California Roll Dessert Parfait - Food Deconstructed

California Roll Dessert Parfait
sweet rice pudding, crab and avocado mousse, garnished with candied nori and cucumber crisps

Sweet rice pudding
1 ½  cups whole milk
½ cup short grain sushi rice
¼ cup sugar
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon ground ginger
3 tablespoons sweet rice vinegar
2 tablespoons sake

◦ Bring rice, sugar, salt and milk to a boil -- watch carefully for boil overs
◦ reduce to simmer, cover, and cook until rice is tender
◦ When tender, scrape into bowl.
◦ Fold in vinegar, sake, and ginger and chill until use

Candied Nori
1 packet of nori
simple syrup (have him explain -- 1 part sugar, 1 part water, brought to a boil)

◦ Preheat oven to 350
◦ Brush both sides of nori in simple syrup
◦ lay on baking sheet
◦ bake for 5-7 minutes at 350
◦ remove and let cool until needed

Cucumber Crisps
1 Cucumber
¼ cup olive oil
1 tsp chile flakes
1 tbsp brown sugar

◦ preheat oven to 300
◦ in large bowl, mix the oil, chile, and brown sugar
◦ slice cucumbers very thin.
◦ toss cucumbers with oil mixture
◦ spread into single layer on sheet tray
◦ bake at 300 until dry and crisp

Crab and Avocado Mousse
2 chilled firm-ripe California avocados
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
3/4 cup whole milk
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup well-chilled heavy cream
¼ cup candied ginger, finely diced
½ pound lump snow crab meat
¼ cup pickled ginger, finely diced
¼ teaspoon salt

◦ Finely dice the ginger (pickled and candied) with the crab meat and salt. Set aside.
◦ In food processor, puree avocados, lemon juice, milk and sugar.  
◦ Scrape into bowl
◦ Fold in crab mixture
◦ In separate bowl, whip cream
◦ When it reaches medium peaks, stir ¼ into the avocado mixture to lighten it.
◦ gently fold the rest of the whipped cream into the avocado mixture
◦ Cover and refrigerate until use.

Plating
◦ spoon alternating layers of rice pudding and avocado mousse into parfait glass
◦ shred some candied nori between layers (optional)
◦ garnish with nori and cucumber chip.

[FoodDeconstructed]

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[FoodDeconstructed]

we've had unexpected success with savory-inspired desserts (BLT ice cream sandwich, Cheeseburger Sundae) so we figured this was worth a try. Sometimes, classic combinations go together in unexpected ways. Sometimes they fall flat. We experiment just to see where it works and where it doesn't. And when we fail, we put it up for the whole world to see.

[Fightre_Flighte]

I love how you are so true to the taste of the dishes you do, instead of giving us your best look and saying that it's good! I can't stop thinking of ideas for you now!

[FoodDeconstructed]

We don't know either, but that's why we tried!

[rbustamante]

Please send us some ideas !! We are always taking our viewers ideas into consideration! Thanks for watching.

[Fightre_Flighte]

I posted an Idea or two on a couple of your previous episodes, but as I come up with them I will definitely tell you awesome guys! Thanks!

[rbustamante]

Awesome!!! Keep watching and I'll still be here.

[FoodDeconstructed]

we may have done that because the rice pudding tasted like pudding and the mousse tasted like . . . weird. Better to eat more of the good stuff.

[rbustamante]

@dudetextme So glad you like the show! I will always be honest with the audience, please let us know if you would like u to deconstruct anything in particular

[rbustamante]

Our show is about new things, trying even though there is a chance of failure. I feel that is was cooking is all about.

[rbustamante]

When making a mouse out of Crab and avocado the the ratio is going to be more on the pudding side to make sure there is more sweetness to the dish. We wanted to make more of a dessert not an entree.

[rbustamante]

Sounded and was but that is the fun of it all, Trying news things!!!

[ajlobster]

That said, I can't stop watching the videos, so.

[rbustamante]

LOl.... I kinda wish I hadn't tried this one either ..

[cluelles]

I don't know how that recipe could have worked with the crab in it. Gross. It was fun watching the experiment, though.

[ajlobster]

Did you think this was going to be good? That crab mousse sounds like something you would eat on a dare. I guess I just don't get what you're going for here.

[wojomojo]

that's the worst fold i've ever seen

[TheWoodsOfWonderland]

your pudding to mousse ratio is so far off it's not even funny.