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Foie gras and maple-apple crumble

Portions:
4 portions
Preparation:
30 minutes
Cooking:
30 minutes

Ingredients

Apple purée:

  • 4 apples, peeled and diced
  • 210 ml (7/8 cup) maple syrup
  • 85 ml (1/3 cup) Sortilège
  • 190 ml (3/4 cup) unsalted butter, diced
  • Sufficient quantity of fleur de sel

Caramel sauce with fleur de sel:

  • 335 ml (1 1/3 cups) maple syrup
  • 270 ml (1 1/8 cups) 35% cream
  • Sufficient fleur de sel (about a pinch per person)

Walnut crumble:

  • 170 ml (2/3 cup) almond powder
  • 125 ml (1/2 cup) all-purpose flour
  • 170 ml (2/3 cup) pecans, halved
  • 85 ml (1/3 cup) granulated maple sugar, packed
  • 85 ml (1/3 cup) salted butter, room temperature
  • 4 slices of foie gras (75 g each)

Preparation

Apple purée:

  1. Place the maple syrup in a saucepan and bring to the boil until the caramel turns amber.
  2. Add the apples and half the Sortilège
  3. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the apples are completely cooked.
  4. Add the butter, the rest of the Sortilège and mix.
  5. Sprinkle with fleur de sel

Caramel sauce with fleur de sel:

  1. Place the maple syrup in a saucepan and bring to the boil until the caramel turns amber. Remove from heat.
  2. Add cream. Add the fleur de sel and stir until smooth.

Crumble:

  1. Preheat oven to 180ºC (350ºF)
  2. Combine all ingredients in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer.
  3. Transfer to a cookie sheet and break into small pieces.
  4. Bake for 20 minutes

Foie gras:

  1. Heat a frying pan over high heat without fatty substances
  2. Fry the slices of foie gras for about 1 minute on each side.

To serve, place the apple purée, foie gras and crumble on top. Drizzle with the fleur de sel caramel sauce.