Pistachio Bavarian Cream Charlotte

Molded desserts are exercises in architecture. Their presentations are so stunning, they are the perfect dinner-party showstopper. This one is a prime example. It’s made with Bavarian cream, which is basic pastry cream set with gelatin and was created by a the famous French chef Marie-Antoine Carême, who was working in Bavaria at the time. He also invented the charlotte, by lining a mold with ladyfinger