g honey
140g glucose
400g sugar
5tbspwater
25g bicarbonate soda
Method
Chocolate delice
Heat the milk and cream in a saucepan, heat gently until it just starts to boil.Whisk the eggs in a bowl. And melt the chocolate over a ban-maire.As the milk comes to the boil, pour it over the eggs, then whisk constantly until thick and smooth.Stir in the melted chocolate until smooth.Transfer the mixture to a tray lined with parchment paper and put in the fridge to set. Its a good idea to line the bottom with a thin sponge base.Allow to set for at least 5 hours. Then remove from the tray and using a hot knife or ring mould portion the delice.
Malt ice cream
Put the milk, cream and glucose in a sauce pan, scrape the inside of the vanilla pod into it. Bring to the boil.Whisk the egg yolks and sugar together until white and thick in texture.Whisk the boiling liquid into the egg yolks and sugar, transfer to a clean pan.Stir the mixture continuously over a low heat, until it coats the back of your spoon.Add the malt extract.Once cool pass through a fine sieve and churn in the ice cream machine until frozen then store in the freezer.
Honeycomb
Boil the water, sugar, glucose and honey until golden brown not burnt, approx.145 degrees.Add the bicarbonate soda and pour on to a tray to set.Once cool break into small pieces.
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