
Vegan Foie
Vegan Foie of carrot caramel, cashew nut pâté, amlou and orange.Jonathan Zandbergen Restaurant Merlet*Ingredients
1lWater
2units.itemsBay leaves
4units.itemsCloves
1units.itemsOrange peel
60gCocoa butter
400gcashew nuts
1Black peppercorns
30gtahini
20gmarmite
45gWhite miso
60gcoconut fat
35mlCognac
15mlTruffle oil
2.5gshiitake powder
30mlwhite port
2gSalt
450gcarrot purée
75gisomaltose
15gGlucose
60gPowdered sugar
500gwhite almonds
100mlroasted argan oil
6gFleur de sel
50gflower honey
100gSugar
15units.itemsOranges
orange cream
Amlou
carrot caramel
almond slivers
Marigold
Preparation
- Bring the water together with the orange peel, bay leaf, clove, and black pepper to a boil and pour over the cashew nuts. Soak for 24 hours.
- Sieve the nuts and discard the rest.
- Blend the nuts together with the remaining ingredients into a smooth paté.
- Pour into the desired mold and let set in the refrigerator. We use small silicone molds.
- Blend everything together in the thermoblender for 8 minutes on setting 10.
- Sieve and spread the puree onto stencil mats.
- Dry in the oven for 25 minutes at 120°C. Immediately shape the caramel into a desert rose and let cool.
- Roast the almonds in an oven at 150°C until golden brown (about 8 minutes). Let cool.
- Blend the almonds together with honey, argan oil, and salt into a fine paste in the blender.
- Peel the oranges, save them for later, and remove the white pith from the peel with a knife.
- Cover the peels with water and bring to a boil, cook for 30 seconds and drain the water. Repeat 4 more times.
- Add the sugar on the 4th time. Bring to a boil and let confit for 1 hour on low heat.
- Juice the oranges and reduce the juice by 50%.
- Sieve the candied peels and blend into a smooth puree with the reduced orange juice.
- Finely chop the almond slivers and roll the paté balls in them.
- Pipe some amlou in the center and 6 dots of orange cream around it. Arrange the marigold leaves in a wreath and place the whole in a carrot caramel (rose).
- Serve the bites on a desert rose.
- For the carrot caramel, see step 2.



