Chefs Allan Pineda and Jeremy Senaris
Contemporary Filipino cuisine menu
Similar in consistency to leche custard flan, a popular Filipino dessert, Jeremy’s version is amped up with matcha green tea. Purple ube crumble, delicate matcha meringue cookies, and calamansi curd complete this plated palette.
Ingredients
Panna Cotta
2 1/4 cups whipping cream
1/2 cup milk
2/3 cup sugar
1 Tbsp matcha green tea powder
2 tsp powdered gelatin
2 Tbsp hot water
Coconut Tuile
1 Tbsp flour
1/2 Tbsp sugar
2/3 cup water
3 Tbsp vegetable oil (keep 1 Tbsp for frying)
2 tsp of coconut extract
Calamansi Curd
1 1/3 cup calamansi juice
1/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp powder gelatin
4 Tbsp butter
Pinch of salt
Green Tea Meringue Cookies
2 egg whites
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp matcha green tea powder
Method
Panna Cotta
- In a medium pot mix cream, milk, and sugar. Bring to a boil, stirring often with a plastic spatula to stop mixture from scalding. Return heat to medium.
- Bloom powder gelatin with a little cold water.
- Add green tea powder and gelatin to cream mixture. Cool and transfer to vessel or mould of your choice. Cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight.
Coconut Tuile
- In small bowl, mix all ingredients.
- Heat 1 Tbsp oil in a frying pan over high heat. Once hot, pour ladlefulls of batter, as if making pancakes. When batter has formed a lacy texture, lossen tuiles with a fish spatula and remove from pan. Let cool.
Calamansi Curd
- Bloom gelatin powder using a little bit of cold water.
- Heat calamansi juice in small pot. Meanwhile, whisk together sugar and eggs.
- Temper egg mixture with the hot calamansi juice by whisking in a little at a time, taking care not to cook the eggs.
- Add gelatin to egg mixture and transfer back to pot. Heat on medium to high heat until gelatin has dissolved.
- Let cool 10 minutes, then mix in the butter. Cool in fridge overnight or for a few hours.
Green Tea Meringue Cookies
- In the top of a double boiler, whisk egg whites and sugar until mixture reaches 140°F. Add in green tea powder and transfer to the bowl of a mixer.
- Using the whisk attachment, whip mixture until stiff peaks form.
- Pipe meringue onto a Silpat or parchment paper and bake for 25 minutes in a 200°F convection oven, or 180°F in a regular oven.
Yield 4 servings