4 Surprisingly Good Ways To Eat Durian & Sentosa’s First Durian Buffet

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Durian lovers, you can have your fruit and eat durian in many ways! Chefs from Le Méridien Singapore, Sentosa share recipes on making various durian creations and tips on cooking with durian, so you can enjoy these tasty treats fresh from your home.


1) Deep-Fried Durian Dough Sticks

Ingredients: 

  • 1 pair of dough sticks
  • 50g durian paste

Method:

  1. Split the pair of dough sticks and cut into desired portions. Slit the dough stick into half, about halfway through the depth.
  2. Fill the dough stick with the durian paste and repeat this step till all doughsticks are filled.
  3. Sprinkle some white sesame seeds on top of the durian paste filling.
  4. Heat up some cooking oil in the pan and place it down on the side with the filling first. Shallow-fry the dough stick till golden brown.
  5. Fry the dough stick till it is golden brown on both sides, drain the oil and cut the dough stick into bite-sized portions for serving.
  6. Serve with mayonnaise (optional).
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2) Durian Pizza

Ingredients:

  • 1 piece of pizza crust  
  • 150g durian paste
  • 250g mozzarella shredded cheese

Ingredients for pizza crust:

  • 2 packets (7g each) of dry yeast
  • 2 tablespoons of sugar
  • 2 teaspoons of salt
  • 4 cups of all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup (and some extra for brushing on the bowl) of extra-virgin olive oil

Method for pizza crust:

  1. Pour 1.5 cups of warm water into a large bowl. Sprinkle the yeast and let it stand till foamy for about 5 minutes.
  2. Whisk sugar, oil and salt into the yeast mixture. Add flour and stir till a sticky dough forms.
  3. Transfer dough to an oiled bowl and brush top with oil. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and set aside in a warm place until dough has doubled in bulk, for about 1 hour.
  4. Turn out onto a lightly floured work surface and gently knead 1 or 2 times before using.

Method for durian pizza:

  1. Mash the durian paste and remove any hard particles.
  2. Spread the durian paste on the pizza crust and add mozzarella cheese generously.
  3. Bake at 200°C for 12 minutes until pizza is browned on the top.
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3) Durian Creme Brulee

Ingredients:

  • 400ml heavy cream
  • 280ml full cream milk
  • 5 egg yolks
  • 30g caster sugar
  • 200g durian puree
  • A pinch of salt

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 150°C. Place four ramekins in a deep-roasting pan or baking dish.
  2. Pour the cream, milk and durian puree into a large saucepan, and heat the mixture on medium heat till just below boiling point. Once small boiling bubbles start to appear on the surface, immediately turn off the heat.
  3. Whisk the egg yolks, salt and caster sugar together gently.
  4. Slowly pour the hot cream mixture into the egg yolks, while whisking the whole time to prevent scrambling.
  5. Divide the mixture evenly between the ramekins, then pour sufficient warm water into the roasting tin or baking dish till halfway up the sides of the ramekins.
  6. If there are any small bubbles on top of the mixture, lightly run the flame of the blowtorch over the ramekins.
  7. Bake for 30-40 minutes till it just sets. The creme brulees should still wobble slightly in the centre. Remove the creme brulees from the water and allow to cool, then transfer to the fridge to chill.
  8. Before serving, top each creme brulee with a tablespoon of caster sugar. Swirl the sugar around to even out the layer on top of each creme brulee.
  9. Use a blowtorch to heat the sugary tops till they are golden brown and caramelised.
Image Credit: Le Méridien Singapore, Sentosa

4) Durian Pengat

Ingredients:

  • 500g durian puree
  • 250ml coconut milk
  • 250ml fresh milk
  • 100ml water
  • 4 pieces pandan leaves (knotted)
  • 70g gula melaka (palm sugar)
  • A pinch of salt

Method:

1. Combine all ingredients in a pot.
2. Simmer over low heat for 1.5 hours, stirring occasionally to prevent the mixture from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
3. Remove pandan leaves, cool, chill and serve. This will keep up to a week in the chiller.

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More interesting food creations at Latest Recipe restaurant:

From 6 July – 1 September 2018, Le Méridien Singapore, Sentosa will be holding Sentosa’s first durian buffet. At the Du-licious Discovery Durian Buffet, diners can enjoy unlimited durians such as Mao Shan Wang, Red Prawn, D24 and XO from the durian pop-up stall, as well as durian desserts which are added onto their long-running Taste of Discovery Buffet. Their durian creations run the gamut from durian ice kachang, durian chendol, durian pengat, durian choux puffs, durian cupcakes, to even durian prata and durian green bean soup!

Image Credit: Le Méridien Singapore, Sentosa

Phone Number: +65 6818 3305
Address: 23 Beach View Sentosa,  Singapore 098679
Website: http://www.lemeridiensingaporesentosa.com/


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