Post by kickingfrog on Jan 28, 2011 14:59:36 GMT
Craig’s ‘Come Dine With Me’ Gateau
GATEAU OF MERINGUE AND STRAWBERRIES ON A BED OF STRAWBERRY COULIS
Ingredients (for meringue):
6 egg whites
320g caster sugar
1 tablespoon cornflour
2 teaspoons lemon juice
Method
Line a shallow roasting tin with greaseproof paper. Whisk the whites to soft peaks and ass half the sugar, whisking slowly. Add the cornflour and lemon juice, then whisk in the remaining sugar. Spread thinly into the tin and bake at 130 C for 20 minutes. Remove and allow to cool. Invert on to a clean tea towel, pull off the paper and cut into circles (two per person).
Ingredients (for coulis):
250g strawberries
Lemon juice
40g caster sugar
40ml water
Method
Make a stock syrup with the sugar and water. Bring to the boil, simmer and cool. Puree the fruit, sieve, and combine with the syrup and lemon juice.
Ingredients (for the filling):
Double cream
Strawberries
Vanilla extract
Icing sugar
Alcohol (Amaretto, Pimm’s, crème de fraise)
Method
Add a drop of vanilla extract, a sprinkle of icing sugar and a splash of alcohol. Whisk to soft peaks. Halve the strawberries.
To plate: line the plate with some coulis, place a circle of meringue in the centre, cover with enough cream, layer with strawberries and top with another circle of meringue. To finish, drizzle coulis over one side of the gateau and sprinkle with icing sugar over the plate.
www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/C/come_dine/three_3.html
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GATEAU OF MERINGUE AND STRAWBERRIES ON A BED OF STRAWBERRY COULIS
Ingredients (for meringue):
6 egg whites
320g caster sugar
1 tablespoon cornflour
2 teaspoons lemon juice
Method
Line a shallow roasting tin with greaseproof paper. Whisk the whites to soft peaks and ass half the sugar, whisking slowly. Add the cornflour and lemon juice, then whisk in the remaining sugar. Spread thinly into the tin and bake at 130 C for 20 minutes. Remove and allow to cool. Invert on to a clean tea towel, pull off the paper and cut into circles (two per person).
Ingredients (for coulis):
250g strawberries
Lemon juice
40g caster sugar
40ml water
Method
Make a stock syrup with the sugar and water. Bring to the boil, simmer and cool. Puree the fruit, sieve, and combine with the syrup and lemon juice.
Ingredients (for the filling):
Double cream
Strawberries
Vanilla extract
Icing sugar
Alcohol (Amaretto, Pimm’s, crème de fraise)
Method
Add a drop of vanilla extract, a sprinkle of icing sugar and a splash of alcohol. Whisk to soft peaks. Halve the strawberries.
To plate: line the plate with some coulis, place a circle of meringue in the centre, cover with enough cream, layer with strawberries and top with another circle of meringue. To finish, drizzle coulis over one side of the gateau and sprinkle with icing sugar over the plate.
www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/C/come_dine/three_3.html
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