Elegant Fruit Dessert Recipe

Sometimes an elegant dessert is needed to finish off an evening.  The fresh tang of the fruit and the sauce, the rich creaminess of the chantilly and the crunch of the biscuit all compliment each other to make a grand finale to a special meal.

Makes 6 fruit desserts

Chantilly Cream Recipe

100millilitres (3.38 fluid ounces) or 1/3 cup plus 1 Tbsp and 1 tsp of cream (35% fat)
1/2 vanilla bean
15g (0.53 ounces) or 1 Tbsp sugar
50g (1.76 ounces) white chocolate
additional 110millilitres (3.72 fluid ounces) or 1/3 cup plus 2 Tbsp of cream (35% fat)
Heat the 100ml of cream with the vanilla and sugar until it just boils. Pour through a sieve over the white chocolate. Wait for a couple of minutes then stir until all the lumps of chocolate are melted. Pour in the additional cream. Place in the freezer for 1 hour to chill.

Fresh Fruit Sauce Recipe (makes 120millilitres (4.06 fluid ounces))
100g (3.53 ounces) or 3/4 cup strawberries
50g (1.76 ounces) or 1/3 cup raspberries
10g (0.35 ounces) or 2 tsp sugar
 
Place all the ingredients in a blender or food processor and blitz until liquid.

Crisp Biscuit Recipe
60g (2.12 ounces) or 1/4 cup plus 1 tsp unsalted butter
40g (1.41 ounces) or 1/4 cup plus 1 Tbsp icing sugar
5g (0.18 ounces) or 1 tsp ground almonds
1 egg yolk
107g (3.77 ounces) or 2/3 cup plain flour
Beat together the butter and icing sugar then add the ground almond and egg yolk and mix until combined. Using a spoon mix in the flour until just combined. Roll out thinly and cut into six circles and bake at 150C (302 degrees Fahrenheit) for 10 minutes or until golden.

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