Strawberry Blessed Snow With Custard Sauce Recipes

STRAWBERRY BLESSED SNOW WITH CUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, let egg whites stand at room temperature for 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, drain strawberries, reserving syrup. Sprinkle gelatin over syrup in a small saucepan, to soften. Place over low heat, stirring until gelatin is dissolved.
• Place strawberries, 1/4 cup sugar, the lemon juice, salt, few drops food color (if using), 1/4 cup water and the gelatin into blender container. Cover; blend at low speed for 1 minute.
• Place into medium sized bowl. Set in pan of ice and water. Let stand, stirring occasionally, just until beginning to set - about 20 minutes.
• With electric mixer at high speed, beat egg whites until soft peaks form when beater is slowly raided. Gradually beat in remaining sugar. Continue beating until stiff peaks form.
• With same beater, at high speed, beat gelatin mixture until light. Fold in beaten egg white until well blended. Turn into 1-quart mold.
• Refrigerate until firm - at least 3 hours.
• To serve; Run a small spatula around edge of mold. Invert over serving platter; place a hot, damp dishcloth on bottom of mold; shake gently to release. Serve with Custard Sauce.
• If you wish, place the Strawberry Blessed Snow into a platter that has a lip, pour custard sauce carefully around the bottom of the patter.
• Custard Sauce:.
• Pour milk into a medium sauce pan and heat until tiny bubbles appear around edge of pan.
• Ready your double boiler: Choose a cooking pot that is large enough to accommodate a heat-proof bowl. Pour water into the pot to measure about 3" making sure that when you sit the heat-proof bowl over the pot that the water doesn't touch the bottom of the bowl.
• Remove the heat-proof bowl from top of pot. Add egg yolks and sugar and mix well.
• Very slowly pour hot milk into egg mixture, whisking constantly to avoid cooking the eggs into curdles. Place bowl over the pot of simmering water, making sure the water doesn't come to a boil and that it doesn't touch the bottom of the bowl.
• Cook, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until thin coating forms on wooden spoon. Can also test for doneness if it also coats the back of a metal spoon - should take about 8 to 10 minutes to cook through.
• Let custard cool slightly. Place sheet of waxed paper or plastic wrap directly on surface (this is to avoid a skin to form).
• Set bowl in cold water, to fully cool or place in refrigerator to speed up the process. Stir in vanilla extract and place wax or plastic wrap directly over custard. Refrigerate until ready to use. Makes 1 1/2 cups.

BLUEBERRY BREAD PUDDING WITH CUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Pudding: Melt butter in a 13x9x2-inch baking dish; set aside.
• Combine next 4 ingredients in a large bowl; beat well.
• Add bread cubes, and let stand 5 minutes.
• Fold in blueberries and lemon rind; spoon into prepared dish.
• Bake at 350* for 35 minutes or until lightly browned and puffed.
• Serve warm with Custard Sauce.
• Yield: 10 servings Custard Sauce: Combine eggs, sugar, and salt in top of a double boiler, beating well.
• Gradually stir about 1/2 cup milk into egg mixture; add remaining milk, stirring constantly.
• Bring water in bottom of double boiler to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low; cook custard over hot water, stirring occasionally, about 15 minutes or until mixture thickens.
• Cool slightly.
• Add vanilla and lemon rind.
• Yield: 1 1/3 cups.

STRAWBERRY SNOW

Steps:

• Puree strawberries in a food processor or blender.
• Combine strawberry puree, egg whites and sugar in a bowl and beat until stiff and glossy.
• Add vanilla to cream, and whip mixture until peaks form.
• Gently fold cream mixture into strawberry mixture.
• Spoon into a serving bowl and garnish with strawberry slices and mint (if desired).
• Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until you are ready to serve.
• This can be made a day ahead. Good luck keeping everyone else in the house out of it.
• Note: A recent reviewer had trouble getting the mixture to set like a pudding. I should have stated that this recipe does not work if you beat the egg whites separately. The strawberry puree, egg whites and sugar need to be beaten together for this to work properly. I know this only because I tried it the other way once by mistake.

LEMON SNOW PUDDING WITH BASIL CUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Make snow pudding:
• Stir gelatin into cold water in a large bowl and let stand 5 minutes. Stir in hot water, sugar, and lemon zest and juice until sugar has dissolved. Set bowl in an ice bath and stir often until mixture is cold and thickened (consistency will be similar to that of raw egg whites), about 45 minutes.
• Beat gelatin mixture with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until very frothy, 1 to 2 minutes. In a separate bowl, beat whites until they hold soft peaks.
• Add whites to gelatin mixture and beat at high speed until tripled in volume and thick enough to form a wide flat ribbon that holds its shape on top of mixture when beater is lifted, about 5 minutes (longer if using a hand-held mixer). Transfer to a large serving bowl and chill until set, about 3 hours.
• Make custard while snow pudding sets:
• Bring milk, sugar, and a pinch of salt just to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and stir in basil. Let steep, covered, 30 minutes.
• Put yolks in a small bowl. Strain milk mixture through a sieve into another bowl, pressing hard on and then discarding basil, and return to saucepan. Whisk about 1/2 cup warm milk mixture into yolks, then whisk into remaining milk in saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon, until custard coats back of spoon and registers 170°F on an instant-read thermometer.
• Transfer custard sauce to a bowl and chill, stirring occasionally, until cold, about 2 hours.
• Assemble dessert:
• Spoon snow pudding into glasses or bowls and top with custard sauce.

NO-BAKE LEMON CUSTARDS WITH STRAWBERRIES

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, combine cream, sugar, lemon zest and salt over medium-high heat. Bring to simmer, stirring frequently to dissolve sugar. Simmer vigorously until mixture thickens slightly, about 4 to 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice. Let sit until mixture has cooled slightly and a skin forms on top, about 20 minutes.
• Stir mixture, then strain through fine-mesh strainer into a measuring cup with a spout; discard zest. Pour mixture evenly into six 6-ounce ramekins or small bowls.
• Refrigerate, uncovered, until set, at least 3 hours.
• As the custards chill, prepare the strawberry topping: Toss strawberries and sugar in a small mixing bowl. Let fruit macerate at room temperature for 30 minutes to 1 hour, until the sugar is dissolved.
• To serve, top each lemon custard with some strawberry topping and grind black pepper on top.

CUSTARD SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients, except vanilla, in a heavy pot.
• Cook, over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens& will coat the back of a spoon.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in vanilla& refrigerate in a covered container.