Frozen Nougat Terrine With Bittersweet Chocolate Sauce And Raspberry Fig Sauce Recipes

FROZEN NOUGAT TERRINE WITH BITTERSWEET CHOCOLATE SAUCE AND RASPBERRY-FIG SAUCE

Steps:

• Line 9 x 5 x 2 3/4-inch metal loaf pan with plastic wrap, leaving overhang. Pour 1 tablespoon cold water into small bowl. Sprinkle gelatin over. Let stand until gelatin softens, about 10 minutes. Stir white chocolate in top of double boiler set over simmering water (do not allow bottom of pan to touch water) until melted. Remove chocolate from over water.
• Whisk egg yolks, 2 tablespoons honey, Grand Marnier and 3 tablespoons water in large metal bowl to blend. Set over saucepan of gently boiling water (do not allow bottom of bowl to touch water) and whisk until mixture thickens and thermometer registers 160°F, about 3 minutes. Remove bowl from over water; add gelatin mixture and whisk until dissolved.
• Stir remaining 1 tablespoon water and 4 tablespoons honey in small pan over low heat until honey dissolves. Increase heat and boil until candy thermometer reaches 220°F, tilting pan to submerge thermometer bulb, about 2 minutes.
• Meanwhile, using electric mixer, beat egg whites in large bowl until soft peaks form. Gradually beat hot honey syrup into whites. Continue beating until whites are cool and very stiff, about 4 minutes. Fold white chocolate into yolk mixture; then fold whites into yolk mixture in 3 additions. Beat cream and vanilla in medium bowl until medium-firm peaks form. Fold cream and nuts into mousse. Transfer mixture to prepared pan; smooth top. Cover with plastic; freeze overnight. (Can be made 1 week ahead. Keep frozen.)
• Freeze oval platter 15 minutes. Uncover terrine. Place platter on pan. Invert terrine onto platter; peel off plastic. Spoon chocolate sauce onto center of plates. Slice terrine; place atop sauce. Spoon Raspberry-Fig Sauce over center of terrine slices and serve immediately.

ALMOND ICE CREAM TERRINE WITH CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES AND RASPBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Make truffles:
• Bring cream and butter to boil in heavy small saucepan. Remove from heat. Add chocolate; whisk until smooth. Whisk in amaretto. Pour into small bowl. Freeze until firm enough to form into balls, about 50 minutes.
• Line baking sheet with foil. Using teaspoon, scoop out level teaspoonfuls of chocolate mixture. Drop onto baking sheet. Freeze until firm, about 20 minutes. Using hands, roll chocolate into balls; return to baking sheet and freeze. (Can be made 1 week ahead. Cover and keep frozen.)
• Make ice cream:
• Combine cream, milk and sugar in heavy large saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to boil. Add chopped almonds. Cover and let steep 2 hours.
• Pour cream mixture through fine strainer set over bowl; discard solids in strainer. Return cream mixture to same saucepan. Bring to simmer. Whisk yolks in large bowl to blend. Gradually whisk hot cream mixture into yolks. Return mixture to saucepan. Stir over medium-low heat until custard thickens and leaves path on back of spoon when finger is drawn across, about 3 minutes (do not boil). Cool slightly. Mix in almond extract. Transfer to bowl and chill custard until cold, at least 3 hours or overnight.
• Line 9x5x3-inch glass loaf dish with plastic wrap, overlapping sides by 2 inches. Process custard in ice cream maker according to manufacturers instructions. Transfer ice cream to prepared dish. Press truffles into ice cream, spacing apart. Cover terrine and freeze until firm, at least 8 hours or overnight.
• Make sauce:
• Puree thawed raspberries in processor. Pour through strainer set over bowl, pressing with back of spoon to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard solids in strainer. Whisk sugar and amaretto into sauce. Cover and chill. (Terrine and sauce can be prepared 2 days ahead. Keep terrine frozen. Keep sauce refrigerated.)
• Turn terrine out onto platter. Peel off plastic. Cut terrine into 3/4-inch-thick slices. Serve with sauce and fresh berries.

FROZEN MANGO RASPBERRY TERRINE

Steps:

• Make sorbet:
• Bring sugar and water to a boil in a 1-quart saucepan, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and cool syrup.
• Purée raspberries and lemon juice in a food processor, then force through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl, discarding seeds. Stir in sugar syrup and chill, covered, until cold, about 2 hours.
• Freeze sorbet in ice cream maker. Transfer to an airtight container and freeze until slightly firmer but still spreadable, about 30 minutes.
• Assemble terrine:
• Line loaf pan with 3 pieces of plastic wrap (1 lengthwise and 2 crosswise), leaving at least a 2-inch overhang on all sides, then freeze pan 10 minutes.
• While raspberry sorbet is in freezer, soften mango sorbet and mango ice cream in refrigerator.
• Mash mango sorbet in a bowl with a spoon until spreadable but not melted. Mash ice cream in another bowl in same manner.
• Evenly spread 1 3/4 cups mango sorbet in bottom of loaf pan (preferably with a small offset metal spatula), then top with 1 3/4 cups mango ice cream and half of raspberry sorbet. (If sorbets or ice cream become too soft for spreading, freeze 10 minutes between layering.) Repeat layering with 1 3/4 cups mango sorbet, 1 3/4 cups mango ice cream, and remaining raspberry sorbet (pan will be full). Cover top of terrine with plastic-wrap overhang, then wrap pan with more plastic wrap and freeze until terrine is hardened, at least 8 hours.
• To serve, unwrap pan, then open overhang and invert pan onto a chilled serving platter. Wet a kitchen towel with hot water, quickly wring it dry, and drape over pan 30 seconds. Lift off pan and peel off plastic wrap.
• *Available at some cookware shops, The Baker's Catalogue (800-827-6836), and A Cook's Wares (800-915-9788).