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Feta (PDO) and Sake Lees Mousse With a Scent of plum

Feta cheese from Greece, which has a strong and unique flavour, and dried plums are combined with creamy whipped cream from Belgium to create a refreshing dessert. Crunchy crumble made with ground almond from Spain and flour from France is the final topping.

Preparation time
20 min
Skill level
Moderate

Ingredients (10 servings)

Feta Cheese and Sake Lees Mousse

  • Feta/Organic (PDO) (Greece) 100g for mousse
  • Feta/Organic (PDO) (Greece) 100g for dicing
  • Whipped Dairy Cream (Belgium) 35g
  • Comb Honey/ Organic (Hungary) 30g
  • Sake Lees 45g
  • Water (hot water) 45ml
  • Gelatin 4.5g
  • Milk 75ml
  • Plum wine 15ml
  • Lemon juice 6ml

    Umeboshi (salt pickled plum) Jelly

  • Salt pickled plum 4 pieces
  • Water 160ml
  • Granulated sugar 40g
  • Gelatin 4g

    Crumble (For 50 people)

  • Unsalted butter/ Organic (Belgium) 30g
  • Cake flour (France) 30g
  • Almond meal (Spain) 30g
  • Granulated sugar 30g
  • Plum honey sauce 5ml

Instructions

Prep time
15 min
Cook time
15 min
Total time
30 min
Serves
8 - 12
Step 1

Directions for Feta Cheese and Sake Lees Mousse

  1. Mix sake lees and honey in hot water and strain.
  2. Feta cheese for mousse is also strained and combined with Step 1
  3. Boil the milk, add the gelatin that has been rehydrated with water, combine with Step 2, and add whipped cream, lemon juice, and plum wine and mix.  
  4. Cut feta cheese, dicing into 5 mm squares and pour into a mold with Step 3.
Step 2

Directions for Umeboshi (salted pickled plum) Jelly

  1. Put water, granulated sugar, and salt pickled plums in a pan and boil.
  2. When the scent of plums comes out, add gelatin that has been rehydrated with water and pour it on the surface of the above mousse.
Step 3

Directions for Crumble

  1. Sift all the flour together.
  2. Quickly combine with cold diced butte
  3. Bake in an oven at 160 ℃ for 15 minutes.

Serve on a plate and decorate with crumble, plum honey sauce, and perilla bud (if desired/ not included in ingredients).

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