Pale Ale Sabayon Recipes

CHOCOLATE MOUSSE SABAYON

Steps:

• In a double boiler or small saucepan set over simmering water, combine the chocolate and butter. Heat, stirring often, just until melted and smooth. Remove from the heat.
• Combine the egg yolks with half of the sugar in large bowl of an electric mixer. Beat for several minutes, until the yolks are thick and pale yellow.
• In another large bowl (with clean beaters), beat the whites with the remaining sugar until soft peaks form.
• Pour the chocolate mixture into the bowl containing the egg yolks and stir with a rubber spatula to blend. Fold the egg whites into chocolate mixture gently, but thoroughly. Transfer the mousse to a serving bowl; refrigerate, covered, for 12 hours. When ready to serve the mousse, dust with cocoa powder or top with chocolate curls, if desired.

LOBSTER IN CALVADOS SABAYON

Steps:

• Split the lobsters lengthwise using a large chef's knife. Pour the liquid into a small bowl, and remove the liver and set aside. Discard the stomach (the small sac behind the eyes). Remove the claws and the legs and set aside. Slice down through the tail meat and the shell at the point of the natural hinges. Slice the body into pieces of the same approximate size.
• Melt 4 ounces of the butter in a large heavy saucepan. When the butter starts to turn the color of a hazelnut, add the lobster pieces and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add the carrots, tomatoes and tomato paste, and cook over high heat for 10 minutes, turning lobsters often. Once they have turned red all over, remove the lobsters from the saucepan and set aside.
• Make the roux by combining the flour and the remaining butter in a separate saucepan. Stirring constantly, heat and mix until you have a light golden paste. Remove the roux to a small bowl.
• To the carrot and tomato mixture, add the shallots, and sizzle for 1 minute without burning. Add the Calvados, ignite, and when the flame dies out, add the cream. Using a whisk, add the roux mixture, and stir until smooth. Bring the sauce slowly to a boil.
• In a separate bowl, mix the reserved livers and lemon juice together, and add salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper. Add the liver mixture to the sauce and cook for about 5 minutes. You may cook the sauce longer to reduce and thicken it. Once it has reached its desired consistency, add the parsley.
• To serve, place the lobster pieces on a plate to recreate the shape of the lobster and set the claws on each side. Pour the sauce over the lobsters.

CLASSIC SABAYON AND ZABAGLIONE

Steps:

• In a zabaglione pan (or a metal bowl or round-bottomed double boiler), whisk together the yolks and sugar until lighter in color; then stir in the wine.
• Se the pan or bowl over a smaller pan of simmering water, and whisk until the mixture swells and thickens into a stable foam; it is ready when the wires of the whisk start leaving light traces between strokes. The water in the lower pan should be actively simmering but not boiling violently, and should not touch the bottom of the upper pan. There's no need to beat hard; just use a gentle back-and-forth wrist motion, getting all over the pan so the mixture doesn't overcook on the bottom and sides. Don't cook past the "light traces" stage, or the sabayon may lose volume and become dense instead of airy.
• Off heat, whisk in the Grand Marnier (or rum, kirsch, or whatever). Serve immediately.
• For an Italian zabaglione, reduce the sugar to 1/4 cup, and use 1/2 cup of dry Marsala.

APPLE CAKE WITH PALE ALE SABAYON

Steps:

• To prepare cake: Soak the apples in the rum for 20 minutes. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour and 11-inch springform pan. Sift together the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg into a bowl and make a well in the center. Beat the eggs slightly and stir in the vanilla and oil. Pour the oil mixture into the dry ingredients all at once and stir until just blended. Fold in the walnuts. Drain the apples and fold them in, stirring just enough to evenly distribute the nuts and apples. Pour the batter into the cake pan. Bake for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 3 to 5 minutes, then turn cake out onto a wire rack to cool to room temperature.
• To prepare the sabayon: Place the egg yolks and ale in a stainless steel or copper bowl and whisk in the sugar and vanilla. Cook the sabayon for 6 to 8 minutes over medium to high heat, whisking constantly. It may be necessary to remove the bowl from the heat from time to time if the sabayon gets too hot or the eggs will begin to scramble. To test for doneness, let a drop of the sauce fall from the tip of the whip. If it stays pronounced on the surface, then the sauce is done.
• To serve: Cut the cake into wedges and pour the warm sauce over the tip of each slice as you serve it.

SINGLE MALT SCOTCH SABAYON

Steps:

• In top of double boiler combine egg yolks with sugar. Whisk in scotch, set pan over cold water and heat mixture over moderate heat, stirring constantly, until water reaches boiling point and sauce is smooth and creamy. Transfer to a sauceboat.;