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Chilled Nougat with Melon and Spiced Confit Fruit Recipe
Total time: more than 2 hours
Preparation time: 30 minutesCooking time: Under 30 minutes
Refrigeration time: At least 2 hours
Difficulty: Average
Ingredients
Ingredients for 4 servings
- 4 egg whites
- 150 g (3/4 cup) sugar
- 30 g (2 tbsp.) honey
- 50 ml (3 tbsp.) aged rum
- 500 g (2 cups) heavy cream
- Melon
- Pineapple, apple, banana, mango
Method
- Reduce the rum and 20 ml (4 tsp.) honey by half. Add the diced melon. Cook for 5 minutes, coating it well with the syrup.
- In another saucepan, make the syrup: bring the remaining honey, 75 g (5 tbsp.) sugar and 4 tbsp. water to a simmer and cook for 4 minutes.
- Beat the egg whites to soft peaks with 1 tsp. sugar then, while still beating, gradually mix in the hot syrup. Continue beating until the meringue is stiff and shiny.
- Let cool, then graduallly fold in the melon and the whipped cream.
- Pour the mixture into a plastic wrap-lined mold and refrigerate.
- Peel all the fruit; cook it slowly with the remaining sugar and a pinch of four-spice powder (quatre-épices).
- Serve the nougat with the fruit.
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With thanks to La Varangue Restaurant in St. François,
Hôtel Le Méridien La Cocoteraie, Guadeloupe
With thanks to La Varangue Restaurant in St. François,
Hôtel Le Méridien La Cocoteraie, Guadeloupe
©Copyright MSCOMM 1996 – 2024. Michèle Serre, Éditeur
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