| Snow Queen Dessert Recipe by Oonagh Williams |
1½ c whipping or heavy cream
3 tbsp brandy or amaretto - almond flavored liqueur (add 1 tsp almond extract with amaretto)
2 tbsp sugar
6 oz. container of Trader Joe’s meringues ($3.00) or meringues made with 3 egg whites. Trader Joe’s now sell a 5 oz. container of mini meringues (like Hershey
Kisses in size), which means you don’t have to break up meringues.
1. Whisk cream, sugar and liqueur until stiff.
2. Break meringues roughly with your fingers and fold meringue into cream. Taste and add more sugar if you require it. Realize that any frozen dessert tends to
need more sugar than room temperature dessert.
3. Pour into any shape container that has been lined with Saran Wrap – about the same size as a 9” pie plate but a bit deeper, roughly 4 cup capacity. Line heart
shape or other fancy shaped pans with saran wrap, or line small individual pans. Mix will take on the shape of whatever it is frozen in and will remain in that shape
as you turn it out. It will melt rapidly in the heat. I simply line the Trader Joe container with saran wrap and then use it to freeze Snow Queen.
4. Freeze, but realize that it will not freeze solid. Remove from freezer, invert onto serving dish, remove saran wrap. Don’t prepare more than 1 week in advance as
the meringues will lose their texture.
5. Decorate with raspberries or serve with raspberry sauce. The Trader Joe container has a hollow in the base that becomes the top when you turn it out, and lets
you put a ‘puddle’ of sauce on top of Snow Queen which dribbles down the sides to puddle on the serving plate.
Raspberry sauce (also known as ‘couli’) is made by thawing a packet of frozen raspberries, crushing them with a spoon and pressing them through a fine sieve to
remove the seeds. Add sugar to taste. I find I like 1/4 c powdered sugar to 10 oz. packet of raspberries. To be quick, buy Trappist seedless raspberry jam, melt half
jar in microwave and add 2-4 tablespoons of raspberry liqueur to taste. I can’t make myself use expensive Chambord Liqueur for this; there are other cheaper
brands available.
Variations
Coffee:
1 tbsp instant coffee powder dissolved in 1 tbsp water
use Kahlua instead of brandy
Orange:
Rind of one orange
2 tbsp frozen orange juice concentrate - I use Tropicana
use orange liqueur instead of brandy
Raspberry:
Mix ¼ c raspberry puree with ¼ c melted seedless raspberry jam/jelly and swirl/marbleize through cream/meringue mix.
Lemon:
Mix ½ -1 cup of lemon curd into cream mix, top with almond toffee for serving.
Chef Oonagh Williams is an award winning chef instructor, trained in London and Switzerland, has a Culinary Arts Degree and has traveled extensively in Europe.
She now prepares delicious gluten free dishes as well as baked goods to go with her ‘regular’ flour recipes while teaching students how to cook all these dishes.
Chef Oonagh also gives presentations and demos on gluten free cooking. See Cooking with Oonagh TV shows: http://www.youtube.com/kb1dbg Visit
www.RoyalTemptations.com.
3 tbsp brandy or amaretto - almond flavored liqueur (add 1 tsp almond extract with amaretto)
2 tbsp sugar
6 oz. container of Trader Joe’s meringues ($3.00) or meringues made with 3 egg whites. Trader Joe’s now sell a 5 oz. container of mini meringues (like Hershey
Kisses in size), which means you don’t have to break up meringues.
1. Whisk cream, sugar and liqueur until stiff.
2. Break meringues roughly with your fingers and fold meringue into cream. Taste and add more sugar if you require it. Realize that any frozen dessert tends to
need more sugar than room temperature dessert.
3. Pour into any shape container that has been lined with Saran Wrap – about the same size as a 9” pie plate but a bit deeper, roughly 4 cup capacity. Line heart
shape or other fancy shaped pans with saran wrap, or line small individual pans. Mix will take on the shape of whatever it is frozen in and will remain in that shape
as you turn it out. It will melt rapidly in the heat. I simply line the Trader Joe container with saran wrap and then use it to freeze Snow Queen.
4. Freeze, but realize that it will not freeze solid. Remove from freezer, invert onto serving dish, remove saran wrap. Don’t prepare more than 1 week in advance as
the meringues will lose their texture.
5. Decorate with raspberries or serve with raspberry sauce. The Trader Joe container has a hollow in the base that becomes the top when you turn it out, and lets
you put a ‘puddle’ of sauce on top of Snow Queen which dribbles down the sides to puddle on the serving plate.
Raspberry sauce (also known as ‘couli’) is made by thawing a packet of frozen raspberries, crushing them with a spoon and pressing them through a fine sieve to
remove the seeds. Add sugar to taste. I find I like 1/4 c powdered sugar to 10 oz. packet of raspberries. To be quick, buy Trappist seedless raspberry jam, melt half
jar in microwave and add 2-4 tablespoons of raspberry liqueur to taste. I can’t make myself use expensive Chambord Liqueur for this; there are other cheaper
brands available.
Variations
Coffee:
1 tbsp instant coffee powder dissolved in 1 tbsp water
use Kahlua instead of brandy
Orange:
Rind of one orange
2 tbsp frozen orange juice concentrate - I use Tropicana
use orange liqueur instead of brandy
Raspberry:
Mix ¼ c raspberry puree with ¼ c melted seedless raspberry jam/jelly and swirl/marbleize through cream/meringue mix.
Lemon:
Mix ½ -1 cup of lemon curd into cream mix, top with almond toffee for serving.
Chef Oonagh Williams is an award winning chef instructor, trained in London and Switzerland, has a Culinary Arts Degree and has traveled extensively in Europe.
She now prepares delicious gluten free dishes as well as baked goods to go with her ‘regular’ flour recipes while teaching students how to cook all these dishes.
Chef Oonagh also gives presentations and demos on gluten free cooking. See Cooking with Oonagh TV shows: http://www.youtube.com/kb1dbg Visit
www.RoyalTemptations.com.
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recipes, home, garden, beauty, health, fashion, dating, parenting, seniors, finance, business, hair care, skin care, advice, real estate, insurance,
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applaud local women. The core of the magazine is our inspirational women's articles, most of which feature local women but occasionally we are
able to interview national women who we feel provide a unique inspiration for our readers. Our other articles cover topics of interest such as food
recipes, home, garden, beauty, health, fashion, dating, parenting, seniors, finance, business, hair care, skin care, advice, real estate, insurance,
weddings etc. Each issue has a feature section as well. Many of our articles are written by local business people who provide information
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listings of Restaurants, Weddings, Female doctors and Hotels. It also includes a number of informational pages with links, articles and RSS feeds
to both local and national websites of interest to women in NH & n. MA.
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recipes, home, garden, beauty, health, fashion, dating, parenting, seniors, finance, business, hair care, skin care, advice, real estate, insurance,
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