Apple-Shaped Dessert

Name: Apple-Shaped Dessert
Yield: Makes 4 apples
Ingredients: ⅓ cup (80 g / 2.8 oz) sugar; 7 tablespoons (50 g / 1.8 oz) corn flour or cornstarch; 10.6 oz (300 g) white chocolate; Red gel food coloring; 6 egg yolks (90 g / 3.2 oz); 1⅓ cups (300 g / 10.6 oz) caster sugar or superfine sugar; 2 tablespoons powdered gelatin; 1 cup water (250 mL / 8.4 fl oz); 1 tablespoon vanilla; ⅔ cup (220 g / 7.8 oz) sweetened condensed milk; 3 apples, peeled and finely diced; 4 balloons washed; 1.8 oz (50 g) dark chocolate; Marsala or other similar fortified wine with 15–20 percent alcohol; ½ cup (120 g / 4.2 oz) apple puree; 2½ tablespoons (35 g / 1.2 oz) powdered gelatin; 3¼ cups (800 mL / 27 fl oz) heavy cream (35 percent fat); ¼ teaspoon cinnamon; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 cups (500 mL / 17 fl oz) milk

Preparation info

Makes
4
apples

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Crazy Sweet Creations

By Ann Reardon

Published 2021

About

My challenge with this recipe was to find a way to shape the creamy vanilla mousse and cinnamon apple chunks so that it looked like a real apple without using expensive molds. It looks wonderful and tastes lovely too—a real restaurant quality dessert in your own home.

Ingredients

Apple Center

3 apples, peeled and finely diced
½ cup (120 g / 4.2

Dessert

Method

Apple Center

Combine the diced apple with the apple puree, vanilla, and cinnamon. Place a tablespoon of this mixture into each balloon and shape them into balls. Do not tie the balloons but place them in the freezer for several hours.

Vanilla Mousse

Stir a small amount of the milk into the gelatin until