Description
Continue "Journey to ancient recipes". Another exquisite summer dessert with an interesting history of the "Cookbook of the experienced Russian housewife. A guide to reducing costs in the household". "Maseduan" (FR. Macedoine) - so great, the French called macedonie all diverse. A dish of fresh and slightly cooked fruits impregnated with aromatic syrups containing liqueur or brandy, and ice cream (ice cream). Each maseduan blend of fruit and berries the same season. So there are macedoine summer, autumn and winter (this is the division adopted in Russia) and the countries of the South - and even spring (for example, in the Caucasus, they can be prepared from cherries, white and red mulberries, plums, mountain BlackBerry). Macedoine was invented in France and became popular as a dessert dish in the kitchen of the ruling classes of Europe (XVIII-XIX centuries). In the middle of the XIX century in Russia, too, has spread the fashion for fruit maseduan in the half melons, the so-called "Monplaisir maseduan". A spectacular dessert of fresh berries with champagne is now available not only close to the Emperor!
Ingredients
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Melon
1 piece
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Peach
1 piece
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Apricot
3 piece
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Strawberry
150 g
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Cherry
150 g
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Raspberry
100 g
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Gelatin
1 Tbsp
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Water
250 ml
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Champagne
2 cup
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Lemon juice
2 Tbsp
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Sugar
1 cup
Cooking
Products. I have so long and patiently waited, when will begin to sell melons, did not notice, in the Conservatory ended and strawberries and raspberries, even grandmothers at the market there was only a red currant. I had to get the reserves from the freezer. For dessert it is better to use, of course, fresh berries. The number of fruits and berries, I think, is not critical, a matter of taste. The original recipe was probably a pretty big melon, I have the same smaller, respectively the amount of ingredients I'm a little smaller. To start convert pounds to grams, so familiar. 1 pound cherries, strawberries raspberries to equal 3 cups 1 pound granulated sugar — 2.5 cups. For reference: 1 Russian pound = 0,40951241 kg
Let's start with the melon. The lower part for stability gently slice.
The upper lid is also cut. For beauty you can make these cuts, from kartingistov surely there is a special knife for this.
The seeds and sieve to remove with a spoon.
The flesh gently scrape off with a spoon and finely chop. It is convenient to do so round spoon. The bottom is better not to touch and leave thicker.
In maseduan fruit should be cut into small pieces, about equal size, focusing on the smallest component of food, i.e. raspberries or cherries. On the peach to make a cut crosswise, scalded with boiling water and remove the skin, remove the seeds, finely dice.
With apricots go well, the skin I removed.
From cherries to remove bone (a special device for this, I forgot the country), cut in half. Strawberries also cut, leaving a few berries for decoration. Prepared fruit put into the refrigerator.
How many grams is ounces gelatin remains a mystery to me, so did "by eye". 1 S. L. gelatin soaked in 200 ml of cold boiled water, leave to swell. Then dissolve in a water bath or in a microwave, without boiling. Sugar syrup I also cooked less, 1 Cup of sugar 100 ml of water, add a little melon juice. Sugar dissolving in water, stirring, boil and cool.
The altitude of the recipe was opening a bottle of champagne. I have plans for this year were just the point — to learn to open the champagne, and then had her husband ask. And.. I did! Do not shed a single drop! However, doing it on the balcony. Prescription when the syrup has cooled, add dissolved gelatine, juice of 4 lemons and a bottle of champagne. Too much for a melon, and maybe before bottle was less? I replaced lemons 2 tbsp lemon juice. Champagne was about 1.5 cups. Bothered silver spoon!
Melon to put in a deep plate. The fruit, mix gently and put in a melon bowl, pour generovani champagne and put into the refrigerator to harden, at least 2 hours. Before serving garnish with strawberries. Jelly still, you could do a third less. I filled them with fruit and put it gently in the fridge, too. They jelly froze faster than melon.
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