Salted Peanut Butter Ice Cream | Raisin Jelly Veil | Toasted Virginia Peanut Genoa Bread | Celery Froth | Peanut Brittle

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Preparation info
  • Yield:

    10

    Servings
    • Difficulty

      Complex

Appears in
The Elements of Dessert

By Francisco Migoya

Published 2012

  • About
Why These Flavors Work

I would never have thought to combine raisins with peanuts, never mind celery. Crunchy celery with smooth peanut butter and sweet raisins does work, although nothing in my mental flavor map can reasonably tell me why. However, if it didn’t taste at least a little bit good, no one would enjoy it and it would not have become the popular snack it is today. In this dessert I have taken those flavors and manipulated the textures. Th