Trifles can be as easy or as complicated as you want to make them. They usually contain some form of cake, a fruit and/or pudding and whipped cream. The particulars of what and how to layer are up to you.
Category: Mousse
Isles Flottant, or Floating Islands
Floating Islands are a wonderful mix of texture: light meringue, rich crème anglaise and crunchy spun sugar. A simple and elegant dessert, they can be tricky to make but well worth the effort! In the interest of full-disclosure I’ll tell you, my first attempt at Floating Islands went a little sideways. I had decided to…
Plating pretty: Individual Chocolate Key Lime Cakes
A friend of mine asked me to create a dessert for a six-course dinner he was serving. Since mine was the last of some very impressive (and somewhat heavy) dishes, I wanted to make something light and fruity. I chose this recipe from Classic Charleston Desserts. Specifically, it’s from the Kiawah Resort. Right off, I’ll…
Chocolate coeurs á la créme
Coeurs translates as heart in French. This simple dessert isn’t shaped anything like a heart, it doesn’t contain any hearts… so I’m guessing Chocolate Love with Creme is a closer translation. Chocolate, creme, berries + EASY definitely = love/heart. Serves 6-8 Ingredients: 225 g ricotta cheese, strained 55 g confectioner’s sugar, sifted 300 ml heavy…
Coffee Sabayon with Orange Tuiles
This creamy, fragrant sabayon can be served alone as a dessert, or as a thick sauce for poached fruit. The cinnamon adds a warm spice to the mellow coffee flavor. It only takes a few minutes to make. As suggested by Michel Roux, I’m serving these with orange tuiles. If you do the same, make…
Chocolate Mousse + Lavender Crémeux + Berry Compote = Bliss.
I won’t lie. This is about to get complicated. At times like this, I wish I had another set of hands, an assistant and more rubber spatulas. But, alas, still me in my tiny kitchen. This dessert should have an official name, but it doesn’t. Comments are always welcome so if you can think of…
Strawberry Chocolate Mousse Cake
Strawberries and chocolate mousse! In a cake! Oh my! One of my favorite cakes comes from the Le Cordon Bleu website. I’m not sure how often they rotate their recipes so my advice is to print this one or save it as a PDF. Trust me – you’ll want to keep this. The first time…
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