Dilmah Pure Peppermint Tea Paired with Mascarpone Cheese Cake with Coconut and Granola
Aloft DCC
Ramesh Hashan,Ruslan Svezhenko,
An Iced Tea Paired with a Food Item
Ingredients
Ingredients for R2D2 Iced Tea
- 150 ml Pure Peppermint tea charged with C02
- 20 ml Dilmah Mango Coconut tea syrup (Strong brewed tea, water in proportion 1:2)
- 15 ml Sudachi Juice
- Build over ice, Served in Robot
- Each lemon julienne
- 250ml water
- 250g sugar
Ingredients for Mascarpone Cheese Cake with Coconut and Granola
- 250 g pecan nuts
- 50 g sugar
- 70 g melted butter
- 250 g coconut flakes
- 455 g cream cheese
- 150 g sugar
- 20 g lemon juice
- 2 g vanilla extract
- 0.75 g salt
- 340 g heavy whipping cream
- 100 g shaved coconut, lightly toasted
Method
Method for R2D2 Iced Tea
- Build over ice, Served in Robot
Method for Mascarpone Cheese Cake with Coconut and Granola
- To make the crust, process pecan and sugar and coarsely grind. Combine them with the melted butter and transfer mixture to the sheet pan. Bake 8 minutes at 160C.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool completely.
- In Thermomix, combine coconut flakes, cream cheese, sugar, lemon juice, vanilla, and salt. Scrape down the bowl.
- Add whipping cream, mix for another 30 seconds.
- Store in a hotel pan and place in fridge.
- Slice the lemon in very thin slices. Bring sugar and water to a boil in a large skillet until sugar is dissolved. When liquid is clear and bubbling, reduce heat to medium-low.
- Add lemon slices, arranging them in one layer with tongs.
- Simmer, do not allow to boil, until lemons turn transparent, about 20-30 minutes.
- Remove the lemons and let them cool on parchment paper.
- Bring the syrup back to a boil for another 10 minutes.
- Set aside and let cool.