A biscuit made entirely of flowers, fruit, and vegetables, of great elegance and aesthetic impact. We present to you Alexandre Mazzia's signature, made of a dual base of bread and decorated with colorful petals.
Ingredients
For the red peppers
- 4 red bell peppers
- One white onion
- One red onion
- 2 grams of ginger powder
- 2 grams of Madras curry
- 200 grams of mirin
- 200 grams of sake
- 50 grams of whole milk
- 50 grams of 35% cream
- 15 grams of honey
Method
Sauté 4 diced red bell peppers. Add ½ finely chopped white and red onion. Add 1 teaspoon of ginger and curry.
Lightly toast. Deglaze with a spoonful of mirin and sake and let it reduce. Add a tablespoon of honey and enough water to cover, then let it reduce.
Before blending, add 50 grams of milk and 50 grams of cream.
Blend until smooth, then pass through a sieve. Put it in a piping bag.
For the lemon gel
- 1 liter of lemon juice
- 40 grams of NH pectin
- 10 grams of sugar
Method
Pour 1.2 liters of lemon juice into a pot and add 40 grams of NH pectin and 10 grams of sugar, then bring to a boil.
Once boiling, blend with an immersion blender to mix the pectin powder well with the rest and pass through a sieve. Transfer to a container and let cool with cling film.
Once well cooled and solidified, take a portion (¼ of the mixture) and pass it through a fine sieve. Retrieve the gel and put it in a syringe.
For the oranges
- 3 whole oranges
- 2 drops of bergamot essence
- 400 grams of sugar
- 2 liters of water
Method
Blanch 3 whole oranges 3 times. Afterwards, combine them with 2 liters of water and 400 grams of sugar, then cook for 72 hours.
Blend, pass through a sieve, cool. Add a drop of bergamot essence, then put it in a piping bag.
For the bread biscuits
- Multigrain bread as needed
- Walnut bread as needed
- Extra virgin olive oil and Espelette pepper
Method
Slice 2 mm thick slices of walnut bread and multigrain bread with a ham slicer.
Shape them as needed with rectangular molds to obtain the desired shape. Place them on a baking sheet with a silicone baking mat and brush them with olive oil and Espelette pepper.
Cover with another lightly greased silicone mat and bake at 160°C for 18 minutes.
Plate composition
- Seasonal flowers
Method
Place the cream on the walnut bread and cover with the second piece of bread.
On top, place 5 dots of pepper cream, 4 dots of lemon cream, and 4 dots of bergamot orange dressing.
Decorate to taste by adding seasonal flowers.
Contacts
AM Restaurant
9 rue Francois Rocca, Marseille, France, 13008
Phone: +33 4 91 24 83 63
Chef's photo from Joel Saget, AFP