Spiced Fruit-Carpaccio Syrup

Name: Spiced Fruit-Carpaccio Syrup
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: about 4¼ cups (1000 ml)
Cuisine: French Classic
Ingredients: 2 cups (500 ml) Water; 2½ cups (500 g) Sugar; 6 g Vanilla; about 2 stars (2 g) Star Anise; about 2 pods (4 g) Long Pepper; 1 g Cardamom; about ¼ bunch (0.5 g) Sage; 2 lemongrass stalks Lemongrass

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Jean Imbert recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Jean Imbert.

SWEET FINISH · FRUIT CARPACCIO & DESSERTS

In the published recipe, this is the sweet finish for Top Chef fruit carpaccio.

Imbert's spiced syrup from a prize-winning fruit dish.

On the jar

SPICED

Method: simmer
Yield: about 4¼ cups
Ingredients: 8
Jar batch: 0.3× recipe

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Ratio

WATER 500 ml

Ingredients

Water2 cups (500 ml)
Sugar2½ cups (500 g)
Vanilla6 g
Star Aniseabout 2 stars (2 g)
Long Pepperabout 2 pods (4 g)
Cardamom1 g
Sageabout ¼ bunch (0.5 g)
Lemongrass2 lemongrass stalks

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): WATER.
Shake-to-line (dashed marks): add SUGAR. Spoon in, shake, and top up until the settled level reaches each dashed line.
Add by count: ¾ STALK LEMONGRASS.
Season to finish: VANILLA (about ¾ tsp), STAR ANISE (¾ star), LONG PEPPER (¾ pod), CARDAMOM (a pinch), SAGE (about ¼ tsp).
Cap the jar and shake until combined.
Pour into a cold pan and bring to a gentle simmer. The jar stays off the stove. Cool leftovers briefly before they go back in the glass, then refrigerate promptly.

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Provenance

Jean Imbert. French. Cited awards include: Michelin 1* (Plaza Athénée).

Originally published as Spiced Fruit-Carpaccio Syrup (Top Chef Win Dish).

Adapted from a Jean Imbert recipe (Jean Imbert / Marie Claire (Top Chef S3 win dish, for 4)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes, with one pan. Its liquids pour to the printed fill-lines and shake cold; the mix then goes into a pan to simmer. The jar itself never touches heat.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 0.3× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Jean Imbert / Marie Claire (Top Chef S3 win dish, for 4) (published as “Spiced Fruit-Carpaccio Syrup (Top Chef Win Dish)”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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