Chefs' Recipes

Blood-orange jellies with leche merengada

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for Pata Negra's blood-orange jellies with leche merengada.
Blood-orange jellies with leche merengada

Blood-orange jellies with leche merengada

William Meppem
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1H 15M

“I always enjoy the innovative desserts at Pata Negra. Would you please print the recipe for blood-orange jellies with leche merengada?”

James Crawford, Perth, WA

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Ingredients

Leche merengada

Method

Main

1.For leche merengada, stir milk, cream, brandy, lemon rind, cinnamon and 100gm caster sugar in a saucepan over low heat until sugar dissolves, then cool completely. Whisk eggwhites to soft peaks in an electric mixer, then whisk in remaining sugar until stiff peaks form (2-3 minutes). Fold through cream mixture, freeze in an ice-cream machine, then freeze until required. Makes about 500ml.
2.Meanwhile, whisk juice and sugar in a bowl until combined. Heat 100ml juice mixture in a small saucepan over medium heat until hot. Squeeze excess water from gelatine, add gelatine to hot juice mixture, stir to combine, then strain into remaining juice. Divide among 400ml serving glasses and refrigerate until set (4-5 hours).
3.Top blood-orange jellies with leche merangada and serve.

This recipe is from the November 2011 issue of .

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