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Coconut bavarois with tropical fruit salad

A bavarois is a custard with added cream and set with gelatine. These are the perfect dessert to accompany an Asian menu using kaffir lime leaves to infuse in the syrup and everything can be prepared in advance. The syrup and bavarois will keep for 3 days in the fridge.

If you can’t find fresh kaffir lime leaves, use lime zest instead. As they aren’t always available fresh, when I do see them i buy them and freeze for when I next need them

90g desiccated coconut

250ml coconut cream

250ml whole milk

2 kaffir lime leaves, bruised

80g caster sugar

4 large egg yolks

3 leaves gelatine

300ml double cream, lightly whipped

Fruit salad and syrup

500g Mixed tropical fruit – melon, watermelon, mango, kiwi

10 fresh kaffir lime leaves bruised

220g caster sugar

220ml water

mint leaves to garnish

Coconut bavarois with tropical fruit salad serving

In a sauce pan on a gentle heat, cook the coconut for 1-2 minutes until lightly toasted and fragrant. Don’t take your eyes off it as it burns quickly. Add the coconut cream and milk, kaffir lime leaves and bring to just below boiling. Set aside and leave to infuse for 30 minutes.

Whisk the yolks and sugar in a bowl. Pour the milk mixture through a fine sieve onto the eggs and discard the coconut and lime leaves. Give it a whisk and then return to the pan and cook over a low heat for 5-10 minutes until it coats the back of a wooden spoon and remove from the heat.

Meanwhile, soak the gelatine leaves for 5 mins. Squeeze out the excess water and stir into the custard. You need to cool the custard as quickly as possible. Pour into bowl and either put it the freezer, stirring every 10 minutes until cold (about 30 mins) or in the bowl, sit over another bowl of iced water, again stirring occasionally until cool.

Once cool, fold the cream into the custard and divide between six 250ml glasses. Chill for 6 hours or overnight.

Prepare the fruit using a melon baller or if you don’t have one, a small dice.

To make the syrup, put the sugar, water and lime leaves in a small pan. Heat gently until the sugar is dissolved then turn the heat up and let it bubble for 10 minutes. When cooled completely, pass through a sieve into a jug and keep in the fridge until ready to use.

To serve, put the fruit on the chilled bavarois, drizzle with syrup and top with shredded mint leaves

Coconut bavarois with tropical fruit salad

Coconut bavarois with tropical fruit

Jules
A bavarois is a custard with added cream and set with gelatine. These are the perfect dessert to accompany an Asian menu using kaffir lime leaves to infuse in the syrup and everything can be prepared in advance. The syrup and bavarois will keep for 3 days in the fridge.
If you can't find fresh kaffir lime leaves, use lime zest instead. As they aren't always available fresh, when I do see them i buy them and freeze for when I next need them
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Chilling 6 hours 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Asian
Servings 6 people
Calories 714 kcal

Equipment

6 x 250ml glasses
Melon baller

Ingredients
  

  • 90 g desiccated coconut
  • 250 ml coconut cream
  • 250 ml whole milk
  • 2 kaffir lime leaves bruised
  • 80 g caster sugar
  • 4 large egg yolks
  • 3 leaves gelatine
  • 300 ml double cream lightly whipped

Fruit salad and syrup

  • 500 g mix of melon, watermelon, kiwi fruit and mango
  • 220 g caster sugar
  • 220 ml water
  • 10 fresh kaffir lime leaves bruised
  • mint leaves to garnish finely shredded

Instructions
 

  • In a sauce pan on a gentle heat, cook the coconut for 1-2 minutes until lightly toasted and fragrant. Don't take your eyes off it as it burns quickly. Add the coconut cream and milk, kaffir lime leaves and bring to just below boiling. Set aside and leave to infuse for 30 minutes.
  • Whisk the yolks and sugar in a bowl. Pour the milk mixture through a fine sieve onto the eggs and discard the coconut and lime leaves. Give it a whisk and then return to the pan and cook over a low heat for 5-10 minutes until it coats the back of a wooden spoon and remove from the heat.
  • Meanwhile, soak the gelatine leaves for 5 mins. Squeeze out the excess water and stir into the custard. You need to cool the custard as quickly as possible. Pour into bowl and either put it the freezer, stirring every 10 minutes until cold (about 30 mins) or in the bowl, sit over another bowl of iced water, again stirring occasionally until cool.
  • Once cool, fold the cream into the custard and divide between six 250ml glasses. Chill for 6 hours or overnight.

Fruit salad and syrup

  • Prepare the fruit using a melon baller or if you don't have one, a small dice.
  • To make the syrup, put the sugar, water and lime leaves in a small pan. Heat gently until the sugar is dissolved then turn the heat up and let it bubble for 10 minutes. When cooled completely, pass through a sieve into a jug and keep in the fridge until ready to use.
  • To serve, put the fruit on the chilled bavarois, drizzle with syrup and top with shredded mint leaves

Nutrition

Calories: 714kcalCarbohydrates: 72gProtein: 7gFat: 47gSaturated Fat: 35gCholesterol: 196mgSodium: 57mgPotassium: 397mgFiber: 5gSugar: 63gVitamin A: 1218IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 109mgIron: 2mg
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