Recipe - Genoise With Sweet Fromage Blanc And Berries

5 lg Eggs; at room temperature
2/3 cup Sugar
4 tablespoon Clarified butter; at room
temperature
1 teaspoon Lemon zest; grated
One half cup Allpurpose flour; plus 2
tablespoons
1 One half cup Fromage blanc or ricotta
One half cup Honey
1 pt Fresh berries

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Set mixer (preferably an electric mixer) near bain marie with hot not
boiling water over low heat.

Butter one 9inch by 3inch full round cake pan and line bottom with
parchment. Butter pan and liner again and dust with flour. Put eggs and
sugar in mixing bowl and beat one minute. Place bowl over bain marie and
beat on high speed until egg mixture is just warm, about 3 to 4 minutes.
Remove from bain marie and beat egg mixture until it begins to thicken.
Lower speed to medium high and continue beating until mixture has tripled,
about 5 minutes. Stir in butter and lemon zest and then fold in flour
quickly but gently, onehalf at a time. Pour into prepared cake pan and bake
20 to 25 minutes until light golden brown. Cool 10 minutes on a cake rack,
remove from pan and remove parchment. Allow to cool.

Slice cake in half horizontally and spread top and bottom layer with
fromage blanc or sweetened ricotta. (To create sweetened ricotta, stir
ricotta together with honey and let stand 5 minutes). Sprinkle with berries
and serve.

Yield: 4 servings

Recipe by: MEDITERRANEAN MARIO #ME1A03

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #993 by Sue suechef@sover.net on Jan 08,
1998