Strawberry
Charlotte
What is Strawberry
charlotte?
A cold dessert
with strawberry cream and ladyfingers. It is rumoured that this recipe
was created by a french chef in the United States but there is another
story telling that it was made by another famous french chef in Paris!
Region |
Prep
time / Cooking time |
Paris
USA
|
30 min / none |
Ingredients |
2
lb fresh strawberries
2/3 cup sugar
8 egg yolks
2 1/2 cup whipping cream
Ladyfingers
|
|
Strawberry
Charlotte recipe serve 6
Step 1:
Keep aside 3 oz of strawberries to decorate the cake at the end of the
recipe. Make a strawberrry purée using a blender. Chill the purée.
Step 2:
Mix sugar and egg yolks and beat them until pale yellow. Chill the mixture.
Step 3:
Beat the cream.
Step
4: Line the sides of a cylindrical mold with ladyfingers
Step 5:
Fold the chilled strawberry purée into the chilled mixture, then
into the cream. Put in the mold. Add lady fingers over the cream.
Step
6: Cover with wraxed paper and refrigerate for 8 hours.
Step 7:
Reverse dessert into a serving dish. Decorate with fresh strawberries.
Wine suggestion: Champagne,
dessert wine such as Sauternes Jurançon or Muscat. You can also
try a red wine from Bordeaux (French Wine Guide).
Bon appetit!