Recipe - Sables Passion Fruit Raspberry

BISCUITS
200 g Unsalted butter
2 Egg yolks
1 teaspoon Vanilla essence
1 Three fourths cup Plain flour
One half cup Icing sugar

FILLING
2 Egg whites
One fourth cup Caster sugar
2 tablespoon Clotted or double cream
1 tablespoon Praline powder*

COULIS
1 Dozen or so each of
strawberries; raspberries
and
; blueberries
One half cup Caster sugar
One half Lemon; Juice of

TO SERVE
A punnet each of
strawberries; raspberries,
; blueberries, less
; the ones taken for
; the coulis
A few cherries; if available

BISCUITS:

Beat butter until soft, mix in egg yolks and essence. Sift in flour and
sugar a little at a time until just worked in. Set aside for One half hour. Roll
out to 6mm thickness. Cut into 12 rounds.

Set aside on nonstick baking paper for a few minutes. Bake at 150C for
1215 minutes.

They shouldn't be allowed to brown.

FILLING:

Whisk egg whites to soft peaks, slowly adding sugar. Fold in cream and
praline powder. Chill.

COULIS:

Put all ingredients in pan, bring to boil and simmer for 5 minutes or until
mixture thickens.

Puree in food processor at slow speed (to avoid breaking up seeds) and
strain through fine strainer.

Dust top with icing sugar (optional).

Accompany with cherries.

Put a little coulis on each plate, layer berries, sables biscuits and
filling to create three layers. Dust top with icing sugar (optional).

Accompany with cherries.

*Commercially made pralines are available at some French bakeries and
delicatessens. Crush one or two between sheets of nonstick paper.

Alternatively, you could use some crushed Italian Amaretti biscuits.

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Per serving: 456 Calories (kcal); 43g Total Fat; (83% calories from fat);
4g Protein; 16g Carbohydrate; 216mg Cholesterol; 37mg Sodium Food
Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); One half Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 8
One half Fat; 1 Other Carbohydrates

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