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  • Ingredients


    • 1 Spanish onion

    • 125g President butter

    • 1 Clove garlic, crushed

    • Whole bulb black garlic

    • 100g Cricket St Thomas Somerset Goats cheese, single portion

    • 500g Puff pastry

    • 3 Tablespoons onion chutney

    • 4 Figs, quartered

    • 100g Caster sugar

    • 8 Blackberries

    • 250ml Cider

    • 1 Beaten egg yolk, for brushing

    • Onion/nigella seeds

    • Handful of nasturtium leaves to garnish

  • Method

    • 1 Thinly slice the onion.

    • 2 Gently cook down in butter with crushed garlic.

    • 3 Season to taste.

    • 4 Wrap the whole bulb of black garlic in foil and roast in an oven for 1 hour at 140 degrees.

    • 5 Remove garlic pulp and blitz.

    • 6 Season to taste.

    • 7 Place the blackberries in the cider and leave in a cool dry place overnight.

    • 8 Cut out 2 disks of puff pastry, 1 approximately 15cm diameter (this will form the base of the parcel), the other 20cm diameter (this will form the top/lid of the parcel).

    • 9 Add 1 table spoon of onion chutney to the smaller, base pastry disk and add the whole goat cheese on top.

    • 10 Brush the edges with the egg wash and add the larger pastry disc on top to create the parcel.

    • 11 Press the edges together firmly to seal and use a circular pastry cutter to create a neat edge for the parcel.

    • 12 Brush with egg and scatter on nigella seeds before placing in the oven at 210˚C for 20 minutes or until the pastry is risen and golden.

    • 13 On a baking tray, place the quartered figs cut side up and dredge with sugar.

    • 14 Use blow torch to caramelise the sugar.

    • 15 Add a spiral of the black garlic ketchup and top with a generous dollop of chutney to the plate.

    • 16 Top with the warm parcel.

    • 17 Half the blackberries and place around parcel together with the sections of fig.

    • 18 Finish with some edible nasturtium leaves and serve.