Recipes

GARAGAR CAKE BY CHEFS ITSASALDI ANOUK & JORIS

Ingredients

For the Garagar drink (to be used in all three preparations):

  • 6 tablespoons of Garagar

  • 200 ml boiling water

Pour the boiling water over the Garagar, let it infuse for a few minutes, then strain. Use this drink in the following recipes.

Garagar Cake

Ingredients:

  • 4 eggs

  • 180 g granulated sugar

  • 20 g almond powder

  • 1 teaspoon cornstarch

  • 200 g flour

  • 200 g melted butter

  • 1/3 of the Garagar drink

Preparation:
Mix the eggs, sugar, almond powder, flour, cornstarch, and melted butter to obtain a smooth batter.
Add 1/3 of the Garagar drink and mix well.
Pour the batter into a baking tin lined with parchment paper.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C until the cake is cooked through.

Garagar Glaze

Ingredients:

  • 50 g semi-salted butter

  • 50 g powdered sugar

  • 1/3 of the Garagar drink

  • Barley flakes and pearl sugar for finishing

Preparation:
Melt the butter over low heat, add the powdered sugar, and mix well.
Add the Garagar drink until a smooth glaze is obtained.
As soon as the cake comes out of the oven, pour the glaze over it and immediately sprinkle with barley flakes and pearl sugar.

Garagar Cream

Ingredients:

  • 200 ml heavy cream

  • 1/3 of the Garagar drink

Preparation:
Whip the cream with the Garagar drink until light and airy (or use a siphon for an even frothier effect).
Serve with the Garagar cake.

Enjoy your meal!

HAKE IN BARLEY CRUST BY CHEF EVAN ROYET

Serves 4

Toasted Barley Crust

  • 60 g flour

  • 60 g breadcrumbs

  • 125 g softened butter

  • 30 g Garagar barley

  • Salt, pepper

Mix everything to form a smooth dough, then roll out the dough on baking paper to a thickness of 0.5 cm. Chill overnight. Cut the crust into rectangles (3 cm × 7 cm), place on the hake steak or fillet, and bake for 15 minutes at 180 °C.

Barley Cream

  • 200 ml cream

  • 40 g Garagar barley

Mix and infuse cold for 2 hours. Bring to a boil, then add the zest of one lemon and half of its juice.

Serve with accompaniments of your choice.