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Strawberry swing


Strawberries, clouds and yoghurt in deep blue: the lightness of a far away horizon.

Strawberry and youghurt mousse

Serves 8:

250 g strawberry pulp
250 g yoghurt
120 g caster sugar
½ l semi whipped cream
4 gelatin sheets

Hydrate the gelatin.
Heat a portion of the pulp to dissolve the gelatin.
Add the remaining pulp, yoghurt and sugar.
Mix with cream.
Refrigerate.

Serve with strawberries and a strawberry coulis.


August 14, 2008 | Filed under mousses | 3 Comments 

Uh la la..

Petite Tatin…
Petit plaisir…
Petit four…
Gran délice!…

Tarte Tatin

serves 10:

10 pears (1,5 kg)
200 g sugar
100 g butter
½ kg puff pastry

Pre heat oven to 200ºC.
Peel and cut the pears as desired. Set aside.
In a pan, cook together butter and sugar at med-high until it turns into a brown caramel.
Add the cut pears, filling any holes as much as possible.
Roll the puff pastry and cut a disc slightly larger than the pan.
Cover the pears with the pastry folding in inside the pan.
Cook for 30-40 minutes.
Un-mold while the pie is still hot.
Serve with ice cream, cream or whipped cream with a little bit of sugar.

August 13, 2008 | Filed under pastry dough, petit-fours, pies, tarts, tartelettes | 1 Comment 

Italy invited again

Italy returns to her seat for dessert… this time with Malevich, Anna Wright and blackberries.
The suprematism in only one spoon turned everything abstract.

Panna Cotta

serves 10:
250 ml milk
250 ml cream
70 g sugar
1 vanilla bean
2,5 gelatin sheets

Grease 10 individual moulds with oil.
In a pan, stir together milk and cream, setting aside a small portion to hydrate the gelatin.
Add sugar and vanilla.
Bring to boil and remove from heat.
Dissolve the gelatin in the hot mixture.
Pour into individual moulds.
When cool, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, but preferably overnight before serving.

Unmould carefully.

Blackberry jelly:
250 g balckberries
70 g sugar

Mash berries and strain through cheesecloth, wire mesh strainer or seive.
Add sugar and bring to boil in low heat.

Kazimir Malevich, Rectangle and circle, 1915
Anna Wright, Untitled

August 13, 2008 | Filed under desserts, puddings and soufflés, fruit desserts and jams | 3 Comments 

english version

Due to the enormous amount of english speaking visitors of the past week I’m currently working really really hard on the english version of my blog. I guess it will take a couple of days until I can manage to set this up…

If you’re interested please feel free to send me an e-mail and I’ll drop you a line as soon as this is finished!

Thank you!

August 11, 2008 | Filed under journal | 4 Comments 

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