Drowned Ambrosia Parfait
This parfait has the addition of silky skyr from Yorkshire and is flavoured with lemon, ginger, vanilla and rose water.
To give an alternative texture and an extra whack of nutrients, I’ve added bee bread which is plant pollen that collects on the bodies of worker bees and is carried back to their hive. It is known as Ambrosia, the food of the Gods. Both the father of modern medicine, Hippocrates and the philosopher Pythagoras prescribed bee bread for its healing properties. It contains more than 250 bio-active substances and is the richest source of vitamins in a single food containing 18 vitamins, all essential amino acids, fatty acids, RNA/DNA nucleic acids, 27 mineral salts, several enzymes and up to 35% complete protein.
Affogato al Caffè (to drown in coffee) is a popular dessert in Italy and consists of ice cream topped with a shot of hot expresso coffee. It is the perfect solution to the coffee or dessert dilemma. Not everyone can tolerate caffeine, especially later in the day, so I have used an alternative ‘coffee’ made from roasted and ground date pits and poured it over the parfait.
Serve with Angel shortbread and a sprinkling of bee bread and angelica leaves. #ChristmasGift
Drowned Ambrosia Parfait
This parfait has the addition of silky skyr from Yorkshire and is flavoured with lemon, ginger, vanilla and rose water.
To give an alternative texture and an extra whack of nutrients, I’ve added bee bread which is plant pollen that collects on the bodies of worker bees and is carried back to their hive. It is known as Ambrosia, the food of the Gods. Both the father of modern medicine, Hippocrates and the philosopher Pythagoras prescribed bee bread for its healing properties. It contains more than 250 bio-active substances and is the richest source of vitamins in a single food containing 18 vitamins, all essential amino acids, fatty acids, RNA/DNA nucleic acids, 27 mineral salts, several enzymes and up to 35% complete protein.
Affogato al Caffè (to drown in coffee) is a popular dessert in Italy and consists of ice cream topped with a shot of hot expresso coffee. It is the perfect solution to the coffee or dessert dilemma. Not everyone can tolerate caffeine, especially later in the day, so I have used an alternative ‘coffee’ made from roasted and ground date pits and poured it over the parfait.
Serve with Angel shortbread and a sprinkling of bee bread and angelica leaves. #ChristmasGift
Cooking Instructions
- 1
To make the parfait. Freeze a loaf tin. Put the eggs, sugar, salt, zest and syrup in a heatproof bowl over hot water and whisk until doubled in size, pale and creamy. Leave to cool.
- 2
Add the rose water and vanilla to the cream and beat until holds soft peaks. Fold in the skyr. Once the egg mixture is cold, fold into the cream and yoghurt mixture.
- 3
Take the loaf tin from the freezer and line with clingfilm allowing excess to fold over once filled. Sprinkle the bee pollen on the base of the loaf tin and gently pour over the egg and cream mixture. Freeze for 4 – 5 hours.
- 4
To make the date seed coffee. Remove the pits (seeds) from the dates, wash thoroughly to remove any stickiness and leave to dry thoroughly.
- 5
Spread the pits out on a parchment lined oven tray and roast at 175 degrees C (350 degrees F) for 30 – 40 minutes. Leave to cool and grind to a fine powder.
- 6
Use the ground date pits as you would ground coffee to make a shot of expresso. Serve the parfait with a shot of date seed coffee and a sprinkling of bee bread.
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