
Recipes courtesy of Chef Jeff McCarthy (mrjeffmccarthy.com)
Caramel Popcorn Tuile
2 cups sugar
3 cups popped popcorn
Sea salt to taste
1. Dry caramel, pour out, set and grind
2. Dry popcorn in oven 10 minutes in a low oven, grind to a powder
3. Spread sugar powder into an even, 1/8 inch thick layer, evenly coat that with popcorn powder
4. Bake until caramel melts, then cool and break into pieces
Raspberry Panna Cotta
350 g raspberry puree
350 g heavy cream
Vanilla bean scraped
100 g sugar (to taste)
7 sheets gelatin (bloomed)
Bloom gelatin in cold water, drain
Scale the heavy cream into a sauce pot and add the vanilla bean, cover and steep thirty minutes
Strain out vanilla and add bloomed, drained gelatin. Whisk thoroughly to melt gelatin
Pour the panna cotta into desired mold and chill until set
Warm White Chocolate Foam
265 g heavy cream
1.5 g agar agar
100 g white chocolate
6 egg whites
1. Heat the heavy cream to scald, whisk in the agar and boil 1 minute
2. Pour over white chocolate and chill thoroughly
3. Blend the chilled/hard mass in a blended until smooth and creamy to make a fluid gel
4. Whip the egg whites to soft peaks and fold then fold them into the fluid gel
5. Transfer to a siphon and charge with 1 cartridge. Set in hot tap water (130) to warm through