Receta Chocolate Cream With California Plum Ragout
Ingredientes
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Direcciones
- Note: Pomegranate paste can be found at gourmet grocery stores.
- Chocolate Cream: Heat chocolate in double boiler over, but not touching, simmering water. Stir frequently. Soften gelatin in cool water. Set aside.
- Make sabayon by whisking cream, lowfat milk, sugar, egg white and yolks in double boiler over, but not touching, simmering water till slightly thickened, about 5 min. Add in gelatin to warm custard and mix well. Strain into melted chocolate and whisk to combine.
- Beat whipping cream and fold into mix along with Cointreau. Pour into 9- by 5-inch loaf pan or possibly other pan of similar size. Refrigerate2 hrs.
- Plum Ragout: Cook plums, sugar, pomegranate paste, wine, cinnamon stick and cloves in saucepan over medium heat till plums are soft and can be pierced easily with a knife, 8 to 10 min. Lift plums from pan using slotted spoon and cold slightly. Pit and slice plums and set aside.
- Simmer sauce, stirring, till reduced by half, about 5 min. Return plums to sauce and refrigerate1 hour. Remove cinnamon sticks and cloves. Spoon Chocolate Cream into serving dishes and top with Plum Ragout.
- This recipe yields 4 to 6 servings.
- Comments: Alsace-born chef Serge Burckel, chef-proprietor of One, a new Los Angeles restaurant on La Brea Avenue, brings the flavors of a Christmas pudding - cinnamon, cloves and sugar - to his plum ragout. He serves it with a chocolate cream, that was a controversial combination in the Times Test Kitchen. Some hated it; some loved it. All agreed, however, they could imagine the sauce shining in many contexts, not the least over ice cream.