Ingredients
| 125ml full-fat milk | |
| 150ml condensed milk | |
| 50g creamed honey | |
| 2 teaspoons Heilala vanilla paste | |
| 30g stem ginger, finely chopped | |
| 130g plain flour | |
| 30g custard powder | |
| 200ml soda water, chilled | |
| 1 egg yolk, size 7 | |
| 20g cornflour, plus extra for dusting | |
| 100ml liquid honey | |
| 30ml stem-ginger syrup | |
| 1 tablespoon lemon juice | |
| 150ml cream | |
| 400ml canola oil |
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Instructions
| 1. | Put milk, condensed milk, creamed honey, 1 teaspoon vanilla paste and the stem ginger into a medium pot over a moderate heat. Slowly bring to a simmer. |
| 2. | Once the liquid begins to steam, sieve in 40g flour and the custard powder and whisk vigorously until it comes to a boil and thickens. |
| 3. | Lower the heat and continue to whisk for 3-4 minutes, until you can see the pot bottom when stirring. |
| 4. | Scrape into a 20cm x 20cm tray, cover the surface with baking paper and cool to room temperature, about 1 hour. |
| 5. | Put the soda water in a large bowl and whisk in the egg yolk. |
| 6. | Add remaining 90g flour and the cornflour. |
| 7. | Whisk until almost smooth with a few lumps remaining. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. |
| 8. | In a small pot, put the liquid honey, stem-ginger syrup, lemon juice and 50ml water and heat gently for 2-3 minutes until runny and slightly syrupy. Keep to one side. |
| 9. | Whisk cream with remaining vanilla paste until stiff peaks form, and reserve. |
| 10. | Using a wet spoon, scoop out 8 golf ball-sized dollops of custard and dust on all sides with cornflour. |
| 11. | Heat canola oil to 190℃ or until a bread cube fries golden in 5-6 seconds. |
| 12. | Use tongs to dip the custard into the tempura batter, then fry 2 pieces at a time for 20-25 seconds and remove to absorbent paper. |
| 13. | Repeat until all the custard is fried. Serve immediately, drizzled with honey syrup and a dollop of whipped cream. |
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