Tomato Canelonni or Soup

This weeks been very busy planning some new events hopefully this September, but enough on that I will fill the blanks in soon.

Our table 8 is getting very popular for the people with dietary requirements like Gluten free etc.. I asked about what do you miss since you have been GF and they miss canelonni and crunble and they only eat chicken and turkey... Ok I can do this so given the information I made a canelonni sheet from basil juice tomato marshmallow, a few home grown heirloom cherry tomato, cucumber vermacilli some colour and herbs and looks great as a salad but I want it hot so I decided to add som hot truffle and mushroom consomee and WOW want a fantastic soup...

Chocolate

I have to say I love chocolate, and until now thought I knew a thing or two about it. Well after speaking to a master chocolate pastry chef, I and happy I stand here corrected.

I am haapy to meet Gerhard from Zokoko Chocolate company close to us and he has taught me alot about his own blend. After tasting some of his blends I am very impressed and have now realised my new life with this chocolate has begun.

Gerhard Petzl has an outstanding resume and it is must for any chef or pastry lover to check out his blog and website so start from here http://www.foreverart.at/.

So for a friends Birthday I was asked to organise a cake and finding his passion for his martial arts the cake was chocolate with a rich gananch. The it was lined with fondant. I had an artist hand paint the artwork on. I made white chocolate candles filled with a rich caramel filling.  Using the gelatine sugar  pastry mix the blade and handle was created to represent the Tanto or Japanese knife. A stand was crafted using the chocolate and sugar mix combined and painted to give an authentic look. Later when I present the cake at the birthday it will be served with instant chocolate mousse ice cream using the siphone and Liquid Nitrogen. I will post some pics later after the party.......... I hope they enjoy this treat

Chocolate Tasting plate

Hot Chocolate, Biscotti, flourless cake, geltao, beetroot and pistachio cotton candy

Vegetable plate

Tomato, Pumpkin, sesame seeds, balsamic fluid gel

Fruit Salad

Pretty simple the usual Kiwi Fruit Paper, Carrot leather, pimento sorbet, rocket, cilantro, berries

Table 8 vigens only night

This was challenging yet alot of fun. a table of vigens so no dairy no animal product of any sort. lots to choose but what will work in the middle of a very busy service. I remembered when I got to see the team at Moto in Chicago they had a vigen Nachos, so thanks to Moto I recreated the Nachos- no dairy no meat and they thought I was serving them a real nachos.