
Fig and nut parcel
Creation by Lars de Bois, De Vrienden van Jacob restaurant, Santpoort, the Netherlands.
Ingredients
| 800 g | fig coulis |
| 4 leaves | gelatin |
| 12 g | agar agar |
| 8 g | pectin |
| 1 g | salt |
| 2 g | citric acid |
| 125 g | sugar |
| 20 g | sorbitol |
| — | nut and raisin mix |
Instructions
- Bring the fig coulis and sugar to the boil.
- Add the agar agar and pectin and allow to cook through thoroughly.
- Add the sorbitol, salt, and gelatin, and lastly add the citric acid.
- Pour into a container and set aside to firm up.
- Finely blend the mixture in a blender, spread out thinly on a tray, and leave to dry at room temperature.
- Cut out squares measuring 10x10cm.
- Fill the parcels with the nut and raisin mix.
- Seal the parcels using a sealing tool.
Serving suggestions: • As a sweet amuse-bouche or as part of a selection of friandises.