Mushroom and Tofu Custard
With picked vegetables and beetroot gazpacho
Recipe by Archer Houghton
2024 Golden Chef of the Year
Ingredients
Mushroom and Tofu Custard
- 200g mushrooms
- 200g Tofu
- 40ml White wine
- 3 Eggs
- Soy sauce
- Salt
- Pepper
Pickle Liquid
- 50ml White wine vinegar
- 100ml Water
- Pinch Salt
- 15g Sugar
- 4 Pepper corns
- 1cm Chilli
- 1 Clove
Pickled Veg
- 4 Baby beetroot
- 4 Carrots
- 8 Green beans
Beetroot gazpacho
- 6 baby beetroots
- 8 cherry tomatoes
- Pickle liquid
- ¼ clove garlic
- 1/8 onion
- Water
- Xanthan gum
Tuile
- 50g Beetroot juice
- 50g flour
- 25g Egg whites
- 1g Salt
Method
Mushroom and Tofu Custard
1. Slice mushrooms then add to a pot with hot oil fry off to give mushrooms a little colour then add wine and cook mushroom until soft.
2. Blend mushrooms with tofu, season with soy sauce, salt and pepper.
3. Add 1 egg per 100ml and then poor into moulds and cook at 85 °C for 17-20min.
Pickle Liquid
1. Place all ingredients into a pot whisk then bring to a boil and strain once boiled.
Pickled Veg
1. Cut all veg into slices and place into containers then fill with boiling pickle liquid.
Beetroot Gazpacho
1. Peel the beetroot and cut into small pieces, place in a processor and blend until smooth, pass through a sieve, season and thicken with xanthan gum.
Tuile
1. Mix all ingredients in a bowl and then spread onto a silicone mould and cook in the oven for 6-8 minutes at 175 °C.
To Serve
1. Cut out the centre of the custards leaving a ring then place that ring on the plate in the centre, arrange picked vegetables on top then place the tuile on top of the vegetables. Pour the gazpacho into a jug and serve.
Chefs Note: This is a GF, Vegetarian Dish