It seemed that TikTok was going to be a social network dedicated to dances and humorous videos, and that it would be used mainly by young people. But it has proven to be much more versatile. It covers a wide variety of topics, such as cooking tips and recipes, and even the most renowned chefs have been encouraged to create content.
The last one has been the youngest of the Celler de Can Roca brothers, Jordi Roca, who has decided to share one of the most iconic sweet recipes of this restaurant. It is a caramelized apple that can be reminiscent of the reddish and sweet fruit that is sold at fairs, but it has little to do with it.
The last, as he likes to call himself, makes this sweet using the caramel or blown sugar technique, which gives it the appearance of a spectacular crystal apple. Then he fills it with caramelized apple foam and Calvados ice cream. At the base, it has curd apple water, butter cookie cubes, caramelized apple and apple strips.
This dessert, which has evolved since Jordi Roca first made it in 2004, is part of the tasting menu currently served at Celler de Can Roca. In the Roca brothers’ artisan ice cream parlor, Rocambolesc, they also offer a delicious version: it consists of baked apple ice cream, with caramelized Golden apple, cooked apple and pieces of butter cookie.
The video published by the chef and pastry chef from Girona accumulates two million views, but it is not the only content that has managed to go viral. Jordi Roca publishes all kinds of recipes on his profile, which has managed to capture the attention of thousands of users. Some of the latest have been his ‘Interpretation of strawberries with cream’ or ‘The pink macadamia nut’.
His ‘Piscina de bolas’, an elaboration for which he also uses the blown sugar technique, is another of those that has achieved the most popularity. In this case, the candy sphere is filled with small balls of fruit pulp, pineapple, coconut, cherry, passion fruit, mandarin, apricot, cherry, blackberry, raspberry, lychee, and baked apple.
