Heston Blumenthal reveals £425 Christmas menu for Fat Duck restaurant (including an edible bar for dessert)
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By Bridie Pearson-Jones for Mailonline
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<span class="date">09:39 08 November 2023, up to date 10:19 08 November 2023</span>
Heston Blumenthal has revealed the Christmas dinner menu at his Fats Duck restaurant which incorporates an edible bar for dessert.
The nine-course festive menu – which prices £425 and consists of ‘easy meals’ – consists of basic Christmas-inspired dishes in addition to Blumenthal’s famously unique creations usually served on the Bray, Berkshire restaurant.
There isn’t any turkey on the menu, however as a substitute visitors will dine on a feast that features grilled scallops (served with chocolate) and king venison served with sprouts.
Diners will end their meal with “Botrytis Cinerea” – extra generally generally known as mildew.
Botrytis Cinerea dessert accommodates greater than 20 components and the recipe consists of greater than 55 phases.
“It is a noble rot.” It’s a particular sort of rot that impacts sure forms of grapes. “It is a good rot, the place the grapes wilt and lose moisture and develop all these actually advanced flavors,” Blumenthal beforehand defined.
“What we did was take the flavour traits after which additionally appeared on the molecules that create these flavors after which used that to encourage the components.”
A number of the key items embody nitrogen-distilled pressed pink grapes, citrus sorbet, fizzy saffron, a chocolate ball stuffed with pear caramel, a sugar ball stuffed with citrus-infused yogurt and a churro stem.
One recipe on the MasterChef Australia web sites exhibits the dessert to encompass not less than 23 components and round 80 components.
Different programs embody the “Nitro Boiled Appetizer.”
That is adopted by a pine tonic of botanicals – inexperienced herbs, pine, smoked cumin and Jerusalem artichoke.
Subsequent up is known as Tree Ornament – consisting of truffle eggs, smoked salmon and buttered toast – rooster liver parfait and plums.
Subsequent comes the Langoustine Cocktail – served with Marie Rose, tomato and vanilla.
Fifth is the grilled scallops and almond-chocolate combo and pickled lemon.
Then comes Tuas Night time Earlier than Christmas – beef brief rib, lardo de colonnata, dried fruit, golden carrots and sherry.
King venison is served with beets, chestnuts, Brussels sprouts, black truffles and umbels.
It’s completed with cheese, nuts, port and Botrytis Cinerea.
Fats Duck Christmas Meals run from November twenty ninth to December twenty third.
A Fats Duck spokesperson mentioned: “Should you’re seeking to guide a Christmas social gathering or festive get-together with household or associates, from non-public eating or unique rent.
“From intimate celebrations to company occasions, our venues present the proper setting.
‘Take pleasure in distinctive delicacies in a novel environment, and let our crew maintain every part.
“Whether or not you like a relaxed environment or an opulent environment, we’ve the proper possibility for you.”
The Fats Duck web site states that tickets price as much as £425.
The message learn: ‘E book early to keep away from disappointment. Cost upfront.’
Clients additionally should pay upfront for the price of dwelling meal to tide over the disaster.
The TV chef has elevated the worth from £395 final 12 months.
Blumenthal, 57, is known for unique dishes equivalent to bacon and egg ice cream and snail porridge.
He has run the triple Michelin-starred restaurant since 1995, and is usually known as the most effective eating places on the earth.
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