Recipe Heart of Tender Mini Vegetables with Castaño Garlic.
Hello!
Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, but but for most latecomers, we bring you another Romantic Recipe.
The presentation of this dish has us all crazy in love, and it is a perfect and healthy recipe to celebrate these days.
Happy Valentine's Day!
Method
Peel and roughly chop the cloves of Castaño garlic.
Peel the mini carrots and cut into small rounds
Repeat with the mini courgettes, cutting them into slices.
Pour the isomalt sugar in one go into a small saucepan over a low heat and leave to cook until it reaches a transparent liquid form.
Next, add a few drops of red food colouring, give everything a good stir, and leave over the heat for a few minutes, until the mixture reaches about 130 ºC. At this point, remove from the heat and leave to temper for a few seconds.
Pour the mixture into a hemisphere baking mould, making sure to spread it out evenly along all the edges. Leave to cool and remove from the mould once chilled and completely set in a solid shape.
Add a good lug of olive oil to a pan over a medium heat and then add the garlic, courgettes and carrots. Once golden, remove from the heat.
FINISHING THE DISH:
Use a sheet of baking paper to draw and cut out a heart, which will provide you will your stencil. Place the heart in the middle of a flat plate and sprinkle the beet powder over the edges. Carefully remove the stencil to reveal the romantic design beneath.
Arrange the sautéed vegetables and Castaño garlic in the middle of the heart, and place the sweet caramel dome just off-centre in the corner.
Pour a little of the remaining oil from the frying pan over the top, season to taste and enjoy the dish with good company.
CHEF'S TIPS_Miguel Ángel Mateos:
- In order to get the heart shape right, before sprinkling over the beet powder, you can wet the tip of your finger and pass it gently over the plate following the edge of the stencil, which will cause the powder to stick and make it easier to get the right shape.
- You can add whatever mini vegetables take your fancy, which you can combine to your taste.
- The garlic cloves should first be cooked over a low heat until softened, at which point you can turn up theheat so that they begin to take on a golden colour.
- Make sure to take care when using the isomalt sugar, as it burns just like normal caramel, only is a little easier to work with.