Castle Rock | The Best Laid Schemes Episode 2 | Edible Rock inside an Isomalt Dome

In this episode of The Best Laid Schemes, I’m making a dish inspired by Edinburgh Castle, one of Scotland’s most famous landmarks. The Castle Rock dish is made up of a chocolate coated coated cake made to look like stone, filled with cinnamon cream and ginger molasses cake. The cake is topped off with an edible image of Edinburgh Castle and served inside a sugar dome so that the whole dish looks like a snow globe.

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I've lived in Scotland for the past few years and wanted to create this series as a love letter to the place I call home. I had originally intended to film and create the series in Scotland but when I came back to Canada during the pandemic I found myself unable to return. I decided, instead of feeling down about it, I would create something.

This is the first of what are hopefully many seasons of Chef Studio, an immersive food and cooking show focused on creating dishes inspired by the world around us. Each season, the subject will change and the subject can be almost anything. This season inspired by the lands and lochs of Scotland.