Tea And Cake

Ingredients

Ingredients For the strawberry gel
  • 2kg/4½lb strawberries, hulls removed, chopped

  • 150g/5oz caster sugar

  • 6g/¼oz agar-agar powder (available from larger supermarkets and Asian grocers)

  • 1 gelatine leaf, soaked in cold water until softened

For double cream mousse
  • 75g/3oz free-range egg whites

  • 25g/1oz sugar

  • 275ml/10fl oz double cream

  • 2 gelatine leaves, soaked in cold water until softened

  • 1 vanilla pod, split, seeds scraped out

For the Earl Grey tea ice cream
  • 100g/3½oz free-range egg yolks

  • 80g/3oz sugar

  • 250ml/9fl oz double cream

  • 250ml/9fl oz milk

  • 40g/1½oz liquid glucose (available in the baking section of some supermarkets)

  • 2 tsp loose Earl Grey tea leaves

For the tea syrup
  • 170g/6oz sugar

  • 170ml/6fl oz water

  • 2 tsp loose Earl Grey tea leaves

For the sponge cake
  • 3 free-range eggs

  • 1 vanilla pod, split, seeds scraped out

  • 90g/3½oz sugar

  • 90g/3½oz flour, sifted

  • 45g/2oz butter, at room temperature

For the vanilla strawberries
  • 50g/2oz vanilla sugar

  • 100g/3½oz strawberries, hulls removed, chopped

Description

Recipe Uses 2kg/4½lb Strawberries, Hulls Removed, Chopped, 150g/5oz Caster Sugar, 6g/¼oz Agar-agar Powder (available From Larger Supermarkets And...

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