Pistachio and Olive Oil Cake with Raspberry Ripple Ice Cream
Luke created this dish for MasterChef UK Professionals Season 18. A composed pistachio dessert built around an olive oil and pistachio sponge — drawing from Italian and Sicilian baking traditions — wrapped in a delicate pistachio tuile and crowned with an airy Italian meringue that judges praised for its unexpected lightness. Raspberry ripple ice cream and a kirsch-sharpened raspberry jelly provide vivid acidity to cut through the richness of pistachio and olive oil, resolving the judges' central critique and completing the dish Luke first won a competition with more than a decade ago. CHEF'S NOTES On the Pistachio-Olive Oil Combination This pairing has deep roots in Italian and Middle Eastern baking traditions. Olive oil prevents the glute development that butter encourages, producing a crumb that is tender, almost velvet-like, and stays moist for longer. The oil also contributes a faint grassiness that amplifies the pistachio's savoury, resinous note. Use a fruity extra-virgin oil r…
- Time: 240 min
Source: Relaxed Recipes
Ingredients
- MAKE THE RASPBERRY RIPPLE ICE CREAM
- Warm the milk and cream in a saucepan over medium heat until steaming. Whisk the
- Blitz the raspberries with icing sugar and lemon juice. Pass through a fine siev
- Churn the custard in an ice cream machine until thick and creamy. Spoon into a f
- MAKE THE PISTACHIO AND OLIVE OIL SPONGE
- Pulse the pistachios in a food processor until finely ground to the texture of c
- Preheat the oven to 170°C / 340°F . Line ring mould with baking paper. Whisk the
- MAKE THE PISTACHIO TUILE
- Preheat the oven to 160°C / 320°F. Mix the icing sugar, flour, egg whites, and m
- Measure the circumference of your cooled sponge before spreading any batter. Spr
- MAKE THE RASPBERRY JELLY
- Soak the gelatine leaves in cold water for 5 minutes. Blitz the raspberries and
- MAKE THE ITALIAN MERINGUE
- Combine the caster sugar and water in a small saucepan. Heat over medium-high wi
- When the syrup hits 118°C, remove from the heat immediately. With the mixer runn
- MAKE THE RASPBERRY COULIS
- ASSEMBLE AND PLATE
- Place the tuile-wrapped sponge at the centre of the plate. Pipe a generous dome