
Carbonara Éclair with bacon foam and egg yolk cream
Savoury mini-éclair filled with egg yolk cream, Parmesan gel and bacon crumble. Finished with bacon foam, pecorino and chives.Ingredients
100gGrana Padano 1/8 wedge
1units.itemsPro espuma Calent
50gChopped shallot
1lUnsweetened whipping cream 35%
Pepper and salt
250gJulienne smoked bacon strips Loca Zav
250gWater
4gDashinomoto fish spices powder
Pepper and salt
1lFree-range egg yolk liquid
200gGrana Padano 1/8 wedge
500gWater
Agar gelification
5gSalt
Onion with bacon Primerba
Mini eclairs 5.5x3cm
Black pepper Lampong whole pure
Crispy bacon crumble
Pecorino Nero di Sicilia
Chive sleeve
Preparation
- Sauté the shallot with the bacon until the bacon is cooked, without coloring.
- Deglaze the mixture with the cream and water.
- Add the dashi powder and bring to a boil. Let this mixture simmer gently for 5 minutes on low heat.
- Remove from the heat, add the parmesan cheese, and blend with an immersion blender
- Season the egg yolk with salt and pepper and vacuum seal.
- Cook the egg yolk sous-vide in a steam oven at 70°C for 12 minutes.
- Knead the sous-vide bag and check if the desired thickness has been reached. Otherwise, check every 2 minutes until the consistency is as desired. Once the desired thickness is achieved, immediately cool in ice water.
- Vacuum all ingredients together and steam sous-vide for 3.5 hours at 95°C.
- Strain through a cloth and cool down.
- After cooling, skim off the fat and weigh the mass.
- For every 100g of liquid, add 1.2g Agar Agar and 8g primerba.
- Bring the liquid to a boil with the agar and primerba over low heat and let it simmer gently for 1 minute.
- Let cool, and after cooling, blend until smooth with a blender to make a gel.
- Cut the chives into fine rings.
- Grind the black pepper using a mortar and pestle (some texture may remain).
- Make a hole in the éclair and fill it with egg yolk cream.
- Pipe a line of parmesan gel from left to right over the éclair.
- Sprinkle with bacon crumble and grate pecorino over it using a microplane.
- Finish with chives and black pepper.
- Pipe a dollop of bacon cream onto a plate and gently place the éclair on top.
