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Blackcurrant, vanilla and lime verrine

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Vanilla-lime, confectioner's custard and blackcurrant coulis, topped with a layer of whipped cream (chantilly) and dusted with a little matcha green tea powder. Light and flavoursome.

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Last modified on: September 12^th 2010

For 6 glasses, you will need:

• 1 250 ml milk
• 2 ½ vanilla pod
• 3 50 g caster sugar
• 4 3 egg yolks
• 5 20 g cornflour
• 6 1 lime
• 7 4 drops food colouring
• 8 300 ml Blackcurrant coulis
• 9 20 g caster sugar
• 10 2 g agar-agar
• 11 200 ml Sugar syrup
• Total weight: 1,014 grams

Change those ingredients for: 2 glasses 3 glasses 6 glasses 12 glasses 18 glasses

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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
47 min.	22 min.	1 hour 9 min.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, covered by a plastic film.

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Step by step recipe

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Stage 1 - 10 min.

Prepare a confectioner's custard: pour 250 ml milk into a pan, add the ½ vanilla pod and bring to the boil.

As soon as the milk boils, add the zest of 1 lime. Remove from the heat, cover and leave to infuse 10 minutes.

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Stage 2 - 10 min.

Prepare the custard by mixing together 50 g caster sugar and 3 egg yolks, then add 20 g cornflour and mix thoroughly.

Pour the hot milk onto this mixture and stir constantly until thoroughly mixed. Then pour it back into the pan through a sieve to remove the vanilla and lime zest.

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Stage 3 - 7 min.

Cook as for a normal confectioner's custard, then stand the pan to cool in cold water, stirring occasionally to avoid a skin forming.

When the custard is still warm, add the juice of 1 lime and 4 drops food colouring (green), and beat vigourously.

Leave to cool completely, still with the pan in cold water.

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Stage 4 - 10 min.

Meanwhile, prepare or thaw 300 ml Blackcurrant coulis, which should be completely smooth in texture.

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Stage 5 - 3 min.

Mix 20 g caster sugar with 2 g agar-agar. This is to help the agar-agar blend more easily with the syrup.

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Stage 6 - 5 min.

Bring 200 ml Sugar syrup to a simmer and tip in the mixture of sugar and agar-agar while beating vigourously to mix.

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Stage 7 - 5 min.

Then pour the hot syrup into the blackcurrant coulis and mix well.

You can use a hand-mixer briefly for this if you wish, to ensure thorough mixing.

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Stage 8 - 7 min.

Begin assembling the verrines by putting a layer of cold (or barely warm) confectioner's custard in bottom of each glass. Use a forcing bag if possible, as this makes the job much easier.

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Stage 9 - 5 min.

Pour a layer of blackcurrant coulis on top while this is still warm and sufficiently runny.

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Stage 10 - 7 min.

Finish with a layer of whipped cream (chantilly), which you can dust with a little matcha green tea powder.

Remarks

If you wish to prepare the dessert in advance, this is not a problem for the 2 layers of lime and blackcurrant, but it's wise to prepare the whipped cream at the last minute; it's always better.

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Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,220 Kcal or 5,108 Kj	25 gr	206 gr	32 gr
61 %	10 %	19 %	5 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
120 Kcal or 502 Kj	3 gr	20 gr	3 gr
6 %	1 %	2 %	<1 %

Per glass
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
203 Kcal or 850 Kj	4 gr	34 gr	5 gr
10 %	2 %	3 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

• For 6 glasses : 4.02 €

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Source

Home-made, but dedicated to Pol, who has not been able to taste this yet, but he will...

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