Thursday, June 5, 2014

CARAMELIZED FRENCH SHALLOT TARTE TATIN


Ingredients for 6
- 1kg French shallots, peeled
- 200 ml milk
- 80g butter
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 3 fresh lemon thyme sprigs
- 3 sheets puff pastry (6 small tins)

PREPARATION
Cook shallots in milk for 10 minutes. Drain and set aside for 5 minutes to cool. Dry shallots with kitchen paper. Use your fingers to remove the skin.
In a large heavy-based frying pan over medium heat, melt the butter and sugar until you obtain a colored caramel. Add shallot and season with salt, pepper and thyme sprigs. Cook, gently until shallots are just tender.
Preheat oven to 200°C. Line 6 small tart molds or a large one with puff pastry. Crumble goat cheese and divide evenly among pans. Spoon shallots preparation over goat cheese.
Bake in oven for 10-12 minutes or until the pastry is puffed and golden.

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APPLE & DRUNKEN CHERRIES STRUDEL


 
Ingredients for 6
- 1kg apples, peeled, cored, sliced
- 1tin Morello cherries, drained
- 100g (1/2 cup) caster sugar
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 150ml Kirsch or Cherry
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- Melted butter, to grease
- 10 sheets filo pastry
- 60g butter, melted
- 100g almond meal
Pure icing sugar, to dust
Whipped cream, to serve

PREPARATION
Soak cherries into Cherry and set aside overnight to macerate.
On the next day, drain cherries and keep Cherry. Pre-cook apples with lemon juice, Cherry, cinnamon and sugar. Add cherries when done.
Preheat oven to 180ÂșC. Line a tray with baking paper. Place the filo on a clean work surface. Brush 1 filo sheet with melted butter. Top with another filo sheet. Brush with melted butter. Repeat with melted butter and remaining filo. Sprinkle with the almond meal. Place the filling along 1 long side, leaving a wide border at each end. Fold in the ends and roll up firmly to enclose. Place, seam-side-down, on the prepared tray. Brush with remaining butter.
Bake for 25 minutes or until golden. Dust with icing sugar. Serve with whipped cream.

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