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Peter Gilmour's Snow Egg

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Guava and Custard Apple Snow Egg - The Finale recipe from Masterchef Australia

A dessert with 8 stages that takes 3 hours to cook is not something I am brave enough to attempt but it is something that I hope to have the good fortune to eat one day. This amazing dessert was the last challenge in the finale of Masterchef Australia (season 2). The creation of Peter Gilmour, executive chef from Australia's best restaurant Quay in Sydney.

Are you brave enough to attempt this?

The Masterchef Snow Egg Components

Yes 8 components!

You can re-create the snow egg following the instructions on the Australian Masterchef website.
  • 1Custard apple ice cream
  • 2Vanilla custard base
  • 3Guava granita
  • 4Poached meringue
  • 5Guava puree
  • 6Maltose tuiles
  • 7Vanilla cream
  • 8Guava fool

Watch Peter make his famous Snow Egg

Quay Restaurant, Peter Gilmore's Snow Egg
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Peter Gilmour - Snow Egg Creator

Head Chef Quay

Quay Snow Egg Peter Gilmour is the head chef at Quay Restaurant on Sydney Harbour. Quay is considered the best restaurant in Australia and Peter among our very best chefs. He is passionate about presenting the best quality produce he can get and goes as far as growing his own vegetables on a farm south of Sydney.

See more of Peter's food in his Inspiration Videos from Quay website.

'I'm looking to nature for my inspiration. Letting the natural produce speak.There's so much out there, so much elegance and beauty. To me, it's about the organic nature of food and letting flavours and textures speak for themselves.'
Peter Gilmore

The bloggers take on the snow egg

and mostly they win

While this dessert looks impossibly hard to me seems many in the blogosphere like a challenge. In the weeks after the show it seemed like everyone wanted to see if they could recreate the Snow Egg.
Tropical Snow Egg - Leave Room for Dessert Blog
Anita from "Leave Room for Dessert" did an amazing job with her snow egg.
The Gourmet Challenge
Melbourne Blogger Maria stuck with the original version
Everyday Cook's version
Jackie at Everyday cook enlisted the help of a friend - essential I think if you want to pull this off.

Snow eggs on Flickr

Masterchef started a craze

Seems after the appearance of this amazing dessert on Masterchef Australia everyone wanted to have go.

snow egg by Soggydan
CustardIngredients by YoAmes
White Peach Snow Egg by Charles Haynes
egg3 by Muffet
egg by Muffet
automatically generated by Flickr

Beautiful dessert bowls

cause your snow egg deserves it

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Quay Restaurant

Quay is Sydney's most awarded restaurant. With its amazing location opposite Sydney Opera House it is the perfect special occasion restaurant. I hope to spend New Year's Eve here one year.

Among it's awards are:
2011 SMH Good Food Guide 2011 - Best Young Chef: Jason Saxby
2011 SMH Good Food Guide 2011 - Three Chef's Hats
2010 SMH Good Food Guide 2010 - Three Chef's Hats
2010 SMH Good Food Guide 2010 - Restaurant Of The Year
2010 No. 27 San Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants
2009 SMH Good Food Guide 2009 - Three Chef's Hats
2009 SMH Good Food Guide 2009 - Restaurant Of The Year
2008 SMH Good Food Guide 2008 - Three Chef's Hats
2007 SMH Good Food Guide 2007 - Three Chef's Hats

If you are a foodie on a trip to Sydney this is probably a good restaurant to have on your list.

Quay Restaurant, home of the
Snow Egg is comes in at 27 on the San Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants.

Cook more of Peter Gilmour's special recipes

Recipes from Quay Restaurant

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So what do you think, would you like to try a snow egg?

  • Cinnamonbite May 7, 2012 @ 8:48 pm | delete
    Yes. The gauntlet has been thrown. I WILL try it!
  • Cinnamonbite May 7, 2012 @ 8:47 pm | delete
    Yes. The gauntlet has been thrown. I WILL try it!
  • RecipePublishing Aug 11, 2011 @ 1:49 pm | delete
    I like your lens.
  • hayleylou Feb 20, 2011 @ 7:06 pm | delete
    I wouldn't try making it, but would love to try eating it :)
  • ohcaroline Feb 20, 2011 @ 2:53 pm | delete
    What an ingenious creation. Can't really imagine what it tastes like. Good coverage on this beautiful dessert.
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