citrus and longans

This was the dessert I made for mothers day.

tangerine jelly, grapefruit jelly, aerated tangerine cake, puffed rice dusted with grapefruit,longan sphere, grapefruit sorbet, and longan espuma.

The jellies were just made with freshly squeezed juice and gelatin (1tsp gelatin per cup of liquid).

The cake was made using the recipe for corn cake on http://www.playingwithfireandwater.com/  but using tangerine juice instead of corn.

To make puffed rice heat a pot of oil at least 3 inches deep to 400 degrees f and deep fry aprox 2tbs at a time for about 30 seconds until puffy drain on paper towels and dust with powderd sugar and dried grapefruit zest.

For the sphere's I just used a basic spherification recipe.

The sorbet was just freshly squeezed grapefruit juice, simple syrup, vodka, and guar and xanthan gums.

The espuma was made by making a jelly base with 1/2 a cup of longan juice and a scant 1/2 a teaspoon of gelatin. I placed this mixture in the fridge until mostly set then i mixed it up and poured it into my ISI siphon and charged with one cartridge then let it sit in the fridge until plating.

p.s this is the card I made for my mom to go along with the 2 David Bowie records and the dessert!