Mascarpone mousse with white chocolate and black pepper in a tropical fruit soup

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• Fruit and vegetables

  • thumb fresh root ginger, peeled and chopped
  • 1 lime, zest only
  • 1 ripe cantelope melon, skin and seeds removed
  • 1 ripe mango, peeled and stoned
  • 1 lime, juice only
  • 1 pomegranate, seeded
  • 1 papaya, peeled and cut into 5mm/¼ in dice
  • 1 kiwi fruit, skin removed and cut into 5mm/¼ in dice
  • 4 physalis

• Cooking ingredients

  • 2 leaves gelatine, soaked in cold water for 10 minutes
  • 3 tbsp caster sugar
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 300g/10½oz caster sugar
  • 1 stick cinnamon
  • pinch fennel seeds
  • pinch cardamom seeds
  • bay leaf
  • freshly ground black pepper

• Biscuits, snacks and sweets

  • 100g/3½oz white chocolate curls
  • chocolate curls

• Dairy, eggs and chilled

  • 100ml/3½fl oz mascarpone
  • 100ml/3½fl oz crème fraîche
  • 2 eggs, whites only

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