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Pikelets with apple and rose compote

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for pikelets with apple and rose compote.

By Lisa Featherby
  • 30 mins preparation
  • 30 mins cooking plus drying, chilling
  • Serves 6
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Pikelets with apple and rose compote
If you can’t find unsprayed rose petals, simply leave them out of this recipe.

Ingredients

  • 200 gm (1 1/3 cups) self-raising flour, sieved
  • 25 gm pure icing sugar, sieved, plus extra for dusting
  • 2 eggs, separated
  • 310 ml milk
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 20 gm butter, coarsely chopped
Crystallised rose petals
  • 30 fresh organic rose petals
  • 1 eggwhite, lightly beaten
  • 100 gm caster sugar
Lemon curd cream
  • 50 ml lemon juice, plus finely grated rind of ½ lemon
  • 80 gm caster sugar
  • 1 egg, plus 1 egg yolk
  • 60 gm butter, coarsely chopped
  • 200 ml thickened cream
  • 100 gm crème fraîche
Apple and rose compote
  • 600 gm pink lady apples, unpeeled, finely diced
  • 80 gm caster sugar
  • 50 ml lemon juice, plus finely grated rind of 1 lemon
  • ½ vanilla bean, split, seeds scraped
  • 1 tbsp plain flour, mixed with 1 tbsp cold water
  • 2 tsp rosewater, or to taste

Method

Main
  • 1
    For crystallised rose petals, brush petals with eggwhite, sprinkle lightly with caster sugar, then place on a tray lined with baking paper to dry (1-2 hours).
  • 2
    For lemon curd cream, whisk lemon juice and rind, sugar, egg and yolk in a heatproof bowl to combine. Add butter, whisk continuously over a saucepan of simmering water until thickened (5-10 minutes), cool, cover closely with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled (2 hours). Just before serving, whisk cream and crème fraîche to soft peaks and fold in curd to create a ripple effect.
  • 3
    Meanwhile, for apple and rose compote, combine apple, sugar, lemon juice, lemon rind and vanilla in a saucepan over medium heat, stir occasionally until apple is just tender (2-3 minutes), then add flour mixture and rosewater and stir occasionally until sauce is syrupy (1-2 minutes). Keep warm.
  • 4
    Combine flour and icing sugar in a bowl. Whisk yolks and milk in a separate bowl until combined, then pour into flour mixture and whisk to combine. Whisk eggwhites in a separate bowl until soft peaks form, then fold through flour mixture.
  • 5
    Brush a large frying pan with oil and heat over medium heat. Add a dot of butter and tablespoons of batter and cook until bases are golden and bubbles form on surface (2-3 minutes), then turn and cook until golden (2-3 minutes). Keep warm. Repeat with remaining oil, butter and batter, then serve pikelets hot with apple and rose compote, lemon curd cream and crystallised rose petals, dusted with icing sugar.

Notes

This recipe is from the May 2012 issue of .
Drink Suggestion: Fragrant moscato. Drink suggestion by Max Allen

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