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European glass

A little dessert that's rather long to make, but which will always impress your guests.

Layered in a glass: a jellied red fruit coulis, a layer of pineapple charlotte cream, a layer of kiwi coulis, topped with a peeled clementine segment.

It's "european" because it resembles the italian flag, and in another version with apricot instead raspberries, the irish flag (a country so dear to me).

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Last modified on: August 15^th 2010

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For 8 glasses, you will need:

1 200 g Fruit coulis (fruit purée)
2 1 Victoria pineapple
3 300 g Real custard sauce (crème anglaise)
4 200 g Chantilly cream
5 1 sheet gelatin
6 1 clementines
7 3 kiwis
8 ½ lime
9 2 tablespoons Clarified butter
10 3 tablespoons brown sugar
11 1 sheet gelatin
Total weight: 2,264 grams

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Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
1 hour 42 min.	35 min.	12 min.	2 hours 29 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

First layer:

Make red fruit jelly, if possible the day before. Soak 1 sheet gelatin in cold water for 5 minutes.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Meanwhile, put 200 g Fruit coulis (fruit purée) (or strawberries, blackcurrants, etc.) in a pan on low heat. As soon as it's hot (do not let it boil), remove from heat.

Drain gelatin sheets by squeezing them, dry them in a cloth, and dissolve in the hot coulis, while stirring.

Leave to cool about 30 minutes.

Stage 3 - 30 min.

Pour about 2 tablespoons of red fruit jelly into the bottom of a small glass, using a funnel if it helps.

Leave to cool to room temperature for about 2 hours.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Cover each glass with plastic film, then put in the fridge for at least 4 hours, overnight if possible.

Stage 5 - 15 min.

Second layer:

Peel 1 Victoria pineapple, then cut into small dice (about 5 mm square).

If you don't have a Victoria Pineapple, use half a normal one.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Melt 2 tablespoons Clarified butter in a frying pan, add 3 tablespoons brown sugar, and cook until it start to caramelise.

Stage 7 - 7 min.

Tip in diced pineapple and cook for 3-4 minutes while stirring, then add juice of ½ lime.

As soon as it's cooked, remove from heat, allow to cool, and keep in the fridge in a sealed container.

Also the day before, make the custard (creme anglaise), and when cooled, keep in the fridge in a sealed container.

Stage 8 - 20 min.

On the day: Put 1 sheet gelatin in dish of cold water.

Meanwhile, heat the custard in a pan over low heat, and as soon as it is fairly hot (do not allow to boil), drain and dry the gelatin sheets and add to the pan while stirring. Leave to cool for 45 minutes.

Stage 9 - 20 min.

15 minutes before the end of this time, prepare 200 g Chantilly cream.

Stage 10 - 5 min.

Add cold custard to whipped cream, gently folding in with a spatula or a maryse exactly as for beaten egg-whites.

Stage 11 - 5 min.

When thoroughly mixed, add diced pinapple and mix gently until well distributed through the cream. Pineapple charlotte is ready.

Stage 12 - 10 min.

Remove glasses from the fridge, and fill them with charlotte to 2/3 depth, preferably using a forcing bag.

Put glasses back in the fridge for at least 2 hours, covered with plastic film.

Stage 13 - 20 min.

Meanwhile, prepare coulis of 3 kiwis.

Just before serving, add kiwi coulis to fill the remaining 1/3 depth of glass, and top with a segment of peeled clementine.

Your european glass is ready, enjoy it.

Remarks

As you will see, it's easy to eat on its own , or it makes an attractive finish to a festive meal.

Keeping

Several hours in the fridge, covered by a plastic film.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,195 Kcal or 13,377 Kj	33 gr	531 gr	104 gr
160 %	13 %	50 %	16 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
141 Kcal or 590 Kj	1 gr	23 gr	5 gr
7 %	1 %	2 %	1 %

Per glass
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
399 Kcal or 1,671 Kj	4 gr	66 gr	13 gr
20 %	2 %	6 %	2 %

% 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).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 8 glasses : 12.61 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Real custard sauce (crème anglaise): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pistachio panna cotta with custard, Caramel semolina pudding with raisins, Warm apple feuillantines, Rice pudding (riz au lait), Sautéed pears with custard and orange syrup , ... All
	Fruit coulis (fruit purée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Blackberry and almond fondant tart, Half-cooked chocolate cake with raspberry coulis, Warm apple feuillantines, Macarons (the original French macaroons) , Fillings for macaroons, ... All
	Chantilly cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Peach and blackcurrant sundae, Cranachan, St Tropez tart, Mini Mont-Blanc choux puffs, Strawberries with mint and cream, ... All
	Brown sugar: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Smart plum tart, Tarte à l'coloche, Chaud-froid of grapefruit, pineapple and lime custard , Canadian apple crumble, Flaky brownie brioche, ... All

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