Email to linda tennessee      

Recipe Categories: lindatn's HOME PAGEAPPETIZERS Beans BEVERAGES Blintzes BREAD BREAKFAST butters CAKESandPIES CANDY CASSEROLES CELEBRITYRECEIPES Cheese Cheesecake COOKIES CookingwithandforKids Crepes CROCKPOT DeepFried DESSERTS DUCK EasyeasyEasy EGGS ETHNIC FISHandSEAFOOD FlavoredButters Fondue Fooddescription FRITTATA FRUIT Herbs HolidayTime Home-made IceCream International JAMSandJELLIES KitchenTips LOWFAT MARINADES MEATS MICROWAVE MISCfunfoods Mixes ONEpancooking Oriental PASTA PICKLES PIZZA Potatoes POULTRY Questionstoponder quiche REQUESTEDREQUESTS RICE ROUX SALADandDRESSING SANDWICHES SAUCES sidedish slimdown SNACKS SOUPSandSTEWS sourdoughstarter Spices Stir-Fry SUBSTITUTIONS tarts TeaPartyTime Tennessee thequotOTHERquotedibles VEGETABLES VEGETARIAN WeightWatchers

Ginger Tropical Fruit Granite

Recipe Link: http://www.foodne.com/recipes/ming-tropicalfruit.shtml

List of Ingredients




Ming Tsai's Blue Ginger Tropical Fruit Granite with a Champagne Splash Dessert
Serves 4

Ingredients
8 passion fruits or the juice of 3 limes
2 mangoes, peeled, 1 1/2 chopped roughly, 1/2 sliced thinly, for garnish
2 cups fresh orange juice
1/2 cup Blanc de Blanc or other Champagne
Zest of 2 oranges, 1 tablespoon reserved for garnish
4 tuile bowls (see below), optional

1. Cut the shell tip from each passion fruit and scrape the pulp into a sieve placed over a bowl. Using a rubber spatula, press down on the pulp to extract the juice in the bowl. Discard the pulp and seeds.

2. Place the chopped mango in a food processor and puree until very smooth. Add the passion fruit juice (or lime juice), orange juice, wine, and orange zest, and pulse twice to incorporate. Transfer the mixture to a 10 x 10 -inch pan. Freeze overnight.

3. If using tuile bowls, with the side of a fork, scrape a small amount of the granité onto the centers of 4 plates and top with the bowls (the granité will anchor them). Scrape additional granité into the bowls. Alternatively, scrape granité into serving dishes. Garnish with the mango slices and reserved orange zest and serve.

Ming's Tip: Passion fruit is available year-round. Look for specimens that are large and heavy, a sign that they're filled with pulp. The fruit should be relatively soft and sound sloshy when shaken. Passion fruit syrup or puree will also work quite well.

Honey Sesame Tuiles
Makes 20

1/2 pound (2 sticks) of butter, at room temperature
2 cups confectioner's sugar
1/2 cup lychee honey or any pure honey
1 cup egg whites (about 8 eggs)
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/4 cup white sesame seeds

1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F. In a mixing bowl, combine the butter and sugar and beat until creamy. Add the honey and beat until blended. Add the egg whites and mix. Add the flour all at once and mix until the batter is smooth.

2. Line a medium baking sheet with parchment paper or spray it lightly with nonstick cooking spray. Have a small bowl of water handy. Working in batches, drop the batter by measuring tablespoons about 3 inches apart. Wet a finger in the water and spread the cookies using a circular motion to a diameter of 4 to 5 inches and a thickness of about 1/16 inch. Sprinkle the tuiles with the sesame seeds and bake until golden brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Watch the tuiles carefully because they can brown quickly.

3. Remove from the oven, and as soon as you can touch them comfortably, use a wide thin-bladed metal spatula to drape them over a rolling pin. Once the tuiles are firm, remove them to racks to cool. To make cookie bowls, drape the tuiles over inverted 3-inch ramekins, and transfer the cookies to racks when firm. To make cookie cylinders, roll the tuiles around a round wooden spoon handle. For fortune cookies, fold the still-pliable cookies in half and in half again, bring the 2 points at opposite ends of the curved side together, and tuck the cookies into egg-carton cavities. Allow to firm.

Ming's Tip: Don¹t worry if the tuiles harden before you can form them. Just reheat them briefly in the oven, where they will resoften, and form them as desired.


Recipe