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Chocolate Fondant, Orange & Grand Marnier, Caramelized Strawberries Wrapped in Puff Pastry
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Preparation:
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30 minutes
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Cooking time:
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10 minutes
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Serves:
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4
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Ingredients - Chocolate Fondant
8 squares (250 g) dark chocolate
1/2 cup (125 ml) Sealtest unsalted butter
4 tbsp (55 ml) sugar
4 eggs (separate whites from yolks)
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Preparation
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1.
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Beat egg yolks with sugar until white.
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2.
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Melt chocolate together with the butter.
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3.
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When warm, but not piping hot, add melted chocolate-butter mix to egg yolks.
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4.
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Whisk up egg whites and gently fold into the chocolate and egg yolk mix.
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5.
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Pour batter into a 16 cm x 10 cm (6” X 4”) rectangular pan lined with plastic wrap.
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6.
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Refrigerate at least 2 hours.
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Ingredients - Caramelized Strawberries
1/2 cup (125 ml) Sealtest unsalted butter
2 oranges (peels and juice)
4 tbsp (55 ml) sugar
2 cups (500 ml) strawberries, washed, stems removed and halved
3 tbsp (50 ml) Grand Marnier
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Preparation
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1.
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Lightly caramelize the sugar, butter and orange peels in a pan over medium heat.
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2.
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Add orange juice and reduce heat for 2 minutes.
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3.
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Add the strawberries and cook 3 to 4 minutes.
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4.
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Add Grand Marnier and remove from oven top.
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5.
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Refrigerate a half-hour.
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Assembly and Presentation
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1.
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Halve 4 ready-to-serve puff pastries, triangular or otherwise.
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2.
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Remove chocolate fondant mousse from pan and cut slices 1 cm (1/2”) thick into shape of puff pastry.
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3.
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Over one puff pastry half, put strawberries, one slice of fondant, followed by more strawberries.
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4.
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Top with other puff pastry half.
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5.
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Garnish with cooking juice, mint leaves, one fanned strawberry and orange supremes.
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TIP
The chocolate fondant can be prepared the night before.
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