How to make Sechuan Button "Mille Feuille"? - Gronda

Layer of rice paper brushed with Sechuan Button syrup and fried, Sechuan Button cream and Sechuan Button sugar dust.


How to make Sechuan Button "Mille Feuille"?



Fried rice paper with Sechuan Button Syrup
1. Add the sugar to the mixer 2. Remove the greens from the Sechuan Buttons and add them to the sugar 3. Mix it! 4. Put some water in a pot 5. Add Sechuan sugar to the water and boil it to get syrup 6. Brush the syrup now onto the rice paper 7. Cut the paper into smaller pieces 8. Fry it! 9. Sprinkle the rice paper with some Sechuan Button sugar


Sechuan Button Cream
1. Put the milk in a pot and boil it 2. Put the egg yolk in a bowl 3. Add Sechuan Sugar and mix well 4. While stirring, add boiling milk 5. Put everything back in the pot and heat it up 6. Mix some corn flour with some water in a small bowl 7. Empty it while stirring into the cream in the pot and heat it up. 8. When the cream's thickened, put it in the fridge.


Sechuan Buttons
Sechuan Buttons® is the Koppert Cress brand name for an edible flower. For some people, the taste of the Sechuan Button, resembles an ‘electric’ shock. It starts with a champagne-like sensation at the top of the tongue. Then it moves around in the mouth. A kind of ‘anaesthetic’ feeling in the cheeks, a numb sensation followed by a saliva flush. Within a minute, however, this negative feeling is replaced by curiosity and the analysis of the different sensations, finally resulting in amazement.


Sechuan Button is often used as an infusion in cocktails and amuses-bouches. The flavour of Sechuan enhances and balances other flavours. In view of the intense effect of the button we advise to be careful in combination with your choice of wines.



Sechuan Buttons is a plant which has its origin in Africa and South America, when those two continents where still connected. Now it is only found in specific areas of Africa. The name Sechuan Buttons was chosen because of its flavour, which is comparable to the Sechuan Pepper.


Sechuan Buttons are available year round and can easily be stored for up to seven days at a temperature of 2-7°C. Produced in a socially responsible culture, Sechuan Buttons meet the hygienic kitchen standards. The product is ready to use, since it is grown clean and hygienically.



Learn from Marcel Thiele and Franck Pontais how to prepare amazing dishes with cress. We love the appearance. 🤩Find the video in the GRONDA profile of Marcel Thiele in the free app: www.gronda.eu/app

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