Spring Recipes with a Thai Touch from Iniala Beach House
With the Spring season around the corner, Chef Eneko Atxa from Aziamendi restaurant, Iniala Beach House in Thailand, prepared exclusive recipes with a Thai touch celebrating the Spring theme. Please see below;
Morning Glory Ravioli
For the pasta:
40 gr AP Flour
40 gr Bread Flour
55 mL Water
Mix all the ingredients by hand, kneading to make a smooth dough. Wrap and store in the fridge.
For the Filling:
400 gr Morning Glory
3 Cloves Garlic
3 Thai Chili
Olive Oil
Heat a rondeau and cook the chopped garlic and chopped Thai chili in the olive oil. When starting to get brown, add the morning glory leaves and cook quickly until soft and tender. Quickly pour into a hotel pan over ice to cool quickly. Chop finely, remove any excess water and store in a piping bag.
For the Sauce:
100 gr Vegetarian Oyster Sauce
50 gr Soy Sauce
50 gr Vegetable Stock
25 gr Brown Sugar
Bring all the items up to a boil. Add resource to thicken, strain and reserve.
Final Presentation:
Roll out the pasta dough until the gluten has been developed and then roll until very thin. Cut into 6cm circles. Place a small amount of filling in the center of the dough and make the form of a ravioli, sealing with water. Boil 3 pieces of ravioli in salted water for 3 minutes. Strain and place on top of a brush of sauce on a rectangle plate. Garnish with garlic chips, Thai chili, and flowers.
Avocado Pit
500 g Fresh Avocado
15 g Lemon Juice
5 g Tabasco
Salt
Pepper
Chili Powder
Mix all ingredients in a blender until smooth and season to taste. Pass through a fine chinois and place into molds in the shape of an avocado pit. Freeze.
Cocoa Butter
Brown Coloring
Yellow Dok Kem
Melt the cocoa butter and mix with brown coloring. When room temperature, dip the frozen avocado puree to coat and let cool. Defrost in the chiller and plate with avocado skin, shaved avocado and yellow dok kem.
Egg Flan with Thai Flavors (6 pax)
Caramelized Pecans:
300 g Pecans
500 g Water
500 g Sugar
Boil the sugar and water to make a syrup. Add the pecans and boil for 10 minutes. Strain and place on a silpat to dry. Fry at 190̊C until golden brown. Store in a cool, dry place.
Cocoa Butter:
400 g Cocoa Butter
0.2 g Orange Coloring
Pumpkin Cream:
300 g Pumpkin
150 g Milk
50 g Cream
1 Vanilla Bean
10 g Dark Brown Sugar
Peel the pumpkin and dice into small pieces. Put all ingredients into a small pot and cook slowly until all the liquid is absorbed. Puree in a blender, strain through a chinois and cool down.
Egg Cream:
125 g Sugar
500 g Milk
6 Egg Yolks
200 g Pumpkin Cream
0.5g Xanthan Gum
Heat the milk. Mix the egg yolks and the sugar with a whisk and slowly temper in the hot milk. Return to a low heat on an induction burner and cook until thick and frothy, to nappe. Immediately strain through a fine chinois over ice. Stir constantly while cooling. When cold, mix in pumpkin cream and xantham gum and fill the Duosil H egg molds. Freeze, unmold and store in the freezer. One at a time, poke with a skewer and carefully dip into the cocoa butter, spinning 3 times.
Toffee:
100 g Sugar
55 g Glucose
250 g Cream
45 g Butter
Caramelize the sugar and glucose together until reaching a blonde caramel. Add the hot cream and boil without stopping to stir. Cook until 122̊C. Keep room temperature and store in a squeeze bottle.