Hay custard, Bramley apple, burnt sugar

Start off by toasting the hay. Preheat an oven to 180ºC/gas mark 4. Place the hay in a large roasting tray and toast in the oven for 40 minutes, turning every 10 minutes

Meanwhile, you can make the apple reduction – pour the apple juice into a pan and reduce to 200ml

Take the peeled Bramley apples and cut into 1cm dice, reserving any trim. Heat a knob of butter in a pan and cook the diced apple gently until tender but still holding its shape

Meanwhile, cook the apple trim (but not the cores and peels) in a pan until very soft then blend into a smooth purée – you only need a little to bind the diced apple together. Mix the diced apple through the purée and store in the fridge until ready to plate

When the hay is toasted, remove from the oven and set aside 75g for the hay custard. Combine the other 10g of toasted hay with the sugar and water for the hay stock. Bring the mixture to the boil then remove from the heat and leave for 20 minutes to infuse. After this, you can strain the hay out of the stock and put the liquid in the fridge to chill

To make the hay custard, take the other 75g of toasted hay and combine with double cream in a pan. Bring to the boil, then remove from the heat and leave to cool and infuse for about 20 minutes

Whilst the hay cream is infusing, you can make the burnt sugar tuile. Preheat the oven to 160ºC/gas mark 3. Combine the isomalt and glucose and pour onto a baking tray lined with baking parchment. Bake for 14 minutes until the mixture sets

Once set, remove from the oven and blend into a fine powder. Turn the oven up to 200ºC/gas mark 5. Sieve the powder evenly over a Silpat mat – or baking paper – on a large baking tray and bake in the oven until the sugars turn a dark caramel colour and melt to form a clear sheet. At this point, remove from the oven, allow the sugar to cool and harden then break into shards and store in an airtight container

To finish the hay custard, strain the hay out of the cream and squeeze out any excess cream from the hay. Combine the hay cream, egg yolks and sugar in a mixing bowl and whisk over a bain-marie until the mixture reaches 83°C. When it reaches this point, blend with a hand blender until smooth, then transfer to a squeezy bottle and keep in the fridge until ready to plate

By this point the hay stock should be cold. Blend the reserved apple cores and peel with the cold hay stock, then pass the mixture through a fine sieve. Season the mixture with citric acid, then pour into a deep tray and freeze. Whisk the mixture every 10 minutes until it has frozen completely

Once the granita has frozen solid, you're ready to plate. Pipe some of the hay custard onto the plate and create a small well in the middle with the back of a hot spoon. Fill the well with some of the apple reduction, then with a spoonful of the apple compote. Break some burnt sugar tuile over the top and finish with some of the granita