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Tuesday, 21 December 2010

cooking at home Dessert: Tarte au sucre d’yport (Apple & almond tart)

cooking at home Dessert: Tarte au sucre d’yport (Apple & almond tart)

nice simple desserts recipe

Tarte au sucre d’yport (Apple & almond tart)

750g
Russet apples (peeled, cored & chopped)
50 ml
Calvados
75g
Castor sugar
4
Egg yolks
315 ml
Crème fraiche
1
Sweet tart case (baked blind)
3 tbsp

Flaked almonds












Method


1.     Preheat the oven to 180ºC.
2.     Soak the apple in the calvados for 1 hour.
3.     Drain the apples (reserving the calvados), sauté in a little butter until slightly soft & then place in the tart case.
4.     Bake in the oven for 15 mins then increase the heat back too 220ºC.
5.     Beat together the egg yolks, crème fraiche, remaining sugar & the calvados.
6.     Pour the mixture over the apples & scatter the almonds over the top.
7.     Bake for a further 30-40 mins or until lightly set.
8.     Serve with crème fraiche & cider.

cooking at home Dessert: Banoffi pie

cooking at home Dessert: Banoffi pie

nice simple desserts recipe

cooking at home Dessert: Treacle tart

cooking at home Dessert: Treacle tart

nice simple desserts recipe

cooking at home Dessert: Custard Tart

cooking at home Dessert: Custard Tart

nice simple desserts recipe

Custard Tart

250ml
milk
250ml
double cream
1
 vanilla pod
6
Eggs
250g
sugar
















Method


1.      Infuse the milk & cream with the vanilla pod by bringing to the boil.
2.      Whisk the eggs & sugar together until emulsified.
3.      Pour the hot milk & cream over the eggs while whisking continuously.
4.      Fill a pre-baked sweet pastry case with the mixture & cook at 140ºC for approx35-40 min

Treacle tart


600g
Golden syrup
120g
Ground almonds
170g
Fresh white bread crumbs
2
Eggs
300 ml
Double cream
1
Tart case (blind baked)














Method


1.      Place all the ingredients in a robocoupe & blend until amalgamated.
2.      Put in the fridge to rest overnight.
3.      Pour into the cooked tart case & cook in a pre-heated oven at about 180°C for approximately 45 mins.

Banoffi pie


1
Sweet tart case  (blind baked)
1½ tins
Condensed milk (boiled in their tins four 5 hrs)
800g
Bananas (firm)
375 ml
Double cream
½ tsp
instant coffee (powdered)
1 tbsp
Castor sugar



To garnish
A little fresh ground coffee




Method


1.      Whip the cream, sugar & instant coffee until stiff peaks.
2.      Spread the condensed milk toffee over the based of the tart.
3.      Peel & slice the bananas lengthways & place over the toffee.
4.      Pipe over the cream & dust with the fresh ground coffee.

Chocolate croquant biscuit

100g
Caster sugar
30g
Glucose
10g
Cocoa powder
12g
Milk
20g
Almond strips(lightly toasted)
20g
Cocoa nibs
25g
Unsalted butter














Method


1.     Melt the butter
2.     Combine the sugar, glucose, cocoa powder and milk, mix until smooth
3.     Add the almond strips and cocoa nibs
4.     Add the butter, mix until fully incorporated
5.     Bake at 180°C for 4 mins   

Raspberry tart

375g
Double cream
1
Vanilla pod
3
Leaf gelatine
375g
Fromage blanc
75g
Castor sugar
600g
Raspberries
















Method


1.     Bring 105g of the double cream to the boil, remove from the heat, split the vanilla pod & add the seeds & pod to the cream, allow to infuse for 10 mins
2.     Soften the gelatine in cold water & whisk into the warm cream, then add the fromage blanc & 75g of the sugar
3.     whip the remaining cream & gently fold into the fromage blanc mixture
4.     Add to the mix to the cooled pastry case filling 1 third of the case, place in the fridge for 1 hour and fill with raspberries working towards the centre placing them upright next to each other