Golden Bowl Heist
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TypeDessert
Serves4 people
DateAugust 27, 2026
A dessert of stacked apricot bowls filled with lemon cream, echoing the stolen golden treasure.
Dessert of sharp lemon cream in halved apricots, arranged as a line of stacked golden bowls. Crunchy pistachios as 'shards' and a hint of pepper for tension. The plate represents the stolen treasure, referencing the Villena art heist.
Ingredients
- 8 fresh apricots
- 2 lemons (juice and zest)
- 250 ml whipping cream
- 60 g sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp white pepper
- 40 g unsalted pistachios
- 1 tbsp honey
Method
- Halve the apricots and remove the pits. Set aside.
- Zest and juice the lemons. Whisk eggs with sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan.
- Add lemon juice and zest. Heat while stirring until thickened. Let cool.
- Whip the cream until stiff. Fold into the cooled lemon curd. Add a pinch of white pepper.
- Roughly chop the pistachios.
- Fill each apricot half with lemon cream. For each serving, stack two filled apricots as a double bowl on the plate, in a slight row.
- Drizzle a little honey over each stack and sprinkle pistachios as 'shards' around.
- Serve immediately.
Serving notes
- Serve on a matte black plate for dramatic effect.
- Arrange the apricot rows at a slight angle for a 'fleeting' impression.