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 This recipe makes eight
desserts. It is a medley of textures
and savors, a truly unusual creation.
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Prepare the milk chocolate cream and
the cocoa cookies the night before. The orange
preparation can also be done ahead or made the same
day.
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250 g (8-1/2 oz) Jivara
LactÈe couverture, chopped
350 g (12 oz) fresh fromage
blanc, 20% fat, whipped |
Chop the Jivara LactÈe,
then melt it in a microwave oven or in a double
boiler. Be careful not to overheat or burn the
chocolate. Add about a third of the fromage blanc
to the hot melted chocolate and stir vigorously in
the round using a whisk. The mixture should be creamy
and elastic. Then add the rest of the fromage
blanc and whip with an immersion blender for a
few seconds to obtain a perfectly smooth and shiny
texture. Keep in the refrigerator overnight.
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100
g (7 tablespoons) butter, softened
100 g (1 cup less 2
tablespoons) powdered sugar
80 g (5 tablespoons) pastry
flour
1 tablespoon
powdered cocoa
3 egg whites
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Preheat the oven to
180/190ƒC (350/375ƒF).Cream the butter with
the powdered sugar. Sift together the flour and
cocoa, and add this to the first mixture. Add half of
the egg whites and mix. As soon as the mixture is
homogenous, add the rest of the whites. Spread the
dough thinly on a nonstick baking sheet, using a
spatula, making 10 to 12 cm (4 to 5 in) diameter
rounds. Bake for only 5 or 6 minutes. As soon as they
are removed from the oven and while they are still
soft, but without burning yourself, ruffle or pleat
them with the tips of your fingers.
Keep in an airtight container.
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1
teaspoon dry gelling agent
50 g (1/4 cup) sugar
150 g (2/3 cup) fresh orange
juice
5 fresh mint leaves
5 fresh verbena leaves
Orange sections (reserved for later use)
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 Mix the gelling agent with
the sugar and add to the cold orange juice, whisking
to dissolve and to prevent pectin lumps. Bring this
mixture to the boiling point, then add the finely
chopped mint and verbena leaves. Remove from heat,
and reserve in the refrigerator.
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Before the meal, mix the orange
sections with the perfumed jelly. When it is time for
dessert, place a cocoa cookie on each plate. Shave a
spiral of Jivara LactÈe cream by scraping the tip of
a warmed spoon across the surface of the cream. Place
the spiral on the cookie. Surround it with orange
sections and perfumed jelly. Decorate each dessert
with a few verbena or mint leaves, fresh from your
herb garden.
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