LAWRENCE MURPHY: Jammy figs for a simple dessert
There is something quite beautiful about a fig with its curvy shape and deep purple colour.
If one of our suppliers just mentions them I have to buy at least a kilo to munch on as I decide how to get them on the menu.
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The almost jammy centre makes them ideal for a simple dessert, drizzled with honey with a spoonful mascarpone.
It is with this idea that the following dessert came about, replacing the mascarpone with yoghurt and making an iced parfait.
I’m sure parfaits were invented when a chef forgot to put gelatine in a mousse and just froze the result.
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Ingredients
1 egg white
35g sugar
125ml plain yoghurt
50ml double cream
8 figs
Honey
Method
1. Whisk the egg white with an electric whisk for three minutes.
2. Continue to whisk and slowly add
the sugar until the white becomes
firm.
3. In a separate bowl whisk the
cream until soft peaks form.
4. Add the yoghurt to the cream
and fold in.
5 Fold in the whisked egg white.
6 Pipe into four moulds and freeze
for at least four hours.
7 Remove the parfait from the
moulds and put onto four plates.
Cut the figs in half and arrange on
the plates. Drizzle with honey and
serve.