3 recipes of fruit desserts for spring and summer
Spring and summer ask for rich and delicious fruit desserts. They are delicious options not only for its refreshing taste, thus becoming wonderful dishes with which to mitigate the heat of this time of year, but by the combination of textures and flavors that we can use.
Below are some proposals so that you can prepare sweet and healthy desserts.
Orange bavaroise
The bavaroiseor bavarois It is a dessert also known as Bavarian cream, which consists of a classic cold dessert that usually has whipped cream, gelatin and English cream. On this occasion we propose a completely different recipe.
Ingredients
- 3 eggs and 1 more clear
- 200 grams of sugar
- 4 thin fishtail leaves
- 1 cup of cointreau liqueur
- Orange juice to complete with the liqueur the ¼ liter
- 4 tablespoons of water
- 2 tablespoons of fine oil
Recipe step by step
- In a glass bowl separate the yolks and add the sugar, stir with a tablespoon of wood for 5 minutes until it is creamy.
- In a small saucepan put the fish tail cut into small pieces and put to soak with 4 tablespoons of water; If it does not melt well, it can be heated a little to melt, but not cooked.
- In the bowl that has the yolks and the sugar, the ¼ of liquid between Cointreau and strained orange juice is added, and the fish tail is added little by little without stopping to move.
- Apart the whites are mounted and they are added little by little to the cream. It mixes very well, so there is no lump of clear without incorporating.
- Pour the cream in a pancake and put it in the fridge cold until it sets. It is prepared at least 6 hours in advance.
- It can be decorated with a little whipped cream or thin slices of orange.
Red fruit soup with chocolate ice cream
The truth is that the chocolate It combines almost perfectly with any acid flavor, as for example is the case of berries. And, precisely, this time we invite you to prepare this wonderful combination.
Ingredients
- For chocolate ice cream
- 125 grams of chocolate
- ½ glass of water
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
- 3 egg yolks
- 1 spoonful of sugary vanilla
- 250 grams of whipped cream
Ingredients for red fruit soup
- 1 kilo of red fruits: raspberries, currants, strawberries ...
- 70 ml of orange juice
- 100 grams of sugar
Recipe step by step
How to make ice cream
- Put the chocolate in pieces in a saucepan with the water, the sugar and the sugary vanilla.
- Heat over low heat until it dissolves and stir well with a wooden spoon until a thick liquid is obtained. Let it cook just a few seconds.
- In a salad bowl put the yolks, beat lightly and then mix with what we put in the saucepan.
- When this mixture is completely cold, the whipped cream is added so that it is well incorporated.
- Pour this mixture into a mold and put it in the freezer. There you should rest about 3 hours.
How to make soup
- Put the orange juice together with the sugar in a saucepan to cook until obtaining a syrup at the point of thread.
- Let it cool down. Pass the red fruits through the blender, reserving some to decorate, add the syrup and let it cool.
- Place the soup in a deep dish, put the chocolate ice cream in the center and decorate with the red fruits.
Pineapple and apricot salad with tiles
If there is a refreshing fruit that can become a wonderful friend from the hottest days of spring or summer, the pineapple It stands out above many others. We advise you to try this wonderful combination with apricot. If you wish you can also add some orange segments.
Ingredients
- 8 apricots
- 4 slices of fresh pineapple
- 100 grams of powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon of dried lavender
- 25 cl of water
For tiles
- 100 grams of butter
- 100 grams of powdered sugar
- 100 grams of brown sugar
- 10 cl of orange juice
- 75 grams of flour
Recipe step by step
- Put the sugar together with the water to boil in a saucepan for 5 minutes and then add the lavender. Remove from heat and let infuse.
- Clean and cut fruits in quarters. Put them in a salad bowl and pour over it the scented syrup with the previously filtered lavender. Put it in a cool place 2-3 hours.
For tiles
- Mix the two types of sugar, flour, orange juice and melted butter in a salad bowl. Beat and let it sit 15 minutes in a cool place.
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC. With a spoon, distribute the mass of the tile on the oven plate and then put it in the oven. With the heat, the tiles will take a rounded shape. As soon as they begin to take color, remove the plate from the oven.
- Let it rest for 3 minutes and take off the tiles carefully and with the help of a knife.
- Let them harden; then serve with the fresh apricot and peach salad.
