Description
Turning this vegetable into dessert!
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups cream
- 4 eggs, separated
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 cups sweet corn kernels, pureed with a little water
For the gingersnap pie crust:
- 1 bag store-bought gingersnaps (food-processed is fine)
- 3 tbsp melted butter
- ½ cup sugar
- Pinch salt
- 1 tbsp flour
For the honeycomb candy:
- 40 g honey
- 1/3 cup corn syrup or glucose
- 200 g sugar
- 2 ½ tbsp water
- 1 tbsp baking soda, sifted
For the caramel drizzle:
- 1 cup sugar
- ¼ cup water
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter
- ½ cup cream
- 1 tsp vanilla
- Pinch of salt
For the whipped cream:
- 1 cup cream
- 2 tbsp sugar
Instructions
- Whip cream until soft peaks form and set aside in the refrigerator.
- Fill a large pot with about 2 inches of water; bring water to a boil. Rest a metal bowl on the rim of the pot.
- Combine egg yolks with ½ cup sugar and whisk in the bowl, tempering yolks until thick and lighter in color, about double in volume. Remove from heat. Cover with plastic and set aside.
- In another metal bowl, combine ¼ cup of sugar with whites and whisk over simmering water until light and fluffy; whisk until thick and silky, about 5 minutes or less. Set aside to cool.
- Gently fold corn puree with whipped cream until combined and set aside; gently fold egg yolk and white mixtures together until combined; add both mixtures folding gently until combined.
- Pour over pie crust and freeze at least overnight or 3 days ahead before serving.
- Add garnishes before serving and allow semifreddo to sit at room temperature at least 10-15 minutes before serving; option to serve crust as a topping instead if no pie mold is available: just bake like streusel and use as topping.
For the gingersnap pie crust:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Combine all ingredients in food processor and blend until combined, like coarse sand.
- Press onto pie mold or tart pan. Bake for 10-12 minutes until set; let cool and set before using. Refrigerate or freeze for at least 30 minutes.
For the honeycomb candy:
- Combine all ingredients except baking soda and bring to a boil; reduce to simmer and cook until sugar caramelizes to light golden brown, about 15-20 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and whisk in baking soda; be careful as it will quickly fizz out and bubble, so work fast to transfer onto a prepared tray.
- Let cool and break when cold. Store in airtight containers.
For the caramel drizzle:
- Combine sugar and water, bring to a boil, and reduce to a steady bubble. Do not mix but swirl gently if needed and adjust position of the pot. Cook until caramelized and deep golden brown, about 15-18 minutes.
- Add butter until melted; be careful as it will rapidly boil and could overflow or burn; keep whisking and add cream until combined.
- Remove from heat and whisk vanilla and pinch of salt, let cool before serving or to allow to thicken.
For the whipped cream:
- Whisk until soft peaks form.