Pea sorbet with strawberries and mint

  • 6
  • 2 hours 30 minutes plus overnight draining and chilling time
5.00

The vivid green pea sorbet from James Knappett is paired with sweet strawberry juice, fragrant mint oil, fresh strawberries and peas. It's a simple but unusual dessert that's not too sweet, and a lovely light way to finish a dinner party.

First published in 2024

Ingredients

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Mint oil

Pea sorbet

  • 100g of caster sugar
  • 500ml of water
  • 260g of frozen peas
  • 1 pinch of citric acid
  • 1 pinch of salt

Strawberry juice

Equipment

  • Pacojet or ice cream maker

Method

1

Blend the mint oil ingredients in a high-powered blender on full power 7 minutes

2

Strain the mint oil through a piece of muslin overnight in the fridge

3

For the sorbet, bring the water and sugar to a simmer, and stir until the sugar has dissolved. Chill until cold

  • 500ml of water
  • 100g of caster sugar
4

Blitz 200g of the peas, all of the sugar syrup, citric acid and salt together

  • 200g of frozen peas
  • 1 pinch of citric acid
  • 1 pinch of salt
5

Once smooth, stir in the remaining peas and freeze in a pacojet container. When ready to plate, spin the paco jet to finish the sorbet. Alternatively, chill until cold and then churn in an ice cream maker

  • 60g of frozen peas
6

For the strawberry juice, cook the strawberries and sugar in a bain Marie for 1 hour, then strain the juice through a chinois or fine mesh sieve

7

Chill in the refrigerator until needed

8

Chill six serving plates

9

Slice the strawberries thinly into six slices and discard the end pieces

10

Dress the peas with one tablespoon of mint oil and set aside

11

Place one scoop of pea ice cream onto a frozen plate

12

Indent a hole in the middle of the ice cream with the back of a spoon. Place a tablespoon of mint oil-dressed peas in the middle of the ice cream

13

Fan out four slices of strawberries next to the ice cream

14

Pour in a tablespoon of strawberry juice around the sorbet in the bowl

15

Drop a few drops of mint oil into the strawberry juice. Garnish with three pieces of mint on top of the peas

First published in 2024

Having learned from the likes of Gordon Ramsay, Rick Stein, Thomas Keller and René Redzepi, it's no wonder James Knappett has gone on to become one of the country's most talented chefs. Today, he honours the seasons in ever-changing menus at his two Michelin-starred restaurant Kitchen Table.

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