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Pretty Young Rebel
Calum: "My dish is called A Pretty Young Rebel and it is based on Flora MacDonald who rode Bonnie Prince Charlie to safety on the Isle of Skye. And so she dressed him up like one of her maids and he managed to get away."
Calum: "So I'm making an apple and calvados bavarois. Also, shortbread and then apple and drambuie sorbet. Then a little bit of a white chocolate and pine aerated chocolates."
Notes taken during cooking
With his apple and drambuie sorbet ready and his shortbread baked, Calum makes his bavarois with apple and calvados puree.
It's mixed into a crème Anglaise before piping it into molds to lightly set.
Plating
After knocking up a drambuie and tequila cocktail, Calum's apple and Calvados bavarois jellies are coated in a pine gel made with apple puree and infused with foraged Douglas fir.
Now, crushed salted shortbread is added.
Next, Callum, plates drambuie and apple sorbet. And the dish is finished with aerated white chocolate infused with larch oil before being garnished with foam of foraged sorrel leaves.
Aktar Islam: "Calvados seems to be the dominant flavor in your bavois?"
Calum: "In the process of making it, I tasted it, and then I thought it might need a touch more. I'm kind of regretting that now."
Peers, tasting behind the scenes
"Flavors are lovely. I'd say a touch too heavy on the booze."
"Very Scottish, that, though, isn't it?"
Back in the Judging Room
Aktar Islam: "Your salted shortbread, serving it as a crumb, was that the right decision?"
Calum: "Hopefully. I kind of left some chunkier bits, so you really get that salty hit. I really love that about it."
Peers, tasting behind the scenes
"I quite like that saltiness coming from the shortbread."
Back in the Judging Room
Aktar Islam: "What comes to mind when you have this sorbet? What flavor hits you first?"
Calum: "The acidity. The apple is quite nice. I think it kind of balances it."
Peers, tasting behind the scenes
"Something a bit watery about that sorbet."
"I was hoping it would be a little bit more acidic."
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