Advent calendar 15 - Deconstruction...

It seems that chefs are deconstructing everything these days. A steak and kidney pie becomes braised beef, sauteed kidney, creamed mushrooms, all served on a platform of filo pastry.

For pudding the humble and much maligned trifle is transformed into a fresh fruit sorbet, gelatin gin custard, and a spun sugar topped with a gingered brandy-snap.

All very clever.

So I thought that I might have a go.

The thing is I'm a glass painter and not a chef (well not a chef in the strictest sense even though I'm a very creative cook), so I though balls. Christmas tree balls, and deconstructed a snowman instead.

My snowman is served in a clear glass bauble with hat, carrot nose, stick arms, coal eyes and buttons all hand crafted by myself. The remaining snow is beads of polystyrene; it even has a knitted woolen scarf.

Deconstructed or melting? Who knows. Either way I really like it and I think that next year it'll be one of my personalised bauble products.