Recipe - Coeur A La Creme With Strawberries And Honey

One half cup Cream cheese
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
One half cup Granulated sugar
One half cup Cottage cheese
One half cup Nonfat yogurt; plain
1 pt Strawberries
2 teaspoon Honey
2 Mint sprig

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Estimated Time: 30 min

1 Beat the cream cheese, One half of the vanilla extract and One half of the sugar
together until smooth and aerated. Rub the cottage cheese through a fine
sieve with a rubber spatula and add to the cream cheese along with the
yogurt. Fold mixture until well blended.

2 Cut double thick sheets of cheesecloth into 8 inch squares. Moisten
the cheesecloth and line each mold allowing the cloth to lap over the
edges. Divide the cheese mixture into the dishes. Place the molds onto a
deep plate or in a baking dish and refrigerate and allow to drain overnight
until firm enough to hold their own shape.

3 Cut a "V" shape into the strawberries and remove the stem.

4 Slice the strawberries lengthwise into thin heartshaped slices. Reserve
the larger slices (about half of the total slices) to garnish the plates.

5 Place the remaining strawberry slices in a food processor with the
remaining sugar and pur‚e until smooth. Strain the pur‚e through a very
fine sieve into a small sauce pan.

6 Bring the pur‚e to a simmer and cook to a medium sauce consistency.
Remove from the heat, add the remaining vanilla extract and chill.

7 Carefully unmold the cheese hearts onto the center of each serving plate.

8 Surround with the strawberry sauce and drizzle thin ribbons of honey over
the cream hearts using the tip of a paring knife. Garnish with the reserved
strawberry slices and mint sprigs before serving.
Serves: 2 13 ounce portions

Yield: 1 Three fourths lb

Posted to recipeludigest by LSHW shusky@erols.com on Feb 15, 1998