Michelle Lukman reveals her golden ball dessert on MasterChef Australia

MASTERCHEF’S mysterious and much hyped ‘Golden Ball’ dessert has been unveiled — and it didn’t disappoint.

MASTERCHEF’S mysterious and much hyped ‘Golden Ball’ dessert has been revealed - and it didn’t disappoint.

Michelle Lukman’s golden ball had been the focus of Channel 10’s publicity machine ahead of Monday’s season premiere and the 19-year-old finally got the chance to show what all the fuss was about.

#MasterChefAU 2017 off to a killer start. The Golden Ball dessert. Just wow! Amazingly beautiful. GC xxx pic.twitter.com/uHnTI3pJ8t

— George Calombaris (@gcalombaris) May 1, 2017

And it has taken her straight to the top 24.

Lukman said it was a mystery to her when she first created the golden ball.

“ I was actually just, like, experimenting with chocolate and suddenly this ... golden ball came up to my mind, out of nowhere,” she said.

“I was quite surprised, actually. I was just like, ‘Where did this idea come from?’

“I’ve chosen to make the golden ball today because of its simplicity on the outside, but when you crack the ball open, it bursts out with textures and flavours.

“I’m so excited. I really want it. This is my dream, and I’m going for it. I making the golden ball today.”

The description of the golden ball is best left to the chef herself.

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Golden Ball: an experiment gone right. Picture: Channel 10

“The golden ball was a milk chocolate ball, coloured with golden dust, with a mixture of cream cheese and mascarpone, peppered with fresh raspberries, popping candy, mint, biscuit pieces and caramelised white chocolate.

“It’s a raspberry mint jelly, two-cheese mousse - mascarpone and cream cheese. A bit of burnt white chocolate, chocolate shards with French crepes and popping candies, raspberry coulis and edible flowers.

Judge George Calombaris couldn’t believe his eyes.

“That’s incredible,” he said.

“Boys, do you want to come and have a good look at this? I mean, that looks spectacular.

“Wow. I think the last time I saw that, it was in a two-star Michelin restaurant.

“That is wonderful.”

Michelle Lukman’s Golden Ball wowed MasterChef’s judges. Picture: Channel 10

Fellow judge Gary Mehigan added: “Technique, plus ... not too sweet. Lovely freshness from the raspberries.

“That mousse is so super-light, but not kind of overly rich. Chocolate is outstanding. You are a bit of a freak.

“I just want to check if you’re actually human, and you’re real. This is, like, amazingly beautiful and clever and not overly sickly sweet, because you’ve caramelised that white chocolate.

Lukman said she hoped the golden ball was just the start of what she could do on the show.

I can't believe I've made it to the Top 24, I am looking forward for what will be ahead of this #MasterChefAU journey! pic.twitter.com/D477L2YOls

— Michelle Lukman (@michelle_lukman) May 1, 2017

“I hope this dish can show the judges all the techniques that I’ve learnt and taught myself,” she said.

“I like cooking any kind of desserts, really.

Like, no-one’s actually taught me how to cook, so I began learning by watching different videos of chefs cooking. I’ve learnt different techniques online, such as tempering chocolate without using the thermometer. So, I usually just use my instinct, by using the sensitive part of the body, which is the wrist, and just making sure that it’s kind of like forming, like, a ribbon.

All of the techniques I’ve learnt, I just practise over and over till I get it right.”

Originally published as Michelle Lukman reveals her golden ball dessert on MasterChef Australia