Coeurs à La
Creme
Submitted
by: Barbiel |
8 oz cottage cheese
25 g caster sugar
300 ml double cream
1 teaspoon lemon juice |
2 egg whites, stiffly whisked
150 ml single cream
fresh raspberries or strawberries to serve |
| Press
the cottage cheese through a nylon sieve into a bowl. Add sugar
and mix well. Whip the cream until stiff then add the lemon
juice. Mix into the cheese and sugar mixture. Fold stiffly
whisked egg whites into cheese mixture. Spoon mixture into
heart-shaped moulds. Chill well for at least 2 hours before
serving with cream and fruit. Serves 4-6. |
White Chocolate Baked Bananas
Submitted
by: Barbiel |
4 small bananas
juice of 1/2 lemon
125 g white chocolate cut into small chunks |
4 tablespoons clear honey
pinch of ground cinnamon |
|
Preheat the oven to 400ºF (200ºC). Peel the bananas and make a
shallow cut lengthwise. Place each banana on a 30cm (12 inch)
square of buttered foil. Sprinkle with the lemon juice, scatter
over the chocolate, drizzle with honey and dust with cinnamon.
Loosely wrap the buttered foil around each bananas, bake for 10
minutes and serve immediately. Serves 4. |
Frozen
Brandy Cream
Submitted
by: Barbiel |
4 egg yolks
150 g caster sugar
6 tablespoons Brandy |
150 ml double cream
coffee dragées to decorate |
| Place
the egg yolks, caster sugar and Brandy in a deep medium-sized
heatproof bowl. Using a wooden spoon stir well. Place the bowl
over a pan of simmering water, the bowl base should not touch
the water. Stir the mixture all the time for about 15 minutes
until it thickens slightly and will just coat the back of the
spoon. do not overheat or the eggs may curdle. Take off heat and
cool for 30 minutes. Lightly whip the cream and stir half into
the cold brandy mixture. Pour into 4 small soufflé, ramekin
dishes or heart-shaped moulds. Freeze for at least 5 hours until
firm. To serve decorate each with a whirl of the remaining
whipped cream, then top with a coffee dragée. Makes 4 servings. |
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