The assignment for todays dessert was fruit. We were all given a specific fruit and we had to design a dessert around it. Mine was kiwi and here were the guidelines...There couldn't be any raw fruit in the dish, the dessert had to include a fruit soup, the whole dessert was to be served in a bowl and we had to use fresh fruit for the sorbet - no frozen puree allowed. Here's my creation....
We have a herb in our school garden that is called a kaffir lime plant. It is a waxy leaf but anything you infuse with it tastes like lime flavored Fruit Loops. I chopped some up and included it in the heavy cream that I heated up for Panna Cotta (think flan / custard). Sure enough - when the custard set, it tasted like Fruit Loops. Fun
Here's a picture before I poured in the kiwi soup - the panna cotta is in the center. On top are candied pistachios, a mango kiwi sorbet, a pistachio tuile and a dried lime chip. Around the edge of the bowl is lime dust and poached kiwi wedges. It's hard to see but there is candied lime zest on the top of each piece of kiwi. I infused basil into my kiwi soup so I included a single candied basil leaf in the bowl. My kiwi soup was just a tad thick so I'm not including a picture. I was disappointed in it. It is served cold and even though it could have been a little thinner, it was very refreshing.
