Orange Slices With Sesame Wafers And Mint Sauce
Ingrediënten
- 4 Oranges whole
- 3 tbsp 4 cl Grand Marnier
- ¾ cup 100 g Confectioner’s sugar
- 8 Sesame waffle leaves
- Mint and confectioner’s sugar to garnish
- For the Cream
- 3 Egg yolks
- ¼ cup 50 g Granulated sugar
- 4 tsp 2 cl Grand Marnier
- ¼ cup 6 cl Orange juice
- 3 Sheets gelatin
- 1 cup 250 ml Whipped cream
- For the Mint Sauce
- 4 Pears
- ⅓ cup 80 g Granulated sugar
- 3 tbsp 4 cl lemon juice
- ½ Bundle peppermint
- 3 tsp 4 cl Peppermint liqueur
- Dash of salt
Instructies
- Wash the oranges in hot water and dry well.
- Cut off thin pieces of peel with a knife and cut them into fine strips.
- Set aside in some cold water.
- Pull apart the orange slices, collecting the juice.
- Marinate the orange slices in Grand Marnier and confectioner’s sugar.
- For the cream, beat egg yolks with granulated sugar in a double boiler until creamy.
- Add water to the gelatin, remove excess water, and dissolve in slightly warmed orange juice and Grand Marnier.
- Stir into the egg yolk mixture and beat until cold.
- Before the mixture begins to gel, fold in the whipped cream.
- Fill 4 small ring pans (about 2.
- 5 in (6 cm) diameter) with the cream and chill for 3 hours.
- For the mint sauce, peel, quarter, and core the pears.
- Cook in lemon juice and granulated sugar until soft.
- Blanch the mint in salt water and shock in ice water.
- Add to the pears and mix everything well.
- Pass through a fine sieve and season with peppermint liqueur.
- Remove the cooled cream from the pans onto plates.
- Lay a sesame waffle leaf on the cream.
- Arrange orange slices on the leaf and then set another leaf on top.
- Garnish with mint sauce, mint, orange peels, and confectioner’s sugar.
Notes / Tips / Wine Advice:
Mint, Sweet & Sour
The English like to use it in sauces for lamb and beef. The Carinthians, on the other hand, swear that real Carinthian dumplings are not worthy of the name without mint. Most of all, next to lemon balm, mint is one of the most beloved herbs of confectioners. The refreshing scent (in the New Testament, mint is referred to simply as “sweet smelling”) covers so many sweets, and the menthol-like “peppery” taste goes perfectly not only with chocolate, but also with sorbets and fruit desserts. By the way, the flavor of fresh mint can also be achieved by using essential peppermint oil.
The English like to use it in sauces for lamb and beef. The Carinthians, on the other hand, swear that real Carinthian dumplings are not worthy of the name without mint. Most of all, next to lemon balm, mint is one of the most beloved herbs of confectioners. The refreshing scent (in the New Testament, mint is referred to simply as “sweet smelling”) covers so many sweets, and the menthol-like “peppery” taste goes perfectly not only with chocolate, but also with sorbets and fruit desserts. By the way, the flavor of fresh mint can also be achieved by using essential peppermint oil.
