Culinary Advisor Sébastien Chevreau
South-East, Monaco & Corsica
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Foie gras ballotin
7 lobe whole goose foie gras 750/950 gr
30 gr Melanosporum truffle bits
3 gr Freshly ground pepper per kilo
10 gr Fine salt per kilo
4 gr Granulated sugar per kilo
Shallot/grape chutney
250 gr shallots
100 gr peeled tomatoes
50 gr grapes
120 gr brown sugar
12 cl water
4 cl cider vinegar
Fleur de sel TT
Freshly ground pepper TT
Rosé champagne gel
140 cl rosé champagne
Gold flakes
10 cl water
100 gr granulated sugar
2 gr agar-agar
Vegetable bread
8 slices of country bread
30 gr tuber melanosporum truffle
200 gr mesclun
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
Fleur de sel TT
Freshly ground pepper TT
Plating and finishing
White flat plate
Fleur de sel
Edible flower: Alloti Blossom
Take the foie gras out of the cold room 30 minutes in advance and separate it into 2 lobes. Make a slight incision lengthwise and remove the 2 veins. Sprinkle fine salt and freshly ground pepper on both sides of the foie gras. Place the truffle bits on the central part of the foie gras. Make 2 ballotins of 4 cm in diameter with cling film. Preheat the oven to 90°C with 20% steam. Put the ballotins in a container with 2 cm of cold water. Cook with a core temperature probe set to 54°C. Cool in 3 stages: 10 min at room temperature / 10 min cold water / 10 min ice. Keep in the cold room wrapped in aluminum foil and let it mature for at least 48 hours.
Blanch the tomatoes by plunging them into boiling water, then into ice water. Peel the shallots and slice them into 0.5 cm pieces. In a saucepan, add sugar and water. Mix and bring to a boil. Let it boil for 5 minutes. The syrup is ready, add the shallots. They will turn golden as the syrup caramelizes. When the shallots have absorbed all the syrup, deglaze with vinegar. Add the coarsely chopped grapes and tomatoes. Then mix in the salt and freshly ground pepper. Let cook for 30 minutes. Cool down and store in the cold room.
Pour the rosé champagne, water, sugar, and agar-agar into a small saucepan, bring to a boil for 1 minute. Pour some on the plate with gold flakes and let the rest set to form jelly and blend to obtain a gel. Store in a pipette.
Toast the country bread and season the young shoots with olive oil, cider vinegar, salt, and pepper. Place the mesclun on the country bread with a few slices of truffle.
Slice 70 grams of the truffled ballotin using a paring knife, hot blade. Gently place the foie gras on the plate, along with a few drops of rosé champagne gel. Form a quenelle of chutney and place the vegetable bread on the plate. Add some Alloti Blossom flowers.
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