Opalys and Balinese Kaffir Lime, Shiso Plum Wine Sorbet by Yusuke Aoki

Yusuke Aoki Winner Yusuke Aoki started his career at the French Pastry boutique in his home country, Japan, where he acquired basic skills and techniques in French pastry style. His expertise, which ranges from French pastries, wedding cakes, desserts for banquets and restaurants, chocolate bonbons, showpieces, and sugar decorations, allowed him to join the opening team at The Ritz-Carlton Tokyo and another international stint at The Ritz-Carlton Toronto.

He later moved to Paris and worked at Patisseries & Gourmandise for Stéphane Glacier as International Pastry Chef, perfecting his skills with French trends and well-defined styles in pastry. At the Ritz-Carlton Doha as a pastry chef, he won several competitions, including the Semifinal of the Valrhona C3 Competition for the Middle East region. He is currently displaying his knowledge and technique in a new adventure at the Four Seasons Resort in Bali.

His last feat was to proclaim himself the winner of the C3 Valrhona 2018. We share the pre-dessert recipe with which Yusuke convinced the jury of the competition. A pre-dessert inspired by the marriage of OPALYS 33% ‘s delicate and milky flavor with the unique and powerful fragrance of the Balinese kaffir lime and the Japanese Shiso leaf. This was one of the two plated creations that gave the victory to the Japanese chef settled in Thailand.

Calculated for 10 plates

Shiso plum wine sorbet

750 g water
40 pc shiso leaf
60 g sugar
170 g glucose
24 g lemon juice
30 g plum wine
40 g stabilizer

Mix the sugar and the stabilizer, keep aside. Boil the water, add the shiso leaf then simmer for 5min. Remove from the heat, cover the pot, infuse for 10min. Strain the shiso leaf out, add the glucose and the sugar-stabilizer mixture, mix well. Boil the mixture. Transfer the mixture into a container to cool. Add the plum wine and the lemon juice, mix well. Process the sorbet with the ice cream machine

Pineapple kaffir lime compote

200 g pineapple fresh
20 g butter unsalted
20 g Longan honey
0,3 pc vanilla pod
37 g coconut milk
37 g mango puree
37 g kaffir lime juice

Place the diced pineapple and the butter in a pot, saute the pineapple for 1 min. Add the rest of the ingredients, simmer for 2min. Remove from the heat, transfer to a container to cool.

Opalys kaffir lime namelaka

45 g milk
3,2 g glucose
2 g gelatine
128 g cream
110 g Opalys white chocolate
2 pc balinese kaffir lime zest
21 g balinese kaffir lime juice

Warm the milk, kaffir lime zest nd the glucose in a pot, remove from the heat, add the softened gelatin. Pour over the chocolate, mix well with a hand blender to obtain nice emulsion. Add the whipping cream, kaffir lime juice, mix well. Transfer into a container, keep in chiller to crystalize.

Decoration

20 pc shiso leave
20 pc shiso flower
3 pc kaffir lime zest
3 pc kaffir lime spray

Montage

Using a round piping nozzle, pipe the Opalys kaffir lime namelaka on the plate. Place some pipeapple kaffir lime compote. Scoop the shiso plum wine sorbet in the middle, decorate with some shiso flower and the leaf, zest the kaffir lime zest onto the plate. Using a spray bottle, spray the kaffir lime juice onto the dessert to enhance the the smell of kaffir lime.